# Central Florida Dopefest, anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933 "2002-11-15T21:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/21 "2002-11-16T23:13:21Z")
I say bring ivylad. Not a problem with me. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/22 "2002-11-16T23:45:11Z")
I thought spouses/SOs were always included… Not that mine will be coming \ since it’s a long drive from Baltimore. So, I’ll be alone - wild woman on the loose!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/23 "2002-11-17T02:34:04Z")
Oops. If Jan 4 is a Saturday then I might be flying back to the frozen north that day. I’ll have to figure out my itinerary and get back with you. Regardless I’m still holding you to the beer thing when we get to Orlando. Where the heck is Sanford? And is the restaurant a tapas bar motif? I love to tell my family I’m off to the tapas bar. They always think I’m going somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/24 "2002-11-17T04:12:40Z")
Hey, **Fairy Chat Mom** – just noticed your Location says Orange Park. That’s my original hometown – I grew up there! 🙂 (I live in Tallahassee now, but my family is still in O.P.) :::waving to fellow Orange Park-ian::: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/25 "2002-11-17T15:26:56Z")
Sanford is about half an hour away from Orlando, depending on traffic. What time is your flight, **Shib?** Shall we make it a lunch thing instead? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/26 "2002-11-17T15:56:37Z")
We have a 7:40 pm flight out of Tampa. Lunch might be an option but it could also be a bit of a stretch, unless I bring my whole family along to Orlando that day. Probably better not to plan around me, I’m really not that interesting anyway. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/27 "2002-11-17T16:15:04Z")
Hey, **Monstre** , drop me a line if you want news from your old hometown. Not that anything every happens here… Well, **Shibb** , looks like we need to plan a get-together sometime during your stay - email when you have your plans set and we can try to set up something! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/28 "2002-11-17T21:54:32Z")
Okay…would Friday, Jan 3 work better for anyone? Boy…this is hard!! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/29 "2002-11-17T22:03:37Z")
**ivylass** , don’t make yourself crazy trying to please everyone - you can’t do it. All you can do is pick a day and a place and let everyone know. Those who can’t make it will have to wail and gnash their teeth… life is full of disappointments! Sorry - didn’t mean to get all philosophical on you. I could make Friday or Saturday. Thus ends my straight answer. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/30 "2002-11-17T23:16:59Z")
**GeoBill** is planning to be in NYC that weekend, otherwise we’d be all over that. Tu Tu in Coconut Grove is one of our favorite places around here. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/31 "2002-11-17T23:34:30Z")
Heh…eh…January 3 I will still be in Puerto Rico for the Christmas holiday. If it is more convenient for others, go ahead and do it, there will be another time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/32 "2002-11-18T02:23:55Z")
I may very well be available for a Friday night, Saturday, or Sunday get-together. **RTFirefly** , I grew up in Plant City (the winter strawberry capitol of the WORLD). Drop by Parksdale’s for a fabulous strawberry milkshake. katie ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/33 "2002-11-18T05:58:26Z")
Sorry, but … I’m moving. Insert an appropriate “Wizard of Oz” or “Going to Kansas City” reference here; in a couple of weeks I’ll be trading Ocoee, Florida for Roeland Park, Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/34 "2002-11-18T14:21:19Z")
**Elmwood** I live in Montverde…just a hop, skip, and a jump away. Okay. Jan 4, Tu Tu Tango’s. Who can make it? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/35 "2002-11-18T14:54:39Z")
I can probably make it if I get transportation. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/36 "2002-11-18T15:02:33Z")
Barring another disaster in my life, I should be able to make it. And if I win the lottery between now and them, I’ll treat… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/37 "2002-11-18T16:21:09Z")
So that’s three. (Four including Ivylad.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/38 "2002-11-18T18:19:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katiekilldare \* > **RTFirefly** , I grew up in Plant City (the winter strawberry capitol of the WORLD). You must’ve! My wife was born and raised there, and she’s equally fanatical about the local berries. 🙂 > [@](#): > > Drop by Parksdale’s for a fabulous strawberry milkshake. Been there, done that, and going back for more. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/39 "2002-11-18T22:42:18Z")
Sounds good to me for the 4th. I’ll ask for it off, well in advance. 😃 Mmmmmmm. Great food there. Noisy, but great food. And now with good friends! ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933/40 "2002-11-19T03:18:36Z")
I think I could probably make it. I may even drag along Mr. Killdare ( **Elessar** ). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/central-florida-dopefest-anyone/136933.md?page=3)