This was a great book. It was very fun to read and very easy to understand. The maps were detailed and that really helps when you don't know where you are going! It was a great book and I would really reccommed it!

I took out 5 other NYC books from my local library and of all the books, I found this one of the most helpful. Easy to find the information and informative ideas and suggestions. When you update it, change the title, please, as I think I'm going to be embarrassed walking around NYC w/it.

This book cleared up our confusion on what airport to fly into, where to stay, how to get around, and how to find out about and plan activities. It's great!

Newman's book is comprensive, but far too general. Maps are not detailed enough - how about directions to some of these places? I also fails to even begin to cover on the great Saltwater opportunities. I feel the TU Guides by the specific chapters are far more comprehensive. Newman is President of NYCTU.

I was extremely pleased with Newman's guide to New York flyfishing. I'm very familiar with some of the areas he covered, and he did a very comprehensive job with those spots and how to fish them. He also got into areas that are not covered by the various Trout Unlimited guides around, and so introduced me to some new opportunities. Newman is a good writer, too, and I found myself enjoying his words on rivers and spots I'll probably never get to.

This is a great and very comprehensive guide to flyfishing in New York state. I know some of the spots well, and think he's done an extremely good job of capturing the conditions and how to fish them. He also covers areas that are not covered by my TU guides or other books.

This book was great for a recent trip to NY. It is so compact, it fits right in your purse so you don't have to feel like the obvious tourista. The recommended sites were very helpful, but the map was invaluable, we used it constantly as we walked the city. The only thing you'll need to research on your own (the book is a couple of years old), is what's on Broadway and the "in" places to dine.

I found this book really helpful on my recent trip to NYC for a job interview. I had never been to the BIG APPLE and was really anxious and nervous about my trip. I didn't know where to stay, where to eat and how to see as much of the city as I could in a very limited amount of time. And, this book helped me out on all three on those concerns. I found it to be very well thought out, easy to follow and full of wonderful information. The lodging section was exceptional and I was able to find a great place to stay (The Wellington Hotel) that was in my price range and location all because of the helpful "Citypack." I think that any traveler would find it helpful and should really consider investing the money in a great resource book like this. I highly recommend it.

Found this a good quick reference to choose which of the "usual" tourist sites to see in New York. Found it to be very handy - it fit in my purse, and the maps were particularly useful. IT's tips and suggestions on what to see were also useful.

well, I bought this book mainly becuase of the attactive title. I took a look at the recommended list of chinese restautants, there is joe's Shanghai restaurant which I think it is good as well. So I think it should be a reliable guide. It seems to me that I should have a close taste as the author does. However, I am so disapointed about the japanese restautants the author recommends in the book. Especially "the taste of tokyo" which is the most terrible american japanese restautant I have been to. They have dirty sashimi which made me run to the lady's room a few times after having dinner there. Can you trust the spanish chef can make authentic japanese food? I don't for sure. the food there is not cheap either. I have been trying more than 50 japanese restuarants in Manhattan, a lot of them in San Marcs are good. I don't know why Robert names this one. Is it just becuase it is so easy to get lost on the way to the lady's room? I love japanese food and I sincerely suggest the author should review his list.

This is a great book. It covers many resturants in the area. It provides good, accurate & quality information on these places. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is a new New Yorker or long-lived resident.

Attention all book store owners...... Reserve a shelf for this book. Promote this book like it was the holy bible. This book should be in the shopping bags of all shoppers this ThanksGiving. I suggest all home makers leave a copy on the kitchen table for all guests to see. The recepies in this book are great, and the recepies should be made for every party.

Only two chapters of the book are very helpful. The sections on the neighborhoods provides a good overview but overall the book is outdated and not reliable as a resource.

I just moved to NYC from Utah, and needed one source of information from everything to finding a school for my 9 year old daughter to where the appropriate apartment for my family was. Welcome to New York was the only book I bought, and continue to use it on a regular basis as a source for all my New York needs.

-Cliff

I have been in NYC for 1year.I am from Japan. This book covers all information that I need as a newcomer to NYC.I was especially interested in the subject"for foreign newcomer".It is about New York Culture,etiquette and how to get a job.Now I am sharing this book with all my friends who are in the same situation as being a foreigner in NYC. I believe that this book is the most practical guide book about the Big Apple.

This book gives every impression it was written at the writer's kitchen table, probably while watching the T V. She gives the illusion of extensive research, which the text does not live up to. Suggest the author stay with a day job if she has one, if not perhaps she should start looking. Extremely boring!!!!!!!!!

This was an excellent book, very interesting, and easy reading. It held you attention, I didn't want to stop till I was all the way through the book. It's reminiscent of your younger days telling ghost stories around a campfire. The author stays objective when telling the stories. She gives only the facts that she can substantiate, as well as tells you what she can't prove. The stories are true accounts of supernatural happenings, not embellished, she takes no dramatic license. I would recommend this book to anyone, but especially those with some interest in real supernatural events.

