# Arizona Dopefest, March 31st **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697 "2006-02-22T22:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/1 "2006-02-22T22:56:33Z")
It looks like I’ll be traveling to the Mesa/Phoenix area at the end of March. If any Dopers are interested in hunting down dinner one night, I should be free from the 28th to the 31st. Unfortunately, **auntie em** won’t be traveling with me, so you’d have to put up with my all by my lonesome. So, dinner? Drinks? Point and laugh at the other Mods? (I’m game if you are.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/2 "2006-02-22T23:49:23Z")
I’ll have a free day on the 31st. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/3 "2006-02-23T02:22:03Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I’ll have a free day on the 31st. Excellent. I figured the 31st–a Friday–would probably fit better with most people’s schedules, but I didn’t want to exclude the weekdays just in case. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/4 "2006-02-23T20:01:34Z")
Oh, and for those of you who can’t make it (we mourn ye), perhaps you can suggest a good, fun place for us to meet. Preferably a groovy joint with tasty food and an atmosphere not too loud–a place where we can actually hear one another talk. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/5 "2006-02-24T18:09:36Z")
If no one wants to do it, I can organize the get together. Usually we gather at Los Molinos, with excellent Tex-Mex cuisine. The inside it is noisy but the waiting room and bar are quiet, I will check around for other restaurants or meet options. As a guest, you have priority: what kind of food do you prefer? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/6 "2006-02-24T18:19:53Z")
If no one wants to do it, I can organize the get together. Usually we gather at Los Molinos, with excellent Tex-Mex cuisine. The inside it is noisy but the waiting room and bar are quiet, I will check around for other restaurants or meet options. As a guest, you have priority: what kind of food do you prefer? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/7 "2006-02-24T18:24:52Z")
Darnit, I did open MPSIMS again to make sure the post did not go in, then when I posted it showed twice. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/8 "2006-03-04T04:49:18Z")
**SkipMagic**? No preference on the kind of cuisine? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/9 "2006-03-04T05:08:48Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > **SkipMagic**? No preference on the kind of cuisine? Oh, hey, how rude of me. I didn’t see your last two responses to the thread when I last checked in. (This is what I get for counting on the subscription e-mails to clue me in on replies.) Actually, Mexican–or any variant thereof–is dandy. The more local the place (i.e., less national), the better; but really, anything will be fine. I trust all of you area Dopers to know the best places, and I like all kinds of food. We do have one attendee who can only stick with places in the Mesa/Tempe area, with a possible downtown Phoenix. Is it workable to find a place within those limits? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/10 "2006-03-04T05:33:21Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Actually, Mexican–or any variant thereof–is dandy. The more local the place (i.e., less national), the better; but really, anything will be fine. I trust all of you area Dopers to know the best places, and I like all kinds of food. > > We do have one attendee who can only stick with places in the Mesa/Tempe area, with a possible downtown Phoenix. Is it workable to find a place within those limits? Ok, then we do have to consider our traditional meet at Los dos Molinos: [http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2807487-los\_dos\_molinos\_phoenix-i](http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2807487-los_dos_molinos_phoenix-i) 8646 South Central Avenue, on the west side of Central Avenue. Although it is in phoenix, it is on the south close to Tempe, we need to show that to your guest to see if he can make it there, if not, I will check other locations. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/11 "2006-03-04T20:18:54Z")
Sounds good to me. Think six o’clock that night is enough time to get there from work, or should we make it a seven o’clock time? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/12 "2006-03-05T18:27:47Z")
I’ll try my best to make it. My wife and I love LDM. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/13 "2006-03-05T22:32:22Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I’ll try my best to make it. My wife and I love LDM. Excellent! Bring the wife, too; it’s to be hoped that she’ll provide some normalcy amongst the group. 😉 Also, maybe we should make it a 7:00 meeting so people can get home, brush their kids and put their teeth to bed. That type of stuff; without too much rushing. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/14 "2006-03-07T22:41:16Z")
As a second option of where to eat, **umop ap!sdn** has suggested [Carlos O’Brien’s](http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2973302-carlos_o_brien_s_tempe-i). (For those keeping track, this is not the same place as Carlos O’Kelly’s, which isn’t very good. Except where it excels as bland Midwestern Mexican food.) ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/15 "2006-03-08T05:20:00Z")
You two missed the semi-somewhat unofficial “**Tucson (early March) Doper Gathering at Putney’s on Oracle in Tucson**” (hence the name). In attendance were **troublmakr** , and meeself. Your loss. I should add that, despite the warning from **t’makr** not to do so, I went and got the top of me noggin all sunburned. Try to enjoy your gathering nonetheless… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/16 "2006-03-09T07:18:52Z")
I will check Carlos O’Brien’s tomorrow. No one else is planning to come? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/17 "2006-03-09T12:51:21Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > You two missed the semi-somewhat unofficial “**Tucson (early March) Doper Gathering at Putney’s on Oracle in Tucson**” (hence the name). > > In attendance were **troublmakr** , and meeself. > > Your loss. > > I should add that, despite the warning from **t’makr** not to do so, I went and got the top of me noggin all sunburned. > > Try to enjoy your gathering nonetheless… Well now, why don’t you and \*\*troublemakr[/b[ mosey on over to where we are? We’re fairly harmless, ya know. (Mostly.) ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/18 "2006-03-09T16:14:46Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Well now, why don’t you and \*\*troublemakr[/b[ mosey on over to where we are? We’re fairly harmless, ya know. (Mostly.) Can’t speak for her, but I am already back in Chicago. Where it was 10 degrees warmer at 6 am than it was in Tucson. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/19 "2006-03-09T16:32:01Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Can’t speak for her, but I am already back in Chicago. Where it was 10 degrees warmer at 6 am than it was in Tucson. Psha! I’m worth the plane ticket and extra vacation time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697/20 "2006-03-09T17:18:23Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Psha! I’m worth the plane ticket and extra vacation time. 😉 I have 49 days a year of vacation/personal time to use (yay for the public school administrator’s contracts!!), so vacation is not the issue. But save that thought, the Bus Wife and I have decided we like AZ enough that spring training will become an annual pilgramage, and next year she’s forcing me to start in Phoenix. Apparently there’s a second Chicago baseball team that winters in that area. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arizona-dopefest-march-31st/345697.md?page=2)