Summer's over and the days are already getting shorter--which means you'll have less time to plan your evenings out. There's no better time to try a few helpful short cuts, courtesy of AskCity:

Embeddable Maps

You've been asking for it--and here it is. AskCity fans can now embed their mapped results into their blogs, web pages, etc.

Want to recommend your favorite Thai restaurants? Just click on the "Embed" link at the top-right of your AskCity results page.

You'll get some HTML code that you can paste into your web site or blog.

Reroutable Maps

AskCity's Maps will always give you the most direct rote to where you want to go. But what if that route is closed off, as happened to us in the Bay Area not three weeks ago?

Using AskCity maps, you can change your route manually and AskCity will recalculate accordingly.

ZIP Code Business Search

Want to know all the pizza places in a certain ZIP code? AskCity will show you an outline of the entire ZIP code, and mark all the pizza places within that immediate vicinity.

We've clued you in to a number of AskCity tricks in the past, including how to draw an area on a map and search within it and how to juice up your AskCity movie searches. And as long as we keep coming up with ways to improve our local search, we'll continue to keep you posted.

--The AskCity Team