Like the Zagat meets the Farmers Almanac, but make it about shopping! This guidebook includes organized listings for 670 great hand-picked shops in NYC. You'll also find coupons, worksheets, horoscopes and fabulous little illustrations. The ultimate goal is to help you shop local, better and this little book is a great start!From New York City's digital director for IRL local shopping: a new guidebook packed full of independently owned shops. You can find it all in here, but do you know where to find it? We've traversed the whole city on a mission to find the most niche, most interesting, most uniquely New York shops so you don't have to. Find information on a vast diversity of small businesses in all five boroughs, handy shopping tips and current information on things around the city.It's all about leaving your apartment, participating in the vibrant communities that surround us, supporting the local economy and having a little fun in the process. Let's go shopping!Pages: 302, Size: 4.5" x 7.5" (that old-school mass market pocket size!), Proudly printed in New York City.ABOUT THE MAKER: I’m Caroline Weaver, an obsessive shopper, former specialty shop owner, and creator of The Locavore Guide. During my years as a shopkeeper, I yearned for a resource to help others understand what it actually means to “shop small” and to share information about why it’s better for everyone. In a world of algorithms and convenience, most of us have lost touch with the ways in which shopping acts as a gateway for community building. So, I spent a year walking hundreds of miles though every borough of the city to get a grip on what’s out there and where to find it, and to learn about how the small business economy works on a bigger scale. What I’ve discovered is that we really do have it all here in NYC.
