Amazon.com description: Product Description: Avant-Guide books live at the intersection of travel and style. Thorough and trustworthy, they feature dynamic prose, innovative design, and a brutally honest cosmopolitan perspective. Avant-Guide New York City is a comprehensive travel guidebook containing easy-to-use information on the most exciting and stylish facets of the city. Then it digs deeper, offering the inside scoop on local culture via short, candid interviews with "Avant New Yorkers," major artists, musicians, filmmakers, chefs, and others at the epicenter of each scene. Avant-Guide New York City reveals eye-opening statistics, how and where to catch TV show tapings, the lowdown on organized neighborhood tours, where to grab a bite after midnight, and tips on speaking "New Yorkese." Four-color, foldout maps and high production values ensure that each Avant-Guide is as substantive as it is playful. An exhaustive index that is highly detailed, intelligently cross-referenced, and built for travelers on the go completes the package.