I tried to get the ball rolling about four or five months ago but there didn’t seem to be much interest (I think I may have gotten one reply). How about now, now that it’s cooling off more?
I already know of one (possibly two) people who are up for it. Anyone else?
I was thinking the Tempe Town Lake would be a nice spot this time of year, but of course there’s always the usual Mexican place the Phx dopers usually go to…
Yeah, this place has a bar…a huge outdoor one too. I don’t know the name of it though, but it’s a regular place, apparently, for the Phoenix dopefests (I’ve only been to two–and only one of them was held at this Mexican place, but I heard that a lot before that one that I attended were held there since it’s so good).
Thanks for the heads-up, Idle Thoughts. My weekdays are shot for now but I could probably do a Friday night, Saturday afternoon/evening, or Sunday daytime if I had some notice. If you’re talking about the place I think you’re talking about it’s called Los Dos Molinos and it RULES. It’s on Central & South Mountain, about 10 minutes south of downtown Phoenix.
Let’s not forget ArizonaTeach, Bosstone, wmulax93, GIGOBuster, Mauvaise . . . there are others but I don’t know if they still post or read here.
I’m free almost all the time for the next few weeks since I don’t start work again until Oct. 13. I’d like to schedule it around the Cardinals though. Sat afternoon/evening is ideal, and any Sunday afternoon the Cards have an early game.
I’m still around. Last time I offered to organize the dopefest, but no one took me on the offer.
As we need some time, I propose we meet on the fist Saturday of October. We need to decide if we will use Dos Molinos or the Acapulco restaurant for the meeting. Or if anyone else has other ideas, please mention any other possible meeting places.
You know, there are a few of us in Tucson as well.
I’m not sure I’m up for a trip to Phoenix for a Dopefest, but I’m not sure I’m not either. Let’s see if any of the other Tucson folks pop in and want to drive up - I’ll be a maybe for now.
The first Saturday of October would be October 4. I think we might be better off keeping it in Phoenix if we have it that day. University of Arizona has a 4pm home game that day at 4 so not sure what kind of traffic we’d be fighting if we tried to meet in Casa Grande.
I don’t think I’d be able to attend one that wasn’t in Phoenix/Tempe/Mesa or the immediate surrounding areas.
Oh, and any day works out well for me so the first Saturday in Oct is fine if that’s when the majority of people can make it (however I enjoyed meeting DesertDog last time and was looking forward to again–so that’ll be sucky a bit if he had to work on whatever date it was).