Before the Internet I used to rely heavily on guidebooks to figure out where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do around L.A. Not For Tourists L.A. was one of the standout guides since it not only covered fun to-dos but also mundane necessities like neighborhood car washes, gas stations, and grocery stores. It even broke neighborhoods down to local-knowledge level. But who reads books nowadays? Fortunately, NFT, whose guidebooks are huge in New York, has a pretty nifty newish online L.A. guide for the Web-inclined.
But for those of you who still keep a copy of the Yellow Pages and a Thomas Guide around, you can get a free copy of NFT (normally $21.95) at the Not For Tourists LA 2007 Release Bash to add to your just-in-case-the-Internet-dies stack. Sure you gotta trek to Highland Park, wherever that is, for it but they threw free booze in there, too, at this launch party as an extra incentive.
BTW, the NFT site also sells 24×36-inch posters of neighborhood maps. You just specify which of the 57 LA neighborhoods available you’d like and whether you want icons printed on the map and you’re good to go. I think it’s neato cuz I have a thing for maps.
EVENT: FRIDAY, APRIL 27 at 6pm
Footsies
2640 N. Figueroa Street
Highland Park, California 90065
(323) 221-6900
Highland Park is Mount Washington adjacent.
I went to the release party for the 2007 New York book with the dream of free vodka cocktails. When I got there though, I found out that the invite was good for only one! That sucked. And it looks like the LA release party promises you just one Pabst Blue Ribbon. (That’s what a PBR is, right?)
We had to turn in our printed-out invite in exchange for one cocktail. So I wonder what would have happened if we printed out more than one invite. Does anyone want to try it at the LA party?
One PBR?! Lame. Well at least you’d get the guide for free. I don’t think you need an invite for this event, though.
Read the invitation on the site you linked. “One free PBR with this invite!” And the site encourages you to print it out. I agree though that a free copy of the book is worth it. I use the NYC one all the time.
Thanks for the heads up on this event. I recently moved here (7 months ago) to work at the public library and I have your site bookmarked. It was worth it to go there to get a copy of the book. And the bar was pretty cool.
[...] I thought this was pretty cool. But remember how Not for Tourists was having a release bash and gave away 100 of their L.A. guides to party attendees? Well, if you didn’t make it out to the party and still don’t want to fork over the $21.95 to get your own copy, you can actually go online and print out a PDF of the neighborhood of your choice for FREE! But if you see yourself printing out more than 20 pages, just get the book, notes NFT. [...]
yet another NYC publisher letting angelinos in on there own city i prefer LA BARHOPPER magazine or the black book by angelinos by angelinos