My girlfriend (the Ogress) and I will both be there. We’ll be somewhat late, as we are still attending a wedding earlier that afternoon, but we’ll meet you guys at DePalma’s.
Oh, and SilkyThreat? How did we manage to do it?
Magic, of course.
I am the Wizard after all, silly. 
<disappears in a crack of thunder and a cloud of smoke>
Excuse me, if you check my sig, you’ll see that I am the Queen of the Universe. And since work has not exploded in my face and sent me screaming to the asylum this week, I plan to keep my reservation and show up. So I’ll see y’all there.
Excuuuuuuuse me, Lsura, but I’m Empress of the Bamadope and Queen of the Universe just doesn’t cut it. 
But I AM glad you’re coming. I might give you a better title.
I might. I don’t trust Georgia people.
One last bump…just in case.
We’re up to 16 definites.
Yay! Lsura’s coming. Sixteen people for Bamadope rocks the house, yo. Don’t the rest of you who punked out feel at a loss?
Just kidding. We’ll definitely do it again. Everyone bring your lovely smiles, 'cause I’m bringing my camera and making a web page. 
I’m just looking forward to meeting Nocturne, who recented posted what was, without a doubt, one of the most eloquent Pit threads I’ve ever seen. I’ll never look at the Washington Monument the same way.
Which brings me to a question… ummm… I know we’re meeting at the food court at University Mall. What I don’t know is how those who haven’t met anyone IRL are supposed to recognize each other. I mean, I could look for the group with the mussed hair, disheveled/mismatched clothes, and slightly insane gleam in the eyes, but that much direct staring will likely get me in trouble. Likewise, carrying a big sign that says ‘Doper’ on it will be, shall we say, a bit on the ‘I’m attracting unwanted attention’ side. Should I just look for the group with the statistically incorrect number of redheads?
Need some help, here, folks!
-BK
Don’t worry… we’ll be on the lookout. I’ll be the “really” tall blond guy with a black shirt and blue jeans, and everything else I’m wearing will be black.
We found each other last time didn’t we, guys? When you get there… meet at the front.
Don’t worry… we’ll be on the lookout. I’ll be the “really” tall blond guy with a black shirt and blue jeans, and everything else I’m wearing will be black.
We found each other last time didn’t we, guys? When you get there… meet at the front.
Like Simetra, I will be dressed in mostly black. And red. And I have a LOT of curly hair. And I’ll be acting suspicious. I’m kind of hard to miss, really.
bobkitty, I promise you I don’t use language like that all the time. In fact, since Saint Zero’s little angels will be around, I’m cleaning up my vocabulary. Nothing involving four letter words or the Washington Monument.
SilkyThreat, I’ve emailed Pies a few times, with no reply. I’m worried about him.
I’ll be making reservations tonight for 18, just in case. I think waiting any longer to make reservations will be pushing it.
Actually, I think our kids may surprise you. They may let out with the F word during the evening. They have said it at the worst times. Now you understand why we’re afraid to take them to church right now - between that and the fact that our daughter likes to be a nudist…
Oh, and I finally got my Ale-8-One, albeit not the way I expected. My great aunt died late last week, and we took an impromptu trip to KY for her funeral. I picked up two 12 packs (cans) and two 6 packs (bottles).
You guys, DePalma’s doesn’t take reservations. They said we’re probably going to have to split up into two tables for them to be able to handle us.
Just so you know.
Well, now THAT’s not very bloody fair. Who do they think they are??? Two tables, indeed! How are we s’posed to bond if we’re divided up? It’ll be JUST like holidays at home, where I’m stuck at the kids table and all the grownups get the alcohol and have all the fun. whimper I wanna be with the cool kids, dammit.
I know… we can play musical chairs every ten minutes. That way we get to know everyone, and have the added bonus of confusing the hell out of the waitress.
I’m sure we’ll work something out. Can we at least have a secret handshake?
-BK
You mean you don’t know it already?
Juliana, sorry to hear about your aunt. My condolences. Jessica just informed me that she was going to send me two cases of Ale8 so I could bring some with me on Saturday… ((Isn’t she just the most thoughtful, wonderful girl? )) However, they messed up the shipping, but I’m glad you got your fix anyway.
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Sorry, but I’ve never met either one of you, and just the thought is the sweetest thing in the whole world. Thank you so very much!
And also, thank you for the condolences. Aunt Hazel was a wonderful lady.
Kai’leen
Aunt HAZEL?!
Now that is just too too cool.
Everyone needs an Aunt Hazel.
I am very sorry about your aunt, too, Juliana. I really hate that for you. 
I just now logged on and didn’t realize that that had happened.
So, are we doing DePalma’s or not? (Not trying to make light of your aunt’s death, Juliana…I promise!)
I would really like to find a place that we could alllll sit together. What about the Mexican place?
Hellfire and damnation! DePalma’s doesn’t take reservations, huh? That sucks. Good Lord, but we BamaDopers don’t have good luck with Tuscaloosa restaurants and their weird policies.
I’m cool with whatever. You might want to try Cypress Inn, Nocturne. I’m pretty sure they take reservations.
I don’t know if Pepito’s will or not.
Juliana, I’m sorry to hear about your aunt.
drool Mexican…
It’s seriously no big difference to me- will the same general directions apply? And are they in this thread somewhere(my hotel reservation is also at the Fairfield) so I can send them to my work e-mail and print them off tomorrow?
And for the record, I thought there was a major crisis going on at work today, possibly leading to a working weekend. Thank goodness we postponed that until maybe next weekend.
Ok, I checked the thread, and I didn’t see directions hanging out anywhere, unless I was blind.
I know, I know- I get on I-20 and go west to Tuscaloosa.
Beyond that, I’ve never even gotten off the interstate there, so further directions from the general hotel area to the restaurant area would be great.
Directions From Every Direction
Coming From The North
-Take I-65 South to the I-20/I-59 South Ramp towards Tuscaloosa.
-Merge onto I-59 and stay on it for 50 miles.
-Take the US-82, McFarland Blvd. Exit. Number 73.
-Turn right onto US-82, McFarland Blvd. and stay on it for 1.7 miles. ((About 4 lights, I think.))
-University Mall will be on your right. There’s a big sign and it’s pretty hard to miss.
Coming From The South
-Take I-65 North to the I-459 South Ramp towards Tuscaloosa.
-Merge onto I-459 and stay on it for 14 miles.
-Take the I-20/I-59 South Ramp towards Tuscaloosa.
-Merge onto I-59 and stay on it for 40 miles.
-Take the US-82, McFarland Blvd. Exit. Number 73.
-Turn right onto US-82, McFarland Blvd. and stay on it for 1.7 miles. ((About 4 lights, I think.))
-University Mall will be on your right. There’s a big sign and it’s pretty hard to miss.
Coming From The West
-Take I-59/I-20 East to US-82, McFarland Blvd. Exit. Number 73.
-Turn right onto US-82, McFarland Blvd. and stay on it for 1.7 miles. ((About 4 lights, I think.))
-University Mall will be on your right. There’s a big sign and it’s pretty hard to miss.
Coming From The East
-Take I-20 West to US-82, McFarland Blvd. Exit. Number 73.
-Turn right onto US-82, McFarland Blvd. and stay on it for 1.7 miles. ((About 4 lights, I think.))
-University Mall will be on your right. There’s a big sign and it’s pretty hard to miss.
Hope this helps.