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Washington DC is more than a pretty face; it is a Southern city on
the edge of the industrial North; it is a company town, where
politics, as combat or spectator sport, is always the subject; it
is a city of transplants and transients drawn from around the
world, yet remains unexpectedly provincial. The major tourist
attractions are well-known; you will need little help in that
department. But a cup of coffee, a bit of shopping, a cocktail and
a good feed will pep you up in between museums and monuments. Here
are 33 choice suggestions to help get the most from your visit to
the District of Columbia.
Here is the essential companion for those in search of la dolce
vita. The itinerary includes good food, strong coffee, interesting
shops and plenty of strolling the city's beautiful streets. There
are clothes shops, restaurants, a cemetery and galleries and
special sections on ice cream and fountains.
The desire to see and be seen is not shared by all. For those who
prefer to conduct business away from prying eyes, this map is for
you. We list 31 places with hidden alcoves and easy exits,
neglected restaurants, unreconstructed wine bars, ancient pubs and
even natural isolation. In these locations discretion is assured,
it's entirely up to you to decide how you make use of that.
No visitor to this Basque city is likely to miss the stunning
Guggenheim museum and nor should they, but our guide digs deeper:
uncovering wonderful food, traditional shops and diverse cultural
attractions. Alongside stunning modern architecture Gehry s
Guggenheim, a metro system with stations designed by Norman Foster,
Phillipe Starck s reinvention of a wine warehouse into cultural
space there are dozens of tiny bars vying to serve the most elegant
and delicious pintxos, extraordinary views and lively markets."
Few writers are as inextricably linked with a city as Raymond
Chandler and Los Angeles. The neon-lit streets, mobbed-up joints
and seedy rooming houses portrayed in his fiction were real places,
familiar to Angelenos of the time, and in some cases recognisable
today. This is a guide to the world of Raymond Chandler and his
noble alter-ego, the private detective Philip Marlowe. It mixes
locations from the books, the films and Chandler's personal life.
There's the crummy dive where Moose Malloy went looking for Velma;
the actual lounge where Marlowe and Terry Lennox ordered gimlets;
the top-floor suite where oil executive Chandler got his priceless
education in how a dirty, sun-drenched city really operated. This
is the Los Angeles that Raymond Chandler carried in his heart. And
now, you can too.
Out There: A Map of the Solar System for Tourists. If you have a
spaceship capable of taking one of our three Grand Tours of the
solar system, and a suit to protect you from its every lethal inch,
within are some of the sights you should put on your itinerary. We
have also included speculative observations from the great
science-fiction writers that you may wish to verify or disprove on
your journey. Bon voyage!
You will not go hungry in Melbourne, of that we are certain. This
energetic city at the southeastern edge of the Australian continent
offers food and drink of unmatchable quality and variety. The
casual approach of its restaurants, bars and cafes and its spirit
of invention ripple across oceans, into kitchens and onto counters
around the world. Our guide comprises 40 points of interest,
including galleries, markets, shops and parks, among them: Tailored
cocktails at The Everleigh The open-air bar and cinema atop 1920s
Curtin House Polish sausage and German bratwurst at Queen Victoria
Market The unspoiled 1950s charm of Pellegrini's Espresso Bar The
Royal Botanic Gardens' sylvan pleasures
Our European travels bring us to the Spanish capital, a huge and
daunting metropolis, replete with interesting shops, galleries and
wonderful food and drink. The map contains 36 selections which run
the gamut of the city's attractions and its idiosyncracies. From
the relative safety of cable car we gaze down at the vast expanse
of the Casa de Campo, explore shops selling gloves, camping gear,
old postcards and espadrilles, visit an abandoned station and one
with its own forest. Refreshment is on hand throughout: cerveza,
jamon, bacalao and innumerable other delights essential to keep the
visitor well-nourished in this great city."
This compact guide comprises 40 places that bear the city's
distinctive mark. There are survivors of beatnik-era North Beach, a
vintage magazine shop catering to a very diverse clientele,
taquerias and a Chinatown bar. There are clifftop eateries and
cable cars, unconventional horticulturalists, entirely au courant
exhibits and bison in Golden Gate Park.
This map celebrates the independent shops and businesses where
global fashions have taken root. From modest Holts in Camden Town
to psychedelic Hung On You in Chelsea there are more than 100
entries, spread across time and geography. The foreword is by Sir
Paul Smith, whose own first shop in Floral Street features. The map
is a collaboration with pop culture commentator Paul Gorman, author
of The Look: Adventures In Pop & Rock Fashion, as well as books
on designer Barney Bubbles and retail pioneer Tommy Roberts.
London is packed with pubs, but finding a really good one is not
always easy. Whether you want to relax in a garden or shelter from
rain, marvel at architecture or enjoy a live act, find a convenient
meeting point or a place to hide, bring your dog to the pub or
stroke the resident cat, it is Herb Lester's role to anticipate
your desires and act as your guide. With 161 tried-and-tested pubs,
plus a handy fold-out map of London.
New Orleans has an atmosphere quite different to any other American
city: louche, laidback, wild, wanton, eccentric, eerie. It was the
birthplace of jazz and home to many of the originators of rhythm
& blues; its food, a mix of Cajun, Creole and European
influences, is acclaimed and copied worldwide. Even residents
recognise the standard of cooking here is extraordinary and the
number of establishments to enjoy it overwhelming. It s just not
like other places: fierce debates rage over who serves better red
beans and rice or gumbo and the decision of where to eat can be
seen as a mark of character. But the visitor has only to enjoy
themselves, and we re confident that with its focus on eating and
carousing (with just a few other diversions), this guide will lead
the user to good times, memorable times, maybe even wild times. We
suggest you use it with caution, but have fun."
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