Series: eat.shop guides | Publication Date: October 28, 2007
Discover a unique vision through these witty, urban city guides that focus on locally eating, shopping, and lodging establishments. The numerous distinct businesses are hand-picked by the authors, giving these convenient references a personal feel that can be enjoyed by locals and tourists alike. Explorers will delight in the luscious photographs, easy-to-read maps, and compact size, making them perfect for throwing into a bag and taking on a tour of the town.
"If you absolutely must find the best cowboy boots in Austin, a bait-and-tackle shop with high-design sensibilities in Providence, a Persian ice cream parlor in Hollywood or Japanese tapas in Brooklyn, these compact urban guides are for you." —Time magazine on the eat.shop guides
"The antithesis of the kitchen-sink variety of travel books." —Chicago magazine on the eat.shop guides
About the Author
Bonnie Markel and Dave Mead are a husband-wife team who own a photography business. Bonnie was born and raised in New Orleans and she is a photographic stylist. Dave is a professional photographer. They both live in Austin, Texas.
This review is from: eat.shop new orleans: The Indispensable Guide to Inspired, Locally Owned Eating and Shopping Establishments (eat.shop guides) (Paperback)
What a fabulous guide to the flip side of dining out in New Orleans! As former residents with ties to the hospitality industry, my husband and I spent 8 years during the 1980's entertaining in the best of the hot spots. I've had little interest in returning even for a long weekend visit until I browsed through this little nugget of gold covering eateries and shops I never knew were there....some of them weren't at that time, but the spirit of the city that inspired the newest shops was and could easily go unappreciated in the white linen establishments where the name over the door commanded the $$$ rating. Make no mistake, the 'dining' and shopping in those places was fabulous, but I just might have to go back sometime for a good supper! I'd send in a personal request for a second volume, but my bet is that the big easy still holds true to the reputation that few of us could stand that kind of assault on our girlish figures!
CSkadal
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