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Chicago City Guide
Boldly rising from the shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago is the center of American innovation - birthplace of the skyscraper, house music, deep-dish pizza and the Ferris wheel. The urban hub of America's heartland, the city exudes friendliness, creativity, hospitality and straight-talking humor. Our smart, stylish guide will help you discover Chicago your way.
Explore The City - whether surveying Art Institute impressionism, ogling Loop architecture, hanging out in Millennium Park or knocking back beers in Bucktown, our local authors inspire you to explore.
Have Fun - tested tips for finding free music festivals, hot dogs or haute cuisine, sandy lakeshore beaches or great seats at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
Go All Night - at avant-garde theaters, stylish West Loop galleries, sultry nightclubs or on a well-worn bar stool with 10 of your new best friends.
Hit The Road - expanded itineraries spotlight the best of the Great Plains, from breweries and bratwurst in Milwaukee to sand dunes and old Victorians on Michigan's Gold Coast.
Explore The City - whether surveying Art Institute impressionism, ogling Loop architecture, hanging out in Millennium Park or knocking back beers in Bucktown, our local authors inspire you to explore.
Have Fun - tested tips for finding free music festivals, hot dogs or haute cuisine, sandy lakeshore beaches or great seats at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
Go All Night - at avant-garde theaters, stylish West Loop galleries, sultry nightclubs or on a well-worn bar stool with 10 of your new best friends.
Hit The Road - expanded itineraries spotlight the best of the Great Plains, from breweries and bratwurst in Milwaukee to sand dunes and old Victorians on Michigan's Gold Coast.
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322 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2004
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April 19, 2007
I highly recommend reading over the guide a few days before your vacation/trip. Lots of good information, recommendations. I found the maps rather confusing. If you are not familiar with Chicago, spend extra time figuring out the different areas. The maps would have been much more useful had the areas been color coded on the main Chicago map. Instead, all the boxes are the same color and it is difficult to figure out which area map to refer. The book misses some of my old & new favorites (La Creperie, Moonstruck, McCormick & Schmicks) but Chicago is just so big it can't all be in there! Next trip I must go to Eno (wine, chocolate and cheese). Sounds yummy!
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I can't count the number of day trips when visiting family...you know, 8-10 relatives in the back of the van conducting 3-4 different conversations at once and never knowing where the heck we were until we got "there", but I've never stayed in a hotel downtown! I'm morphing into a tourist for a week in April. I must prepare!
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I can't count the number of day trips when visiting family...you know, 8-10 relatives in the back of the van conducting 3-4 different conversations at once and never knowing where the heck we were until we got "there", but I've never stayed in a hotel downtown! I'm morphing into a tourist for a week in April. I must prepare!
March 19, 2008
This was pretty good for a tourist I thought-not bad-not great.
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