Not for Tourists: Collected Essays 2005-2010

In 2000, Jane Pirone and Rob Tallia founded the Not For Tourists guide book series. They were tired of lugging five different guides and three different maps in their backpacks, and were looking to unify the information they needed into one small, hip, portable user's guide. Ten years later, the NFT guides have spread to a dozen cities and have spawned award-winning iPhone apps as well as the popular notfortourists.com website.

Now Jane and Rob have decided to look back for a moment and gather together some of their favorite pieces from the Not For Tourists website into a collection just for Amazon Kindle readers: NFT: Collected Essays 2005-2010.

The pieces in the collection start with the practical, such as how to entertain out-of-town guests ("WAIT...How Long Are They Staying," "Entertaining Crazy Uncle Charlie," and "...But My In-Laws Don't Drink"), where to find a place to cool off ("Air-Conditioned Chicago"), and what the best swinger's clubs are in NYC ("Swinging in the City"). But the collection is also lyrical (with pieces such as "Mott Havenly" and "La Vie En (Neon) Rose,"), bizarre ("Hoppily Ever After," "Safeway Identities"), gritty ("OTB: NYC's Daily Racing Forum," "Abandoned North Broad,") and, finally, hilarious ("The Get-Around Game" and "The Phanatic vs. Swoop: Showdown"). All together, these 40 essay-length pieces represent the best, weirdest, most eclectic offerings from NFT's local writers. We hope you'll enjoy it.