As much fun as it is to be a tourist in our own town with all the usual attractions, it’s also fun to see the hidden gems we’ve yet to discover throughout Chicago.

Introducing the Not for Tourists Guide to Chicago 2012. This ultimate, live-like-a-local handbook to the Windy City goes beyond the typically listed attractions to showcase Chicago’s best restaurants, nightlife, art scene and kid-friendly activities and more as chosen by resident and editor Adam Shielke. Essentials such as highway maps, public transportation explanations and dotted neighborhood guides are also included alongside Shielke’s humorous and all-too-true commentary: Parking in East Lakeview IS “absolutely awful,” and one SHOULD “bring your bars of gold” to shop on the Mag Mile and Oak Street.

Not for Tourists Guide to Chicago 2012

$20

Available at Unabridged Bookstore, 3251 N. Broadway St., 773.883.9119