Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Chicago (Frommer's Irreverent Guides) - Softcover

Blackwell, Elizabeth Canning

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470040793 ISBN 13: 9780470040799

Publisher: Frommer, 2006

Synopsis

"Full of solid, insider information with just the right amount of cynicism."
--Travel Savvy magazine

Are you tired of clich?-ridden guidebooks packed with promotional fluff? Then move over to the IRREVERENT GUIDES--the travel series that no tourist board would dare to recommend.

Look inside for the lowdown on:
* Great hotels for hipsters, families, conventioneers, and luxury-seekers
* The inside line on restaurants for all tastes and budgets
* The top sites for museum lovers, talk-show junkies, pork-belly enthusiasts, and Wrightophiles
* Hip boutiques and shops to keep you from falling into the gap
* The best nightspots for cruising and schmoozing
* And much more!

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About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Canning Blackwell began life on the East Coast, but 4 years at Northwestern University transformed her into a Midwesterner. She has worked as a writer and editor at Encyclopedia Britannica, Northwestern University Medical School, the Chicago Tribune, and North Shore, a lifestyle magazine for the Chicago suburbs. She also has written for national magazines on everything from planning the perfect wedding to fighting a duel. She lives just outside the city with her husband, daughter, and an extensive collection of long underwear.

About this edition

• Publisher: Frommer
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0470040793
• ISBN 13: 9780470040799
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 256