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Portlandia: A Guide for Visitors
Thinking of visiting Portlandia? Discover all that this magical, dreamy city has to offer with PORTLANDIA: A Guide for Visitors. Inside you'll find:
A comprehensive guide to all restaurants and food carts, including extensive use of symbols to signify Vegan, Freegan, Sea-gan, Wheelchair-Accessible, Skateboard-Accessible, Segway-Accessible, Clothing Optional, Polyamorous, LG...more
A comprehensive guide to all restaurants and food carts, including extensive use of symbols to signify Vegan, Freegan, Sea-gan, Wheelchair-Accessible, Skateboard-Accessible, Segway-Accessible, Clothing Optional, Polyamorous, LG...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
November 13th 2012
by Grand Central Publishing
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A very entertaining guidebook on the fictional town of Portlandia. Just like the TV series, this guide takes in the sights, quirks and oddballs that you'd come across if this place as it is in the series did in fact exist.
I found myself repeatedly giggling to myself and drawing strange looks when reading entries like the 'Artist living on the Frontier Properties' - a real estate agency that specializes in what at best can be described as hipster-chic. Or as they aptly put it "The place is a cle...more
I found myself repeatedly giggling to myself and drawing strange looks when reading entries like the 'Artist living on the Frontier Properties' - a real estate agency that specializes in what at best can be described as hipster-chic. Or as they aptly put it "The place is a cle...more
Fred and Carrie's podcast interviews on their impressions of Portland are more funny and interesting than this faux travel guide. A quirky look at the actual Portland from their perspectives might have been amusing, esp. since some of the best similar guides (like Chuck Palahniuk's Fugitives and Refugees) are outdated already, not long after their publication. Instead, we have rehashes of skits mainly from season two, which was much less funny than the first. Although this isn't a book on the re...more
Alright, so first off, don't read this book unless you watched the show. It's honestly not going to make any sense otherwise. Secondly, it's a "guide book" for the city "Portlandia," so it's also not going to have funny stories, it's going to reference generally most things they have done on the show.
With that said and done, Portlandia (the show and this particular guidebook) is something that can come across hilarious, strange, and weirdly sad. It's one of the more culturally and socially in-tu...more
With that said and done, Portlandia (the show and this particular guidebook) is something that can come across hilarious, strange, and weirdly sad. It's one of the more culturally and socially in-tu...more
A few chuckles here and there, but generally - if you've watched Portlandia, you don't need to read this. If you've read Stuff White People like, you don't need to read this. This book feels like one big "inside" joke for Portlanders - except the premise falls flat because they rehash every joke and stereotype about hipsters thats been made over the last few years.
There's really nothing fresh they introduce here, at one point Fred and Carrie basically take one of the show's first scenes from the...more
There's really nothing fresh they introduce here, at one point Fred and Carrie basically take one of the show's first scenes from the...more
The Portlandia book is a must have guide for visitors traveler’s guide .
People might find themselves wandering around the streets of Portland without this guide.
Armisen and Brownstein have given fans an exclusive look into their version of the city. The book features a very detailed maps of the second season’s Brunch Village, as well as in-depth coded guide to Portlandia’s local dining scene.
This is a guide to all restaurants and food carts, and places.
Accessible, Clothing Optional, and very det...more
People might find themselves wandering around the streets of Portland without this guide.
Armisen and Brownstein have given fans an exclusive look into their version of the city. The book features a very detailed maps of the second season’s Brunch Village, as well as in-depth coded guide to Portlandia’s local dining scene.
This is a guide to all restaurants and food carts, and places.
Accessible, Clothing Optional, and very det...more
Nice recycling of the hipster parody TV series, designed as a tour book.
Printing notes...This book was printed on 130% recycled paper in a peanut-free, smoke-free plant by local workers in a friendly and fair environment, free from sudden noises and unnatural light. By 130% recycled paper, we mean that any papers touching the paper that touched this book was printed on were subsequently destroyed and reconstituted for future use in other publications. etc
I played rhythm triangle but everyone tho...more
Printing notes...This book was printed on 130% recycled paper in a peanut-free, smoke-free plant by local workers in a friendly and fair environment, free from sudden noises and unnatural light. By 130% recycled paper, we mean that any papers touching the paper that touched this book was printed on were subsequently destroyed and reconstituted for future use in other publications. etc
I played rhythm triangle but everyone tho...more
This is a comedy books written by the creators of the show Portlandia, like many comedy books from T.V shows 'The Mighty Book of Boosh', 'The Mitchell and Webb book' this is really only for fans of the show as a lot of the jokes are call backs to the T.V series.
