After discovering a '63 edition of Arthur Frommer’s Europe on Five Dollars a Day at a Mpls book fair, this local writer hit the Fanciest Continent for a bevvy of misadventures based on the original guide, and then wrote his own as an homage. As a reward for buying a copy from an indie book store, send him the receipt and he'll pen you a personal, travel-related haiku or limerick, so don't make it easy on him and go to Nantucket or something.
Published: April 4, 2012 at 4:00am EDT