This book is great! I loved the fact that the book included a map with all of the important sites on it. That made finding my way around really easy. The reviews of attractions and restaurants were also usually right on (with the exception of one late night meal at a recommended restaurant). I highly recommend this book to anyone.

This is a super book packed with great information! Reid Bramblett, while working within the generally great guidelines of the Frommer's travel series, also brings out his quirky and appealing sense of humor and warmth. (I actually sought out this book because I had bought another guide he had written.) He tells these great stories about SoHo, for example, that make it more than just a listing of information.

Like all the Frommer's guides, this provides great details on what to see, but encourages you to explore on your own as well. I have practically planned my trip around Reid's advice on the neighborhood walks, and this little book is a much more convenient and authentic way to experience New York than on a bus or something.

Like I said, any Frommer's book is great. The extra bonus on this book is the author's humor and warmth.

What I love about the Frommer's Guide books is that they are opinionated--and, I generally find, I agree with their opinions. They tell you what's hot and what's not. I lived in New York City for years ('70s-80s). I return for regular visits and I find that the best things remain year after year in New York, but it is really hard to keep up with the BEST of what is NEW. So, I looked at this guide to see what it said about some of my favs and found they were the Frommer's guides favorites, too. Sometimes, our hesitations about a hotel or museum matched, also. This makes me trust their recommendations on the new restaurants, shops and 'after dark' recommendations. One of the features that I find most useful is a list of "Frommer's Favorite New York City Experiences", "Best Hotel Bets," "Best Dining Bets" and so on. These range from free (Star Gazing at Grand Central Station) to extreme (The best hotels for New Year's Eve). This book also tells you how to obtain passes to save money and/or time for transportation and museums. I have always found the phone numbers, opening/closing times, and approximate costs to be accurate. It has a good detachable map in the back and easy-to-read area maps throughout. The book has great sections on neighborhoods, so if I don't want to carry the whole thing while I'm touring, I just tear out that section. So, I'm thrilled to be off--for a jam packed week. Only one guide needed. This one. (I don't know why the ad copy says 'hardback.' The cover is a sturdy paper back).

Even though I have visited NYC several times in recent years, this book has pointed out new things that I plan look into like how to find sample sales. It has great tips for shopping and dining, including the low down on the restrooms and dressing rooms. A great resource.

This book is a culmination of Tice's work on landscapes in one of the most urbanized areas in the world, New Jersey, lying between two great metropolises of NYC and Philadelphia. He eptomoizes the artist who is able to find meaning and emotional content in even the most mundane subject. Locations that many of us would pass each day (and I have passed a number of the sites photgraphed) without a further thought are subjects of insightful photographs that show us something about a subject we may not have considered without the artist's insight. It is a simple matter to simply record a beautiful scene, quite another to portray the essence of a subject in a photograph in a manner that conveys its intrinsic worth. Much of Tice's work is, of course, already held by some of the most important museums in the world, and are well known to those who follow fine art photography. See for instance Strand Theater (page 33), White Castle (page 35), Oak Tree (page 47), and, of course, Petit's Mobil Station (page 67 and book cover). But many of the photographs are not as well known, and may not be quite as accessible. They are, nonetheless, well worth the effort to understand and appreciate. They span photographs of blue collar hangouts that evoke an immediate feeling of familiarity (e.g. St. George's Diner - page 71; Main Street Rahway, page 36), to the cool beauty of the Newark Bay seen from the Pulaski Skyway (page 90). The diversity of the photographs is stunning, as is their reproduction is duotone. Highly recommended!

George Washington's Mount Vernon is not only an American landmark but a landmark of what America is, a warm, welcoming and gracious home. This beautiful book takes you through a four season walk of Mount Vernons spectacular grounds and a detailed and historical tour of the homes interior. With the easy interesting writing and the spectacular color photography all guided by the expert hand of Wendell Garrett, we learn and understand Washington's love and devotion to his beloved home. For anyone searching for detailed information on colonial interiors or historical gardening ideas, this book will be a welcomed addition to your home library.

Priscilla Rattazzi's beautiful little book celebrates the simple joy of family, ocean, sun and sand which originally attracted New Yorkers to the Hamptons and which still exert a much more fundamental attraction than bimbos, Boxters and benefits. Rattazi captures the passage of the seasons over Georgica where the force of the hurricane surge, the frozen pond in winter, the dawn bending of the bayman over his eel traps resonate far more deeply than the mansions which hunker over the banks of the pond.

i found this book to be a fresh alternative on the city in addition to being entertaining and highly informative. It offered a good deal of information on settling and surviving that I have not found in other guide books. It provided information on city agencies, statistics and top 10 lists of the best and worst the city had to offer. My favorite part of the book was 'The Concrete Jungle' because it offered solutions on coping with the various urban difficulties

Although this book does not contain in-depth stories, it is an excellent New Jersey ghost guide. There are black and white photos of most of the haunted sites, addresses are provided, and the condensed descriptions of each haunting leaves one with a desire to learn more. I particularly liked the chapter on Cape May's haunted inns.