Savvy in the City: New York City: A "See Jane Go" Guide to City Living [Paperback]

Jayne Young (Author), Sheridan Becker (Author)

Book Description

Series: See Jane Go Guide to City Living | Publication Date: December 14, 2001

Do you clip restaurant reviews out of the newspaper Ask your girlfriends for salon and spa recommendations? Keep those "best of" magazine issues in your coffee table for months? Pass on to your officemates your secret "in" to top designer sample sales? Wish you could find a dry cleaner that could rescue your chiffon dress from that red-wine encounter? Wonder what off-the-beaten-path site you should visit on your oly free Saturday in the fall?
If you've ever wished you had the answers to these and other vital questions at your fingertips, then Savvy in the City is here to change your life.

Whether you're on a business trip or a shopping trip, here is just about everything a woman-about-town needs to know. This user-friendly book is organized by neighborhood and category--Eats, Treats, Traumas, Treasures, Twilight, and Tripping. Not intending to be encyclopedic, Savvy in the City selects and delivers the inside scoop on the jewels of the Big Apple in each particular category: the best unique boutiques and bargain-hunters' dream thrift stores, and the fastest solution to every possible city-girl "trauma", from spike heels that need fixing to a dinner party that needs catering to a delivery man who needs someone to meet him when you seddenly have to be at the doctor's office.

Every woman living in or visiting New York City will love this handy reference. Don't leave home without it.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jayne Young and Sheridan Becker met at the Balthazar bar in Manhattan. Jayne is a songwriters' agent based in New York who travels extensively looking for new musical talent, and Sheridan is a special-events planner currently living in Belgium. But both are "Jane" girls at heart!

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (December 14, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312252773
• ISBN-13: 978-0312252779
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,755,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas, no organization, September 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Savvy in the City: New York City: A "See Jane Go" Guide to City Living (Paperback)

This book has some really fun, practical ideas for residents new to New York, but they're organized along random, loose lines, with neighborhoods as subsections. Do the authors list video delivery? If they do, would it be in "Treats," "Traumas" or "Tripping"? If it is listed, is it sublisted in my neighborhood? Oh, and where was that description of a store that has every button imaginable--which category and then in which neighborhood? There's no index. The table of contents doesn't offer a clue. Maddening.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Righty Up My "Savvy" Alley, March 30, 2003

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Caroline P. Hampton (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Savvy in the City: New York City: A "See Jane Go" Guide to City Living (Paperback)

Without a doubt - my favorite New York Travelers book that goes so far beyond the usual "tourist" finds. This book is for the unknown and "local" treasures. "Savvy in the City: New York City" a - See Jane Go Guide to City Living by Sheridan Becker and Jayne Young is a wonderful little gem that breaks down those hard to find places by neighborhood and category. Each of those contains :

Eats ... (from the best and greatest - to those small little gems)
Treats ... (from massages to tattoo's)
Traumas... (for when you break your Prada heals)
Treasures ... (those really whims)
Twilight... (all the great clubs)
Tripping ... (for those with adventure on their mind)

You'll find great little sections such as best cheap manicures and diviest pubs. It's all those must haves for young woman in the BIG CITY. Great resource and really user friendly. Loved the whole feel and illustration.

Cheers!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NY Book For Native New York's, November 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Savvy in the City: New York City: A "See Jane Go" Guide to City Living (Paperback)

By far the best NY book I've ever read. I'm a native and I found so many hidden treasures such as coffee shops, libraries, and places you'd never think to spot celebrities. Everything that defines NY is in this book, from the Soup Nazi (a la Seinfeld) to picturesque hideouts in Central Park. And everything NY has to offer...personal chefs, where to find a tailor at 3am, $25 massages. Enjoy!