# Bay Area Dopefest- The Chieftain, Sat 7/14, 6:30pm **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048 "2007-06-14T21:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/81 "2007-06-22T23:08:29Z")
bwha?? ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/82 "2007-06-22T23:14:05Z")
Err, I guess I am delirious. [Here’s the post I was referring to originally.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=740411&postcount=14&highlight=breathes+pittsburg) The reason I suddenly remembered that is … because of … plumbers from Cleveland… you know what, I’m just going to go back to the corner I came from… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/83 "2007-06-22T23:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=groman] Err, I guess I am delirious. [Here’s the post I was referring to originally.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=740411&postcount=14&highlight=breathes+pittsburg) The reason I suddenly remembered that is … because of … plumbers from Cleveland… you know what, I’m just going to go back to the corner I came from… 🙂 [/QUOTE] Holy crap, **Wall of Text**! ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/84 "2007-06-22T23:28:24Z")
Hahahahaha. Oh I remember that. That was a fun thread. As for what they’re usually like. This will probably be something like my 15th to 20th Dopefest and I’ve always had a great time. Usually pretty chill, just folks eating/drinking/chatting/getting to know each other a little better. I’ve made some great friends. Looking forward to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/85 "2007-06-22T23:30:37Z")
This will be my first one, if it goes well I’d be down for making it a semi-regular thing. Definitely seems to be enough Dopers local to here that we’d never be at a lack for people. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/86 "2007-06-22T23:31:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dunawake] Holy crap, **Wall of Text**! [/QUOTE] In case you didn’t know, that’s a shroom-fueled laugh riot, but how it relates to this thread I’m not sure. shoehorn butterhorse 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/87 "2007-06-23T04:31:52Z")
No one has mentioned the first rule of Dopefests…you don’t talk about Dopefests. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/88 "2007-06-23T05:13:09Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] No one has mentioned the first rule of Dopefests…you don’t talk about Dopefests. [/QUOTE] _Rules???_ We don’t need your stinking _rules_. Anyway, does anybody remember about the skillet? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/89 "2007-07-09T00:48:34Z")
So, the plan was to drive down from Sacramento, and maybe/maybe not spend the night. Now we find that we have a birthday party to attend (for one of our son’s friends) in SF on Sunday. So we have two choices… \*\*Rhiannon8404 \*\*and I come ‘alone’, then drive home, and drive back down with the kiddo the next day, or We bring our almost-9-year-old son (who’s totally cool) to the DopeFest and get a hotel room for the night. Never having been to a DopeFest, nor to the Chieftan, I have no idea whether or not it would be a) appropriate, and b) in anyway entertaining for our son. Any opinions??? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/90 "2007-07-09T01:24:13Z")
Having been compared to a 9-year-old more than once, I say the more of us, the merrier! The Chieftain’s restaurant closes at 8PM, though…do they allow minors in the pub? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/91 "2007-07-09T01:57:55Z")
Well, I just called the Chieftan and asked if kids are welcome and was told they most certainly are. That both the pub and the restaurant are “family friendly”. So anyway, it looks like we’ll be bringing him with us. He’d be really pissed if he knew we’d gone to a new pub and not taken him. He’s been to all the Irish/British type pubs here in Sacramento and has become quite the expert on who has the best fish and chips. So look for us to be there with a long haired, Led Zepplin t-shirt-wearing 9 yr old. He’s good at getting along with grown-ups and may well challenge someone to a game of darts. Oh, and he’s already go his Doper name picked out for when he’s old enough to join the boards. He’s gonna be “LedZepKid”. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/92 "2007-07-09T08:20:24Z")
SF doper checking in. I’m in. Wheres the chieftain though? ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/93 "2007-07-09T08:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonix] Wheres the chieftain though? [/QUOTE] Apparently it’s at 5th and Howard. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/94 "2007-07-09T09:12:08Z")
I’d kinda like to drop in but… then you guys would know that I am here in the Bay Area. But maybe some people figured that from some of my posts anyway. But still… then you would know what I look like. Oh and anyway, I have to work that night. Wasn’t this an interesting and helpful post? No. No it wasn’t. But I post it anyway. Because I can’t go ☹ — just when I’m starting to feel comfortable and social enough to meet a group of people I know only from screen-dots. Maybe some other time. But I may have to wear a mask. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/95 "2007-07-09T18:49:28Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonix] SF doper checking in. I’m in. Wheres the chieftain though? [/QUOTE] [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8695447&postcount=36](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8695447&postcount=36) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/96 "2007-07-09T22:33:23Z")
Ah, thanks. I missed it on my initial skim. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/97 "2007-07-10T03:10:02Z")
In case anyone is planning on spending the night in The City, There are some decent deals available online. I just grabbed a room at the Hyatt Regency for a bid of $75\* on Priceline. \*$93 and change after taxes and fees…parking ( :eek: ) not included. ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/98 "2007-07-10T05:50:43Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] \*$93 and change after taxes and fees…parking ( :eek: ) not included. [/QUOTE] Your car will probably have a more expensive room than you will. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/99 "2007-07-11T17:04:19Z")
[QUOTE=Dunawake] Your car will probably have a more expensive room than you will. 😛 [/QUOTE] You can always park out in the Sunset and take the streetcar downtown, and rely on public transit until it’s time to leave town. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048/100 "2007-07-11T17:45:32Z")
What do you guys think about So Cal dopers? I will come and drink all your water! That which I cannot finish, I will use to overwater completely unnecessary plants hanging about the bar! I contribute controversial non-local suggestions about things to do in San Francisco. I will wear a San Diego Padres cap and claim that it is a Straight Dope hat! Just kidding, I love the A’s and hate the Padres. I lived in the bay area for 6 years. I will wear leather and black clothing. No one will suspect me of not being NoCal (except when I use that term) until I start speaking surfer and valley speak. In any case, I’d like to visit the nephews and my Pops and this is a good excuse. Count me in as a Maybe or BANNED. I await your judgement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bay-area-dopefest-the-chieftain-sat-7-14-6-30pm/408048.md?page=6)