Synopses & Reviews
Live Large for Less! Think you have to earn big bucks to live big in the Big Apple? Think again. New York City 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 Bastards® Guide to New York City will show you:
• How to gain free or low-cost entrance to plays, films, concerts, and museums
• Where to find free or low-cost classes and lectures in yoga, the arts, cooking and wine, meditation, history, jazz, and more
• Where to find half-price meals and free food, including pasta, pizza, wings, beer, seafood, ethnic specialties, and pastries
• Where to get top-of-the-line second-hand clothes and other shopping bargains
• How to get a low-cost haircut, color treatment, manicure, or massage
Review
“A book that reinforces one of the classic family values that New Yorkers hold dear—never pay retail.”—Brian Lehrer, WNYC New York Public Radio
“The last word on living well and cheaply in the Big Apple—and, no, it is not an oxymoron.”—Chicago Tribune
Synopsis
Cheap Bastard's Guide to New York City details endless free and inexpensive opportunities available in the Big Apple from theater, concerts, and museums to wine tastings, yoga classes, haircuts, and massages--for native and visiting cheapskates alike. Written in a fun, humorous tone, this unique guide offers sound advice on how to live the good life on the cheap!
About the Author
Native New Yorker Rob Grader is a writer and producer for public radio and television and is an actor on stage and TV. A graduate of the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University, he has performed at regional theaters throughout the country, on popular dramas, sitcoms, and soaps, and in national commercials.