Is it possible to live comfortably in a city that claims to be the capital of the world, and not get lost in a crowd speaking 800 languages? How can you avoid the drive of a metropolis, in which even the mundane is elevated to a superlative degree? How to get off the beaten tourist path and see New York as no one has seen it before? It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been here before or are planning your first overseas voyage, the author’s “non-guide” to New York by Karina Chumakova will help you part ways with stereotypes about the “concrete jungle” city, navigate the ever-changing mosaic of districts and neighborhoods and transform from a tourist into a traveler - an intrepid explorer of city streets, endless parks, ocean beaches, museums and farmers' markets. Having studied the “Big Apple Theory”, you will begin to understand the varieties of American oysters and the latest trends in New York architecture, learn how to communicate with taxi drivers, go on dates, drink and shop the way true New Yorkers do. But, like any theory, it requires reinforcement by practice - and here it’s up to the readers, each of whom will have their own unique New York.