I've read one of her other books, Living With Ghosts, and decided this one would be next since I visit Lancaster County often. I loved this as much as the other. My husband and I visited some of the sites she writes about. After reading about these places, visiting them was downright scary! You will not be disappointed in any of her books and will fall in love with her style and her natural ability to present such stories. I'm hooked!

This book is completely oudated and every lead that I thought I could use was completely useless. Apparently there is a new edition but it appears that this older edition has been outdated for years. Don't buy this book.

While I was still living in New York I used this book extensivly. That was about a year ago. Let me tell ya me and my friends had a great time using this book. We found great bargains and places to hang out. If I were in New York still I would by the new book edition. Not because this one is out dated but because I want more.

For Christmas, last year, we gave our youngest son, Kerry a trip to NYC. He has ask to go for years. This is one of the books that we got, to allow Kerry to map out his trip. We had a limited amount of money and he got to choose how we spent it.

We used Mr. Cheaps advice on hotels and found ourselves at this wonderful hotel, in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Our room was huge, by NYC standards, complete with a marble bath. So what if the complementary newspaper was in Italian. The Jolley is a chain owned by Italians. Kerry was mighty impressed. The location allowed us to use the subway, or walk saving us even more money.

These books are well written. This guy knows his towns. Lots of stuff that only locals usually know. Gave me enough savy to have a great time in NYC.

Kerry and I had four great days in NYC. In no small part thanks to Mr. Cheap!

I would'nt recommend this book to anyone. They claim to have real restaurant critics write the reviews but have they ever been to the restaurant? Buyer beware! I'll stay with Zagat.

I have used the GaultMillau series of books for years. I have travelled all over the world and have always found them to be consistent and fair. Their new NYC guide which I own has been helpful and to the point.

Very useful indexes, love the ratings, great new find.

This new edition is a much improved version of the previous edition. Contrary to another review here, I still do not find the directions that good. While they are much better than the last edition, they come no where close to as good as the Barna book on bridges in Vermont. I have used this book to track several bridges and found distances listed can be off by as much as 2 to 3 miles compared to the book. Still it is an improvement and you don't need to have township maps of the whole state anymore.

Wooden covered bridges are found all over the American northeast. The first covered bridge built in the United States was over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania still remains the state with the most surviving covered bridges in the country. Now in a completely updated and expanded second edition, Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A Complete Guide is the collaborative effort of Benjamin and June Evans. Criss-crossing the length and breadth of Pennsylvania, the authors visited every one of the 221 remaining covered bridges in the summer of 2000, taking new photographs and noting changes that had taken place since 1993 -- the year they published their guidebook's first edition. An indispensable guide for anyone wanting to tour these historical structures, Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges is superbly illustrated with color photographs of each bridge, while the text provides location and historical data, along with a succinct one paragraph description.

This new and revised edition of the 1993 publication has expanded text and very precise directions for locating every one of the remaining 221 covered bridges in Pennsylvania. This is a "must have" volume for the serious "bridger." The authors revisited every one of the bridges taking new photographs, accurate measurements, and noting specific changes that have taken place since the first edition. This new edition also displays every bridge in full color.

Zany's NYC Apartment Guide 2000 gives readers a solid grounding in how and where to find an apartment in The City. While the information is in general good and appears accurate, given the time constraints the authors no doubt faced, Zany's suffers from some editorial and content problems.

The beginning section of the book contains brief background information on such general topics as Brokers & Fees, Doormen, Loft Living, and Roommates. While these short explanations are helpful, the writing appears rushed, and does not go into enough detail in most cases.

The intro sections are also not well integrated with the bulk of Zany's, namely its profiles of NYC neighborhoods (emphasis on Manhattan). Each neighborhood profile contains a brief history, rental information, demographic statistics, and so forth. These profiles are quite useful, but lack sufficient differentiation, especially in the "Final Words" section, which makes every Manhattan neighborhood sound prohibitively expensive and not quite what one is looking for.

Everyone already knows that NYC costs a lot and has quirky neighborhoods, but Zany's needs to do a better job than just repeating the obvious. Still, this guide is a helpful reference for NYC apartment hunters.

This is a great place to start your New York apartment search -- especially if you're new to the area and don't know much about the neighborhoods. But be careful, because some of the statistics are inaccurate or outdated. For example, if you can find a 2-bedroom apartment in Astoria, Queens, for anywhere near $875 per month (the average price, according to the guide), you are a far better apartment hunter than I. Also, there are several popular neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens that Zany's leaves out entirely.

This book was instrumental in helping us find a beautiful sublet for the summer. The sections of the book that were of particular interest to my family were the descriptions of how children would fit into the neighborhoods including places to play, parks, and statistics.