need fun, cheap things to do in chicago for a friend of mine (He's stationed at the navy base). Also got any recs for cheap places to stay for the weekend?
Walk around. The lake and the zoo are always free. If he's got an interest (anything from surgical science history to getting blown by strange men) there will be a place in Chicago where it can be explored.
If he wears his uniform, he can get free drinks some places. If he mentions my name, he could get shot.