A woman at Kramers Bookstore in Washington, is here for one thing and one thing only: you awkwardly trying to make eye contact with her so you can incite a conversation.
Yes, that is her only purpose in being at this bookstore--to be hit on by you. It's not like there is a bunch of books, souvenirs, and postcards here to purchase or anything. Nope. This is totally a meat market.
So why don't you double-back a few more times and pretend you are also looking at the Rebecca Solnit books and try once more to accidentally bump into her or try to grab for the same book at the exact time.
Ah, romance.