# Austin Dopefest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614 "2001-08-22T21:07:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/21 "2001-08-25T02:09:22Z")
\*\*TheNerd wrote: This thread sunk like the **Kursk**. Here’s hoping some more Austin dopers see it.\*\* I was wondering where those bubbles were coming from! 😃 I’ll be there. I’ve been thinking of asking when our next _Bat Dope_ might be. Thanks, **Sapphire Bullet**!! ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/22 "2001-08-26T01:01:39Z")
**bumpity-bump, bumpity-bump, bumpity-bump-bump-bump!** ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/23 "2001-08-27T03:51:04Z")
Hey, I’m still interested in whether y’all are going to have this thing and when and where. Jim ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/24 "2001-08-27T17:32:45Z")
_bump_ Any other Houston Dopers going? Robin ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/25 "2001-08-28T01:05:43Z")
Okay folks, it’s this week! I propose a meal at Chuy’s on Saturday and then bat watching…but this is by no means the final word. **there with bells on:** maxxxxie saph thenerd ballybay hugh lightnin’ microbug freyr **maybe** robin bnorton beatle ayesha jimb anyone else? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/26 "2001-08-28T01:11:18Z")
\*\*Sapphire Bullet wrote: Okay folks, it’s this week! I propose a meal at Chuy’s on Saturday and then bat watching…but this is by no means the final word.\*\* **WHICH CHUY’S ???** There’s one up here on Lamar on the northside of town, where I live, but I’ve a feeling that’s not the one you’re referring to. Address, please? ---
**Author:** ![maidenunicorn41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maidenunicorn41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maidenunicorn41)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/27 "2001-08-28T01:16:09Z")
OK, so I dont keep up with the threads that much\< but thanks to my bestest friend **purplebear** count me in, if I can get a ride. If he doesnt have to work , **Freud** will be there too. **purplebear** and if we can talk him into it **Mr.Bear** will be here too. Look forward to seeing old friends and meeting some new ones.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/28 "2001-08-28T04:09:07Z")
**Robin** and, I guess, **Ayesha** , I’ll be able to render a final yay/nay tomorrow. If I can do it, you’re more than welcome to ride with me. _If_ it happens, I’ll probably stay at the Town Lake Holiday Inn Lottsa if…we’ll see…(60/40 negative…whatever - how bad do y’all want to go?) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/29 "2001-08-28T04:18:09Z")
**Ayesha** , my dear, somehow my previous post came off (to me, anyway) sounding as if I was ambivalent about your travels with us (_if_ we can make it happen). I didn’t mean to sound that way - if we can do the trip, y’all would be most welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/30 "2001-08-28T16:37:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*Okay folks, it’s this week! I propose a meal at Chuy’s on Saturday and then bat watching…but this is by no means the final word. > \*\* What time will this start? ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/31 "2001-08-28T18:11:50Z")
Damnation! I’ll be up in yankee-land that weekend! And I do so love Chuy’s (hey, when is the Green Chile thing this year? anyone know?) ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/32 "2001-08-28T18:28:52Z")
**Freyr** (and any others who are wondering), the Chuy’s in question is the Barton Springs location, so that we can walk to congress street bridge afterward to watch the bats. This is the original Chuy’s location. It’s also the one in which the Bush twins got in trouble. As for starting time, I’m not sure. I’d say around 5ish, but that’s just personal preference. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/33 "2001-08-28T19:23:34Z")
Since I’ve never been to one of these, how do I tell who you guys are? Would it be bad form to go to every table in the restaurant and ask “Are you a Doper?” ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/34 "2001-08-28T19:43:54Z")
Hugh, here is Dallas, we call ourselves _The Addams Family_. That attracts enough attention that the staff keeps track of us, as well they should. They also hide us in a corner somewhere. That’s good thinking on their part, too. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/35 "2001-08-28T19:48:44Z")
Also, if **beatle** comes, he can bring _The Sign_. Jim ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/36 "2001-08-28T19:56:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beatle \* > \*\ ***Robin** and, I guess, **Ayesha** , I’ll be able to render a final yay/nay tomorrow. If I can do it, you’re more than welcome to ride with me. _If_ it happens, I’ll probably stay at the Town Lake Holiday Inn > > Lottsa if…we’ll see…(60/40 negative…whatever - how bad do y’all want to go?) \*\* _I_ wanna go really really bad, but if it doesn’t happen, I’ll be OK with it. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/37 "2001-08-29T02:43:52Z")
LOL Freyr. Sorry! 😃 I tend to be very South-Austin centric. TheNerd has it right, and 5 works for me. What say you, dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/38 "2001-08-29T04:33:59Z")
If I make it, I probably can’t make it by 5, maybe 6. And there is a good chance I’ll make it. But, don’t change for me, I’ll get there when I can. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/39 "2001-08-29T20:10:14Z")
bump! ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614/40 "2001-08-29T22:58:31Z")
Whoever is making the reservation for us, make sure it’s an indoor table. If the weather continues its present pattern (and the Weather Channel says it probably will) we’ll get rain for the day. I dunno if I can see the bats fly, as AGLIFF (Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival) is showing a couple features I want to catch. I may have to duck out after a while. We’ll see! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopefest/77614.md?page=3)