The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Boston
Secrets of Living the Good Life for Free
Frieswick, Kris
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BOOK SUMMARY
A Boston humorist gives sound advice on how to live the good life in Beantown, for peanuts.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
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Boston copy:
Boston writer and humorist Kris Frieswick gives sound advice on how to live the good life in Beantown, for peanuts. Spendthrift readers will discover where to have all kinds of fun, experience the city's culture, and fortify themselves with grub and brew, all for a pittance. Includes how to score free or very cheap tickets at Fenway, the Boston Symphony or Pops, and the Spinnazola Food and Wine Festival, plus how to break into Boston's social network, a great source of free parties and events!
AUTHOR BIO
Kris Frieswick is a humor, business and lifestyle writer, an award-winning humor columnist, and a stand-up comedian. Her work has been in demand at such magazines as The Economist, Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Redbook, and USA Today, and she has been anthologized in two humor books, Mirth of a Nation (Harper Perennial) and 101 Damnations (St. Martin's). The Independent Media Institute called her a "smart, funny voice" to watch in American media. She lives in Boston's South End.
BOOK EXCERPTS
From the Introduction:Getting a deal isn't a sport in Boston like it is in New York. Here, it's more of a genetic thing passed down through 350 years of Cheap Bastards. It's a Calvinist approach to life that holds that spending more than you absolutely have to is not only unnecessary, it's a moral weakness. We don't brag when we get a bargain, we just feel quietly superior to those who pay through the nose. We do without, we reuse, we recycle, and we are not embarrassed to drive away with another man's garbage. Unfortunately for anyone who didn't grow up here, the first rule of Cheap Boston is not to talk about Cheap Boston. Bostonians find it unseemly to talk about money: either how much we spend, or how much we earn. We would much rather talk about an embarrassing medical condition. This makes it a lot harder for newcomers and visitors to find bargains.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0762742801
ISBN(13-digit): 9780762742806
Dewey Decimal: 917.44610444
Library of Congress: oc2007063484
Book Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 294
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