Night+Day New Orleans (Pulse Guides Cool Cities Series) (Paperback)

by Todd Price (Author), Daisy Dodge (Author), Cordelia Cale (Author)
Key Phrases: hotel monteleone, swamp tours, destination bar, New Orleans, French Quarter, Warehouse District (more...)

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"Delivers pithy comments and frank opinions." -- Salt Lake Tribune

"Focus[es] their information to attract vacationers who don't want cookie-cutter itineraries." -- --Wall St Journal, July 2006

"It's so fresh, it's like someone's whispered the tips in your ear." -- --ABC News, Travel Talk, September 2006

"They excel at providing details that can make out-of-towners want to pay a special visit." -- --New York Times, May 2006

"They excel at providing details that can make out-of-towners want to pay a special visit." -- New York Times

"Well laid out with itineraries for each of your trips to happening places." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

"Well-researched, well-organized and original." -- --USA Today, July 2006

Product Description
Post-Katrina New Orleans isn't yet the city it once was----the city is forever linked to Katrina and changed by its force, but its heart and soul has survived. Today's New Orleans is determined that it's legacy of happening music, great food, and never-ending fun lives on, and its lively spirit of determination and renewal is evident in the hundreds of restaurants, nightclubs and hotels that have rebuilt since the hurricane.

From new interpretations of classic places to fresh establishments laying down roots for the first time, New Orleans is alive with fun and adventure, and locals are more than ready to welcome tourists back.

From the French Quarter to the streets of Marigny, Night+Day New Orleans celebrates the spirit of this spectacular city by taking you inside the old-school jazz joints, the hip new restaurants, and the neighborhood bars that make the city great.

Whether you consider this southern belle of a town a second home or are a first-time visitor, Night+Day will guide you through the new New Orleans with the most up-to-date listings available of what's open, what's opening, and where to go to experience the unrelenting soul of this great American city.

Night+Day's signature sections include:

* 99 Best - easy to read, must-do overview.
* Perfect Plan - nonstop, multi-day itineraries.
* Experience New Orleans chapters - structured around each city's style, so you can travel in your own.
* Black Book index - an invaluable quick glance reference.
* Cheat Sheet - city essentials to help you hit the ground running.
* Event calendars - highlighting the city's most happening months, so you don't miss a thing.
* Leaving Town - the best recommendations outside the city limits, with insider tips and maps.
* And with special section for business travelers and conventioneers.


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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Pulse Guides (January 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976601397
• ISBN-13: 978-0976601395
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #900,952 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This post-Katrina guide cuts right to the best stuff in NOLA, March 5, 2007

By	Maryann Faricy (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I fortuitously stumbled upon one of the authors of this guide at a bookstore in New Orleans. As many businesses and restaurants have closed in New Orleans since Katrina, I was in search of something current. This book had just been released the week I was in town (March 2007) so I went ahead and picked one up. As I had limited time to spend in the city and it was my first time there, I quickly became acquainted with the Pulse Guide.

In addition to listing all of the recommendations I had gotten from friends who were locals, this book covered everything I needed to find. When I travel, I like to live more like a local rather than hitting the typical tourist joints. This book enabled me to do that while ensuring I was still hitting the must-sees.

The book starts out with a list of the 99 best things to do in New Orleans. It breaks it down into 33 categories (e.g., late-night eats, po' boy joints, neighborhood bars, spas) with 3 top selections in each category. This made the must-sees easy for me. Because I wasn't wasting time trying to find out where to go, I was actually able to hit several of the 99 best.

Night+Day New Orleans is easy to navigate for several reasons. It lists the businesses by name in a "black book" at the end of the guide, where it quickly notes the address, website, area, phone #, type of experience and page number for more details. Then, the guide divides the detailed descriptions by the following 3 categories: Cool, Bohemian and Classic. This way I could quickly gauge the vibe of a place.

It also gives sample itineraries as well as city essentials, events, and a cheat sheet. I knew I had done a good job covering the city when I found a list of 9 "streets to stroll" in the cheat sheet section and realized I had made it to all of them.

The only improvement I would like to see is more maps. There are only 2 maps in the back of the guide, and often they were not detailed enough for me to use for navigation. One area (Riverbend) was frequently referred to but not even listed on the map. As a result, I got a separate map in addition to the book to get around.

Overall I liked this book so much that I plan to get one for my own city (San Francisco) to see what I've been missing. Highly recommended.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Where is the Map?, March 16, 2009

By	T. Wolfson "Tim W." (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Night+Day New Orleans (The Cool Cities Series from Pulse Guides) (Paperback)

Great text, but my book did not include the "four color map" described here and on the book's cover. Since all the descriptions are keyed to the (missing) map coordinates, this is a significant problem. I contacted the publisher via the appropriate page on the Night + Day website, but I have received no response. This one is going back.