Synopses & Reviews
Sleekly designed and focusing exclusively on locally owned restaurants and stores, these modern city guidesformerly known as the eat.shop guidesare unique in both form and content. With the goal of supporting a culture and economy that value well-crafted experiences, they offer travelers and locals a colorful, compelling new lens for viewing a city. Each featured business is hand-picked by the author to represent the crème de la crème of cities beloved by both locals and tourists. By including only the most unique independent eating and shopping establishments, the books present a fresh and unexpected look at each city, highlighting an exciting array of neighborhoods. The convenient size is ideal for bags and purses, while the beautiful design, luscious photographs and personal observations work together to tell a vivid, distinctive story of a city.
Synopsis
Sleekly designed and focusing exclusively on locally owned restaurants and stores, these modern city-guides are unique in both form and content. Each featured business is hand-picked by the author to represent the crème de la crème of cities beloved by both locals and tourists. The overall selection presents a fresh and unexpected look at each city, highlighting an exciting array of neighborhoods. The convenient size is ideal for bags and purses, while the eye-popping layouts of luscious photographs, efficient maps, and brief hotel recommendations will help make planning an excursion almost as fun as eating and shopping.
About the Author
Kaie Wellman is an award-winning graphic designer and the founder of Cabazon Books, the publisher of the Rather guides series. She is the author of eat.shop seattle and the coauthor of eat.shop kansas city, eat.shop miami, and eat.shop portland. She lives in Portland, Oregon.