Longtime Chicagoan Nadia Oehlsen reveals her secrets for living the good life cheaply in the Windy City, including how to enjoy free concerts, movies, comedy acts, and magic shows, where to get free food and wine (including Sunday brunch on the house), information on free days at museums and the Shedd Aquarium, the lowdown on Chicago’s TV tapings and live shows, and much more.
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As a journalist for general interest and trade publications, Nadia Oehlsen has published many how-to articles over the years, including how to process chemicals, how to fix bicycles, how to clean body parts from crime scenes, and the various methods one might employ to pay for goods and services. She prefers explaining how not to pay. As a freelancer, she has developed the critical career skill of living in stylish comfort by acquiring other people's trash. She lives and works in Chicago.
Think you have to earn big bucks to live big in the Windy City? Think again. Chicago is full of free and ridiculously inexpensive stuff--you just need to know where to look. Leave it to "The Cheap Bastard" to uncover all the ins and outs and exclusive bargains to be had and to tell you the real deal with wit and humor. The Cheap Bastard's(R) Guide to Chicago will show you: - How to gain free entrance to plays, concerts, museums, and television tapings - Where to find free classes in anything from yoga to tax preparation - Where to find half-price meals and free food, including chocolate, pizza, and tamales - How to get a free haircut or color treatment, or a low-cost manicure or massage With The Cheap Bastard's(R) Guide to Chicago, anyone can enjoy the good life!
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