This book is not ground breakingly hilarious but it definitely is amusing and makes me want to re-watch the TV series a lot.
This is a great book to read whilst doing other things or to pick up and put down as it is written in very short...more
This book is not ground breakingly hilarious but it definitely is amusing and makes me want to re-watch the TV series a lot.
This is a great book to read whilst doing other things or to pick up and put down as it is written in very short...more
For fun, I bought this book at Powell's City of Books and read it in Portland. Most of the material is directly related to the TV series of the same name, and the comments from the "Mayor" were humorous (especially the Portlandia suggested reading list). The observational humor is still spot on for Portland, and overall this quick read was a nice review and support to the TV show between seasons. There is not much original material, but for fans it is an addition to the body of work about Portla...more
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein should be ashamed that a tree had to die in order to print this book.
If you have not seen the show, there's no point in you reading this book. Actually, if you have seen the show there's no point in you reading this book, either.
Throughout the book the authors reference skits they have performed on the show and talk about fictional destinations you can find in "Portlandia." It was not amusing in the least bit. It would have been better if they would have talke...more
If you have not seen the show, there's no point in you reading this book. Actually, if you have seen the show there's no point in you reading this book, either.
Throughout the book the authors reference skits they have performed on the show and talk about fictional destinations you can find in "Portlandia." It was not amusing in the least bit. It would have been better if they would have talke...more
Good for some laughs. Much of it is in reference to or a rehash of things they've done on the show. Highlights for me: vegan cupcake recipe from the feminist bookstore insert, first "Portland by car" guide (basically, don't drive here!), mayor's fave reggae joints. If you don't find the show funny, you're not the target audience for this book.
I thought this book was simply not that funny. It mostly recapped the shorts from season 1 and 2 -- but not in any sort of organized or systematized way. The biggest problem I had with the book that it simply wasn't as quirky-funny as the show is.
did they really need the $ so bad or are their egos just that huge. it's like reading the show. boooo ooooo same on u for killing the trees to produce this. the show is funny...sometimes. they shoulda took all the jokes from this and the 2 tv seasons and made something really good.
Like the TV show, this dull, gimmicky book is not funny and doesn't make any sense. It would have been funnier if they actually found quirky things that really exist to write about, instead of just making stuff up.
Fans of the show will like flipping through this literary equivalent of an expanded episode.
But it's not really a satire of the city, it's just more of the Portlandia stock characters.
But it's not really a satire of the city, it's just more of the Portlandia stock characters.
A quirky little parody based on the TV show Portandia. As a fan of the show and a native of Portland, Oregon, I found it to be about as funny as the show. A very quick read.
Some light reading for those who love the hilarious TV show. OK, some folks just don't get it. And you will never change them, because they are adults and don't need changing. Get a bike.
Funny, I love the show "Portlandia". This book is an on-shoot of the sublime humor of the show. Fun book.
I must move here immediately. It seems they all drive just the way I do. What's a turn signal?
You have to have watched the show to get it. A funny "travel guide" to Portland.
I thought that this book was a nice compliment to the show. I find that Portlandia is one of those shows that people either love or hate and I have a feeling that this book will be much of the same.
Apparently Californians are the #2 threat facing Portlandia, second only to Brooklynites.
Companion guide to show. If you like the show, you will like this too.
Hilarious! If you love the show, you will laugh out loud reading the book.
"If you're used to driving in another city, you may find Portlandia a bit frustrating at first. Motorists here don't 'drive,' by most definitions of the word."
"Add a blend of bicycles, streetcars, homemade vehicles, unscheduled roadwork, constant downpour, and free-range animals to the roadways and you've got a recipe for Portlandia driving!"
"If you're used to driving in another city, you may find Portlandia a bit frustrating at first. Motorists here don't 'drive,' by most definitions of the word."
"Add a blend of bicycles, streetcars, homemade vehicles, unscheduled roadwork, constant downpour, and free-range animals to the roadways and you've got a recipe for Portlandia driving!"
One or two clever moments, but not enough to sell me on either book or show.
Just watch the show.
Fun! Very on target.
hilarious!!
I need to visit here some day! lol
Since Portlandia is one of my favorite shows I knew that I would love this book. Each section is based on one part of Portlandia. Different charectors such as Nina and Lance and even the Rats talk about all there is to do and see in the great Portlandia. The Mayer (i.e. Kyle MacLachlan provides a an "official" welcome letter.
If you like the series then you'll enjoy this book.
Rock on Portlandia
If you like the series then you'll enjoy this book.
Rock on Portlandia
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.
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