The Unofficial Guide to Chicago

* The insider's guide to fun times and great deals in the Windy City
* Delivers the scoop on Chicago, a popular weekend destination (16 percent of the U.S. population is within a 300-mile radius) and convention magnet (35,000 shows a year, with 4.4 million attendees)
* Offers detailed, candid reviews and ratings of hotels and restaurants, including notable newcomers, all based on personal evaluations
* Shows travelers where to find great jazz and blues clubs, shopping bargains, and the best lakefront beaches
* Provides information on Millennium Park, with its Frank Gehry designed pavilion, and other new attractions

Bob Sehlinger is the creator and Executive Publisher of the Unofficial Guide travel series.

Joe Surkiewicz has co-authored five titles in the Unofficial Guide series and written two guides to the best places to ride a mountain bike in the mid-Atlantic states. Between book assignments, Joe is a legal affairs writer at The Daily Record in Baltimore, where he translates appellate court opinions into plain English and generally does his best to irritate the local legal establishment. He lives in Baltimore with his best friend and counselor, Ann Lembo. When not traveling or bicycling, they enjoy evenings curled up on the sofa with their black-and-white feline companion, Molly, to watch black-and-white movies starring 1930s film divas Barbara Stanwyck, Norma Shearer, and Jean Harlow.