# Dallas - Ft. Worth Dopers - it's Christmas time! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-ft-worth-dopers-its-christmas-time/96769 "2001-12-04T03:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-ft-worth-dopers-its-christmas-time/96769/21 "2001-12-05T21:23:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chef Troy \* > \*\*I like the idea of a Friday night party. Mrs. Chef’s weekend hours are VERY tight this time of year, what with her working in retail and all… but Friday nights she’s always off by 8:00 or so, and sometimes by 6:30 if the last birthday part of the day doesn’t get booked. > > A restaurant party is fine with me… I do want to have people over to ooh and aah over the new kitchen but we can do that after the holidays are over. (after all, Mardi Gras isn’t far away…) > > There are plenty of places in Irving/Las Colinas around the MacArthur & 114 or MacArthur & 635 areas that are easy to get to - Red Hot & Blue, Razzoo’s, On The Border, Saltgrass Steakhouse, etc. \*\* I also like the idea of Irving/Las Colinas. Mainly because that’s where I live 🙂 Lots of good places in the area, and several have rooms that we could reserve or areas off to the side where we could have large groups. Occasionally we’ll have office parties at various resturants, so I’ve got a few suggestions if we want to go that route. If we want to do a house-party kind of thing with pot-luck, I may be able to offer a venue(subject to wifely approval, but I think we’d be fine). I’ve got a fairly good-size place(4 bedroom, 3 bath, office, dining room, kitchen with plenty of counter space and a double oven for re-heating other people’s dishes, playroom for the kids and a large patio if the weather is nice. Last tenants messed it up and we’re still in the recovery stages, so it’s not the most beautiful place, but it’s very servicable and comfy) in a nice neighborhood on the North Irving/Las Colinas border. Heck it would give us an excuse to get the last few boxes unpacked and the guest bathroom/bedroom set up. We haven’t entertained since we moved, beyond a birthday party that was mostly family, but it works pretty well. As far as I know both dates that **Ziactrice** suggested work for us. Steven ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dragon\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-ft-worth-dopers-its-christmas-time/96769/22 "2001-12-06T08:54:59Z")
i can’t make it :(, so maybe next time. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-ft-worth-dopers-its-christmas-time/96769/23 "2001-12-06T15:29:13Z")
I talked to **Aglarond** this morning and he said that he isn’t on call in December. He said he should be able to make it to the Christmas party. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-ft-worth-dopers-its-christmas-time/96769/24 "2001-12-06T19:45:16Z")
Two reasons for this post. [li] Wife has given her blessing if the D/FW Dopers wish to meet at our home. We’re pretty easy, we’ll go if you want to go out, or whatever.[/li] [li] BUMP[/li] [li] Obligatory Opal Reference[/li] Steven [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-ft-worth-dopers-its-christmas-time/96769.md?page=1)