Description

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A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Queens whether your trip takes you to Long Island City, Astoria, Flushing, Forest Hills, the beach at the Rockaways or Jackson Heights. "I'd been through Queens a hundred times on my way to Manhattan from LaGuardia. This trip I spent 2 days exploring the multi-ethnic spectrum in Queens. What a thrill." --- Fred G, Seattle "You can experience about 50 different cultures by skipping through the various restaurants in Queen. The restaurant list in this books gives ample evidence of this fact." --- Jerry A., Atlanta You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide. =Lodgings (in several parts of town) variously priced =Fine & budget restaurants, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. =Principal attractions -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you. =A handful of interesting SHOPPING ideas.

About the Author

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Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami's Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 70 cities around the world. Email: andrewdelaplaine@mac.com He writes several series: The "JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR" political thriller novels. "THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV," a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. "THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA" series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: "The Trap Door" follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. "The Meter Maid Murders," a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details). His latest film, "Meeting Spencer," starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay. DELAPLAINE'S "LONG WEEKEND" GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine's recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. Annapolis Appalachicola Atlanta Austin Berlin Beverly Hills Birmingham Boston Brooklyn Buenos Aires Cancun (Mexico) Cannes Cape Cod Charleston Charlotte Chicago Clearwater - St. Petersburg Coral Gables El Paso Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers & Sanibel Gettysburg Hilton Head Hollywood - West Hollywood Hood River (Ore.) Jacksonville Key West & the Florida Keys London Los Angeles / Downtown Las Vegas Lima (Peru) Louisville Marseille Martha's Vineyard Memphis Merida (Mexico) Mexico City Miami & South Beach Milwaukee Myrtle Beach Nantucket Napa Valley Naples & Marco Island New Orleans New York / Brooklyn New York / The Bronx New York / Downtown New York / Midtown New York / Queens New York / Upper East Side New York / Upper West Side Orlando & the Theme Parks Palm Beach Paris Philadelphia Portland (Ore.) Provincetown Rio de Janeiro San Francisco San Juan Sarasota Savannah Sonoma County"