# Any dopers in the Bay Area? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759 "2003-09-05T17:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![menudomucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@menudomucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/menudomucho)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/1 "2003-09-05T17:04:20Z")
I moved to San Francisco last October and am interested in meeting other Straight Dope readers/enthusiasts or just people in general. I looked on the Dopefest calendar but didn’t see anything coming up in this area, so I thought it would be worthwhile to get something together. Maybe a small meeting at a coffee shop or a barbecue if the weather’s right. For more about me, visit [http://www.nikdaum.com](http://www.nikdaum.com) Take care, N ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/2 "2003-09-09T06:18:47Z")
Great idea. While we’re at it, maybe we could petition the East Bay Express to bring back Cecil’s column - having Dan Savage in both the SF Weekly and the Express is a little much. Oh, and thanks for mentioning the [Dopefest Calendar](http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/calendars/calendar.pl?calendar=teemingmillions&style=Grid). I wasn’t aware of it. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/3 "2003-09-09T07:32:14Z")
Plenty of Bay Area Dopers (aka BADs). There was something a little while ago but i was busy. Maybe we can do something new. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/4 "2003-09-09T17:13:50Z")
I’m in the Bay Area, and would be keen on meeting more BAD people. ---
**Author:** ![menudomucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@menudomucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/menudomucho)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/5 "2003-09-09T17:39:50Z")
Nice to meet you guys. Hopefully, we can get enough responses to start organzizing a get together for the end of this month/beginning of the next. Is there some resource I’m missing for a listing of Dopers and where they are from? Something more extensive with fewer broken photos than [http://www.teemingmillions.com](http://www.teemingmillions.com) ? Take care, N ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/6 "2003-09-09T18:20:01Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/7 "2003-09-09T19:48:21Z")
Me! ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/8 "2003-09-09T19:59:56Z")
Maybe me. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/9 "2003-09-09T20:20:50Z")
San Francisco, yo ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/10 "2003-09-09T20:36:50Z")
Most definitely in. LET’S DO DIM SUM! I’ll be in SF this Saturday. I’d be up for dim sum or anything else between 11:00 and 4:30PM ---
**Author:** ![sengle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@sengle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sengle)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/11 "2003-09-09T20:40:20Z")
I’m interested also. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/12 "2003-09-09T20:44:56Z")
OK folks, so let’s pick a day and set up a MPSIMS Bay Dope thread. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/13 "2003-09-09T22:07:11Z")
I’m maybe in. I am up in Sac, but not that far to SF. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/14 "2003-09-09T23:18:24Z")
Hmm… I’m down in LA county, but depending on when things go up, I might be able to make the drive up. I’ve wanted to take my care on a little road trip ever since I got it, anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/15 "2003-09-09T23:19:32Z")
Oops, I channeled Coach Z, there. I meant “car”, not “care”. (“And I mean ‘tender lovin’ care’, not ‘take my automobile…’”) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/16 "2003-09-09T23:47:57Z")
Yup, BAD reporting, but I’m a bit far south to go party up in the City. Y’all have a good time and maybe sometime there’ll be a Silicon Valley Dope get-together. ---
**Author:** ![Ryle\_Dup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ryle\_Dup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryle_Dup)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/17 "2003-09-10T01:07:51Z")
Ooh, do we get to be BADasses or did LA already stake out that slogan? I’m near downtown San Rafael, and San Francisco is just plain dull, s’always cloudy and cold. (although it did rain today…) Anyways, what’s up with meeting in the gloom of SF? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/18 "2003-09-10T01:14:06Z")
I live in Silicon Valley and work two days a week in SF, so I could do either. By the way, everyone should check out menudomucho’s web site… it’s quite cool, if vaguly incomprehensible and frightening. ---
**Author:** ![menudomucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@menudomucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/menudomucho)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/19 "2003-09-10T03:28:26Z")
Looks like people would be most likely to get together on the weekend. Want to tentatively arrange for the last Saturday of this month, the 27th? I’m open to anything, though I live by the beach so I was thinking it would be fun to have a cook out on the grills. Though as Ryle Dup pointed out, the weather can be a little unpredictable in the city, especially on the ocean side. Are there any local places that could accommodate us? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759/20 "2003-09-10T06:16:15Z")
I should probably keep an eye on this thread. The sheer number of new faces is intriguing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-the-bay-area/199759.md?page=2)