# DC-Area Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891 "2023-06-01T21:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/21 "2023-06-26T17:09:15Z")
Bumpdate: PT has told me that he will likely be arriving on the 29th, versus the 30th, but will still be in town through the night of the 3rd. Is there any interest in moving things to the 29th? Also, we were talking about maybe meeting up at a dim sum place in Chinatown. I haven’t been to any of them in years though; Tony Cheng’s is the only place I remember (they also have a Mongolian Barbecue setup; I think on the ground floor). Any other suggestions? If I can get an approximate headcount, I can make a reservation somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/22 "2023-06-26T17:15:29Z")
I may be available the afternoon of the 29th, but that’s probably the only day that will work for me. I won’t know until that day, so I’ll be a maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/23 "2023-06-28T20:50:14Z")
I’ll make an executive decision and suggest we all meet in front of Tony Cheng’s at 7 PM. We don’t necessarily have to EAT there, if people find they’d like something else; there are tons of restaurants within a few blocks of the place. Being a Friday, everywhere will be crowded - I don’t know how the holiday weekend will affect that: locals might be heading out to a beach somewhere, but nonlocals might be coming in to town early! Headcount: - Me, my husband, and likely our son “Dweezil” - Tru Celt may be coming - Penultima Thule from Australia - Who else? ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/24 "2023-06-28T20:52:50Z")
I should be able to make it. I have an appointment early in the day, but it’ll be over way before then. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/25 "2023-06-28T20:56:15Z")
So we’re talking Friday, I missed that. I can do that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/26 "2023-06-28T22:44:42Z")
Forgot to provide the address: 619 H Street NW Washington, DC. It’s about a half block away from the Gallery Place / Chinatown Metro stop (Yellow line). If you look at Google Maps, you can see there are loads of other choices nearby; I just suggested this one because it’s a known quantity, and as I recall the entrance is hard to miss. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/27 "2023-06-29T22:42:14Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > - Me, my husband, and likely our son “Dweezil” > - Tru Celt may be coming > - Penultima Thule from Australia > - P-man Anyone else? Reminder, it’s tomorrow evening, not tonight (else we’re gonna be very, very late!). ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/28 "2023-06-29T23:06:23Z")
Not me, but you guys enjoy yourselves! Hello from Louisville KY. We won’t make DC until 7/03 or 7/04. I landed in Little Rock on Monday and my son picked me up, and we’ve been making our way eastward as touring roadtrippers. Share pics please! ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/29 "2023-06-30T00:58:05Z")
I’ll let everyone know if wife and daughter want to come. Daughter just had her appendix out less than two weeks ago, so she may not want to make the trek downtown. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/30 "2023-06-30T14:47:33Z")
Ms. P will be coming with me, also our daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/31 "2023-06-30T15:27:31Z")
Cool! Looks like we’re a group of 8 then. I’m debating whether we should drive, or Metro. Likely Metro, given DC traffic and the parking situation. It doesn’t look like there is a parking garage all that near (2-3 blocks away, anyway). It looks like there’s nothing going on tonight at Capital One Arena (formerly Verizon Center), which will help with finding restaurant seating. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/32 "2023-06-30T15:39:12Z")
That’s probably the last part of DC I’d drive to. We’re lucky to live a short drive from a couple of Metro stations. If the Purple Line had been finished on schedule we’d be a block from one. As long as nothing is going on at the Convention Center it should be easier to find a restaurant with enough seating. Last year this time there was the American Library Association annual meeting, so the area was crawling with librarians. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/33 "2023-06-30T22:45:04Z")
We are arriving at Tony Chengs. PT is already there. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/34 "2023-07-01T05:15:33Z")
Fun times - I love hearing fresh perspectives on my country. I’m trying to upload the picture my son took, but the board software says it’s too many pixels. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/35 "2023-07-01T12:11:58Z")
Dopefest Washington June 2023 PT is the one without hair, three from left. Other participants can self-identify as deemed responsible. 🙃 [![](https://i.ibb.co/3T29KkD/IMG-6122b.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/3T29KkD/IMG-6122b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/36 "2023-07-01T14:14:06Z")
I’m next to PT, with lots of hair. My daughter is to my left, and Ms. P is to her left. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/37 "2023-07-02T04:44:23Z")
And going clockwise from Penultima, I and Typo Knig round out the table. Our son Dweezil was wielding the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891/38 "2023-07-02T10:58:32Z")
A fine looking group. Thanks for the pic! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopefest/984891.md?page=1)