Not For Tourists Guide 2010 to Boston

by Not For Tourists

Not for Tourists Guide to Boston 2010, half anti-guidebook, half urban manual, is the ultimate little black book. It reveals everything from where to find the most charming architecture and impressive cultural landmarks, to where to get the best pizza and catch a movie, or simply where to go for the most impressive view of Beacon Hill and Back Bay. Whether you've called Boston your home for decades or just arrived last night, you ignore at your peril this new 2010 edition with its caustic neighbourhood summaries and refreshing, politically incorrect descriptions. Meticulously researched and written by folks who actually live there, NFT presents the city along with its good, its bad and its downright hideous. In over 300 pages of glorious content, the pocket-sized survival handbook features simply everywhere, from Central Boston to Dorchester and Southwest, also covering all the city's infamous colleges and universities. Designed for street-savvy locals, commuters, business travellers, and yes, tourists, NFT Boston includes a highly graphical map for every neighbourhood (and college campus) featured. User-friendly map icons highlight everything from coffee shops, supermarkets, landmarks, liquor stores, banks and libraries, to hardware stores, gas stations, gyms, pharmacies and even donuts! So if you're meeting friends in an unfamiliar part of the city or find yourself off the beaten track, NFT is a must-have resource. But NFT doesn't waste your time by serving up five zillion options just because they're in a contributors have gone back to eat, drink, dance and shop their way through last year's listings to check that they're still worth knowing.

Genres: Travel, Reference

374 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Aric · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would call this a guidebook for the Twitter generation. It gives you one quick line of description for each location; sometimes humorous, sometimes....well, useless. There is a one sentence description for a bar which all that it mentions is that it had a really big TV.
I noticed some absences that I would point out if I was showing people around. Perhaps the book is not sold at Brookline Booksmith. Hence the absence of its entry and yet the New England Comics across and a little ways down the street gets a mention.