Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Seattle & Portland (Irreverent Guides) - Softcover

Gullo, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764564994 ISBN 13: 9780764564994

Publisher: *Frommers, 2001

Synopsis

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.

For the lowdown on the two hottest destinations in the Pacific Northwest, look no further than Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Seattle & Portland. Want to know where the locals go for coffee? Where to find the Portland grade school that serves great pizza and beer? Want the skinny on dressing down to fit in with the "Aggressively Plain" Northwest fashion scene? You'll discover the best way to distinguish tourists from locals in Seattle, and what makes Portland a shopping mecca (no sales tax). Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Seattle & Portland give you all that, plus the hottest travel tips and recommendations for both cities.

About this title

From the Back Cover

"Little fluff and lots of fun." —Boston Globe "Hipper and savvier than other guides." —Diversion magazine Are you tired of cliché-ridden guidebooks packed with promotional fluff? Then move over to the Irreverent Guides—the travel series that no tourist board would dare to recommend. Look inside for the lowdown on:

• The hippest new hotels and eateries in the coolest neighborhoods
• What Seattle envies about Portland, and why Portland wishes it could be more like its northern neighbor
• Must-see places like the Portland grade school that serves excellent pizza and beer, and the Sleepless in Seattle houseboat
• Where to rub elbows with Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and their minions of Microsoft millionaires
• How to dress down to fit in with the "Aggresively Plain" Northwest fashion scene
• And much more!

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About the Author

Besides writing mesmerizing guidebooks to the Pacific Northwest, Jim Gullo writes plays and travels the world on assignment for Islands, Sunset, and Diversion magazines. He lives in Seattle with his wife Kris and sons Michael and Joe, to whom this book is dedicated

Edition details

• Publisher: *Frommers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0764564994
• ISBN 13: 9780764564994
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256