Frommer's EasyGuides contain punchy, concise prose by our expert local journalists, which gives readers all they need to know to plan the perfect vacation. This includes reviews for travel venues in all price ranges, as well as information on culture and history that will enhance any trip.

A guide to the good family places to go in New York City.

Let Frommer's show you where your kids can: Get up close and personal with Lady Liberty. View the city from King Kong's climbing post. Play Top Gun on a real aircraft carrier. Take a monorail through the wilds of Asia. PLUS Invaluable Travel Tips: Age ranges for each sight and activity. Shopping for everything from baby booties to import CD's.

This guide makes family travel a breeze, with information on kid-friendly restaurants and accommodations and complete details on all the facilities and programs available to help parents, from high chairs and children's menus to babysitting services. No parent should leave home without this reference. Maps.

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. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Manhattan is as brash and ballsy as the Big Apple itself. You'll get the straight scoop on old chestnuts like the Empire State Building, as well as the skinny on new hotspots such as the sleek "neo-lounges" on the Lower East Side. With the Irreverent Guide, you'll become as mobile as the locals: a dim sum brunch in a bustling Chinatown banquet hall is just a subway ride away from a soul-food dinner in Harlem. Discover one of the city's secret bargains: the free ride on the Staten Island Ferry past the Statue of Liberty. In the Irreverent Guide to Manhattan, the gloriously decadent City that Never Sleeps is made both manageable and deliciously fun—whether you choose to pursue the high life at the model hangouts and caviar bars or get down with the low life at Punjabi tandoor delis and cheesy karaoke bars.

A longtime favorite is back -- completely updated and better than ever Here are the best weekend getaways from New York City, hand-picked and carefully researched by the author. Coverage of more than 450 inns, bed-and-breakfasts, and other lodgings, and more than 700 restaurants; A-to-Z sections on activities from antiquing to windsurfing; and calendars of special events and festivals all are here in this revised and updated edition.

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry. See chapter 7 for information about visiting. Detailed maps throughout Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas Insider tips from local expert authors