Sleekly designed and focusing exclusively on locally owned restaurants and stores, these modern city guides--formerly known as the eat.shop guides--are unique in both form and content. With the goal of supporting a culture and economy that value well-crafted experiences, they offer travelers and locals a colorful, compelling new lens for viewing a city. Each featured business is hand-picked by the author to represent the creme de la creme of cities beloved by both locals and tourists. By including only the most unique independent eating and shopping establishments, the books present a fresh and unexpected look at each city, highlighting an exciting array of neighborhoods. The convenient size is ideal for bags and purses, while the beautiful design, luscious photographs and personal observations work together to tell a vivid, distinctive story of a city.