# DC/Baltimore DoperFest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483 "2000-01-17T19:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/41 "2000-01-21T02:41:00Z")
I should be back from FLA by the 5th so pencil me in. And to anyone not familiar with DC and CCBC- make sure you go to the one downtown, **not** the one next to Union Station. I prefer the beer at John Harvard’s…but CCBC is cool. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/42 "2000-01-21T02:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by opus: > \*\*Don’t rock the boat, dave. :mad: > > For those of you who **do** want to drive all the way in, the rush hour parking restrictions are lifted at 6:30, at which time both sides of most streets can be parked on. > > Hope to see you there! :D\*\* Why should rush hour be any problem anyway, since 2/5 is a Saturday? In any case, we’re talking about the middle of downtown DC. Everything there is upscale. There’s really no danger walking around that area or going into any bar/restaurant in that area. Since it’s a Saturday, you should be able to park reasonably close to the place or you can take Metro. It would be nice to vary things though, so perhaps next time we’ll do Columbia or Greenbelt or College Park or something. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/43 "2000-01-21T02:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Why should rush hour be any problem anyway, since 2/5 is a Saturday? Too true. Do we all hate that _reply with quote_ option yet? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/44 "2000-01-21T03:33:00Z")
grumble, grumble,grumble God-damn downtown DC grumble, grumble $7 beers Grumble! Next time lets meet in the only REAL city around, Baltimore! The problem with DC is that the air saps your IQ. As an example I cite Congress. * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/45 "2000-01-21T03:45:00Z")
Seriously, If everyone wants DC, then I’ll strap on the body armor and come on down. What line is this place on? ( metro) And which Station? * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/46 "2000-01-21T04:32:00Z")
I’ve been keeping up with this thread. I want to be there, but not sure what I’ll do about my s.o. if he’s not working that evening…don’t want to bring him and he probably wouldn’t like me going alone. I may need to come up with a cover story, but I’ll try to make it. ---
**Author:** ![renaissanceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@renaissanceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renaissanceman)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/47 "2000-01-21T13:57:00Z")
Hey Falcon: I haven’t seen any posts yet from the Tidewater faction. Could it be we’re still pissed that you stood us up at our meeting? Naaahh!! I’m gonna come and take you up on that “Dinner on me” offer you extended! Seriously, though, I ran the idea of trekking up to DC past the wife. Didn’t get an enthusiastic response, but it wasn’t a flat no either. So I’ll work on it and, if we come, I’ll trade you homebrew for pub grub. Fair enough? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/48 "2000-01-21T14:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by weirddave: > \*\*grumble, grumble,grumble > God-damn downtown DC > grumble, grumble > $7 beers > Grumble! > > Next time lets meet in the only REAL city around, Baltimore!\*\* I wouldn’t know how much the beers are in DC, since I don’t drink beer, but I don’t think the food in DC is that much more than in Baltimore. In any case, perhaps we’ll meet in Baltimore next time. Life is long and the Baltimore/Washington metropolitan area is big, so we can eventually meet in many places. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/49 "2000-01-23T22:40:00Z")
I think it’s time to bump this thread back to page 1… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/50 "2000-01-25T02:14:00Z")
Well? We discuss this for 7 days and then go quiet? Are we gonna do this or not? * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/51 "2000-01-25T02:55:00Z")
I believe we are going to do it. Everything has pretty much been worked out. The place, date & time have been set & directions have been posted. What else is there to discuss? Here is the latest roster, in alphabetical order: 1. AWB 2. AWB II 3. Bricker 4. Falcon 5. John Corrado 6. Lucretia 7. Mojo 8. OpalCat 9. opus 10. Ramesh 11. renaissanceman 12. RTFirefly 13. SqrlCub 14. Sycorax 15. Weirddave 16. Wendell Wagner 17. Wiggum 18. Zeb Most, but not all of these people have given a definate yes. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/52 "2000-01-25T05:52:00Z")
You left off UndeadDude * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/53 "2000-01-25T12:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I believe we are going to do it. Everything has pretty much been worked out. The place, date & time have been set & directions have been posted. What else is there to discuss? That was my understanding, too. I only bumped it back up so that if any DC area people missed it last week, they’d see it now. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/54 "2000-01-25T20:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > You left off UndeadDude I didn’t catch his name because he didn’t post to the thread (but I do see where you said he would be there); I will put him on the list. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/55 "2000-01-30T12:35:00Z")
Given that the DC Doperfest is less than a week away, it seems appropriate to bump this to the top one last time. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/56 "2000-01-30T15:37:00Z")
RT, You gonna make the name tags, or maybe that can be something to keep us all talking while we’re there: trying to guess who’s who just from conversation! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/57 "2000-01-30T16:19:00Z")
I’ll be the one holding a list of bizarre questions. 😃 - Rick ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/58 "2000-01-31T21:42:00Z")
Not just a bump to the top, but also a fascinating question… How the heck will we recognize each other? I suppose we can all just congregate around Opal and ask her to stand in a prominent place… Will we be seated as a group (the Adams Party), or just congregate together by a “hey, he looks like a Bricker”? * * * JMCJ This is not a sig. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/59 "2000-01-31T22:05:00Z")
With 18-20 people expected, I am sure I will need to call the CCBC and reserve a bunch of tables, or maybe even a section. I doubt there will be any other parties as large, so walk in & look around. We’ll be there, and if we’re not then you’re the first! Oh, and let’s have none of this _fashionably late_ crap either. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483/60 "2000-01-31T22:37:00Z")
What name will the tables be under? It’ll be easier if we can ask for a certain area, especially if we’re the first ones there! * * * “You are sweet, kind, and considerate… Like a grown up boy scout with tits!” - Brian, aka SDMB’s one and only Satan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-doperfest/13483.md?page=4)