# Back on Track: NYC Mega-Dopefest -- January 5, 2002 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057 "2001-09-21T18:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/1 "2001-09-21T18:15:49Z")
I realize it’s early, but in an effort get things back to normal and to support Mayor Giuliani’s efforts to get tourist dollars rolling in, I’m pleased too announce: **The New York City Mega-Dopefest on Saturday, January 5, 2002** along with **The New York City Mega-Dopefest Weekend from Friday January 4 to Sunday January 6, 2002** Events and details to be provided, and volunteers to host events (museum tours, brunches, Friday activities, etc.) and put up visitors are welcome. This is the same weekend as this past January’s record-setting NYC Dopefest, though the attendence record may well be eclipsed by October’s [California Dopefest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82259). We New Yorkers can’t let California take the title. Let’s try to get into the triple digits in attendees this time. I figure that with this much advance notice, everyone will be able to get cheap air tickets if they plan on flying in. Between now and then, we’ll be having our usual New York Dope-Dinners, possibly a smaller dopefest, and other impromptu events, but if you’re going to come to New York for one Doper event, the **NYC Mega-Dopefest** is the one. See you all there (and this means all 17,000 or so of you). ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/2 "2001-09-21T18:57:32Z")
Let me be the first to say: **I’m in!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/3 "2001-09-21T19:00:27Z")
I so want to do this. Everybody, give me good vibes that I get a job soon so I can make this! ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/4 "2001-09-21T19:03:15Z")
Whoo! I just wrote the date down. Count me in 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/5 "2001-09-21T19:07:12Z")
Okay. That’s about a week and a half before my 40th birthday. Who’s gonna give me a trip to NY to mark the occassion? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/6 "2001-09-21T19:35:04Z")
Well, I’m back on the East Coast, and NY’s not that far a drive, so I’ll keep my eyes out for this thread as the time draws more near… ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/7 "2001-09-21T19:50:26Z")
I’m so there. I hope it’s as completely nuts as the last one. Seeing as how we’re planning ahead… I am proud to present… [minor hijack] _The Official List of Things THespos Hopes to Do at the Next NYC Dopefest_ [list=1] [li] Get a smooch from **Nacho4Sara** if she happens to be there. (I didn’t get one last time.)[/li][li] Buy several vodka shots for **Manhattan**. (“Whosoever inflicts a hangover on me shall be paid back tenfold.”)[/li][li] Find the hat. Wear it proudly. BTW, who has it? **Wonko**?[/li][li] Drink several beers with **Lurkernomore** in **Tripler** ’s honor.[/li][li] Meet **TruePisces** IRL.[/li][li] Digitally record any bartop dancing that should happen to occur during the course of the night.[/li][li] Flirt with **Hamadryad**.[/li][/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/8 "2001-09-21T20:11:38Z")
Sounds good to me! I’ll try to make it! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/9 "2001-09-21T20:14:46Z")
I’ll be there, with nametags in hand. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/10 "2001-09-21T20:43:54Z")
I definitely 100% intend to try to make it to this one if there’s a chance in the world. I had a wonderful time at the last one. I only hope there’s snow again…although if we go through the park in it I won’t blame anyone for staying BEHIND me. Eh hem. While y’all are saving up money to get Arden there (I’ll throw in a 5-spot!), concentrate your MENTAL energies on my being able to a) afford a train ticket, b) get out of the house for a weekend and c) find a place to crash. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/11 "2001-09-21T21:03:45Z")
Don’t you worry about a place to crash, Hama. I think I’ve got that covered. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/12 "2001-09-21T21:04:10Z")
Ooh, ooh! If I don’t get a real job in Chicago, which looks likelier and likelier each day :(, I’m tentatively planning to visit NYC for an extended period in January, job hunt there, and try out living with The Boy ([Pixellent](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88659)) for a while. So I will do my best to be there. I know you guys had a blast last year, and I look forward to singing Britney Spears songs with Nacho & Hamadryad and making out with Lux Fiat. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/13 "2001-09-21T21:39:18Z")
Ooh! Last Friday, **pldennison** , **Peta Tzunami** , **RTFirefly** and I were tossing around the idea of doing a Big Ole Travelin’ Dopefest up and down the East Coast, and this could tie right in. Boston, NYC, Philly, DC, Raleigh, etc. Don’t mind the noise, it’s just the gears a-grindin’ in that li’l brain of mine…anybody else like this idea? If there is interest, we can have a new thread for it so as not to clog this one up. Email me if you’re interested so I can get an idea how feasible this is. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/14 "2001-09-21T22:24:56Z")
Gosh, I love it when **Billdo** gets my life completely organized four months in advance. It’s on the calendar! For starters, I’ll organize the list of people who want to make out with **Lux Fiat** and work out some sort of schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/15 "2001-09-21T22:30:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by delphica \* > \*\* For starters, I’ll organize the list of people who want to make out with **Lux Fiat** and work out some sort of schedule. \*\* Sure, why not. Sign me up. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/16 "2001-09-21T22:34:47Z")
Well, all I can say is thank god for **Lux Fiat.** Now all the sultry, oversexed Girl Dopers will be gathered around and pawing _him,_ and the rest of us guys can go off and discuss sporting events. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/17 "2001-09-21T22:36:04Z")
And don’t even _think_ about quoting the first sentence of the above as your new sig, \*\*Luxxie. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/18 "2001-09-21T22:36:38Z")
I’m in… as much as I can be 3 months in advance. Thank God for Billdo, the only organized one here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/19 "2001-09-21T22:42:47Z")
billdo, you always pick the wrong weekends for me. dang… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057/20 "2001-09-21T23:27:34Z")
This will give me just enough time to clean my apartment for crashers! And I will not forget that I owe Manny and Sua and Capt Crude. And Cajun Man and Dr.Matrix and. . … Plus, I get to kiss Ike 'cause I’m not a hot DoperBabe! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-on-track-nyc-mega-dopefest-january-5-2002/83057.md?page=2)