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Urban Picnic Advice: Cool Down, Eat Up

A new book offers picnic advice for those frustrated by urban life -- or by picnics themselves. The Urban Picnic has guidance about everything that can go on a blanket, from food and drink to music. Its authors say their goal is to help people have a good time, simply.

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