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The Pratiques are the most comprehensive, stylish, and practical guides to New York City’s hippest shopping districts. Packaged in a handy snap-shut wallet with a color-coded fold out map, the Pratiques describe select boutiques, cafés, and salons on every block in the neighborhood and cleverly reference stores with similar styles. That’s hundreds of haunts for haute couture, exclusive design, and offbeat accessorizing. Fashion. Interior décor. Galleries. Restaurants, too—listed by type. Store addresses, phone numbers, hours, and website info are all included. Sleek and affordable, these indispensable neighborhood guides are like nothing else.


Sarah Caplan has worked as a freelance graphic designer and artist for ten years with clients that have included musician/artist David Byrne, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and Sotheby's. A longtime NoLIta resident, she offers a unique insider's look at NYC's hottest shopping districts.

 

"For those who feel like a rube thumbing through a tour guide in too-cool-to-breathe New York City, the Little Bookroom has designed "The Pratique Guides," a series of shopping guides designed for the urban hipster and those who want to look like one. These "Shopping Block by Block" guides are disguised as a smart, snap-shut wallet that happens to have a color-coded, fold-out map. A shopper who consults the guide titled "The Meatpacking District and West Village" can lay siege to Bleeker Street's boutiques, cafes, and antique shops. Author and designer Sarah Caplan, who obviously knows her Soho from her boho, is a New York-based graphic designer and artist whose clients have included musician-artist David Byrne. She points the reader to the best spots for Egyptian linens, pomegranate martinis and flirty fashions from Catherine Malandrino, whose clients include Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock and Demi Moore."—Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Vinyl Wallet with booklet and map 4.25” x 8.25”
ISBN 10: 1-892145-42-1
ISBN 13: 9781892145420
Retail price: $18.95
Price: $15.16 (20% off)