# DC Dopefest/Doperally in conjunction with Stewart/Colbert rallies, Oct. 30 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903 "2010-09-24T17:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/41 "2010-09-28T20:06:01Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > How about [RFD](http://www.lovethebeer.com/index.html) in Chinatown. Right next to the Metro (or a brisk trek to the Mall, about 3/4 mile). Great beer selection, decent food, moderately priced. This looks excellent. Gosh, I’d really like to be there. _Crossing fingers_ ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/42 "2010-09-28T20:12:54Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > The rally itself is only scheduled for 12-3 pm, so if you make a day of it there’s plenty of time for other activities. Do you have an official word on that schedule? I’m looking to get back to NY at a reasonable hour, and that time would let me do it, but this is the only reference I’ve seen to it. (I’d say “Cite?” but it seems kind of bitchy in the context) I’ll be spending Friday doing touristy stuff, and I have hopes off getting to the Capitol City Brewing company for at least a meal. If any Dopers are hitting Cap City, I’ll gladly buy a round. Even if none of you know me since I mostly lurk…I’ll probably lurk a bit at CapCity Brewing too…it’s my way. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/43 "2010-09-28T20:23:59Z")
> [@AndyPolley](#): > > > [@Bosstone](#): > > > > The rally itself is only scheduled for 12-3 pm, so if you make a day of it there’s plenty of time for other activities. > > Do you have an official word on that schedule? I’m looking to get back to NY at a reasonable hour, and that time would let me do it, but this is the only reference I’ve seen to it. > > (I’d say “Cite?” but it seems kind of bitchy in the context) No problem. It’s on both of their [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118856078167623&index=1) [pages](http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154317524597618&ref=nf). There is a dearth of information right now, which is a little frustrating, but we’ve still got a month to go. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/44 "2010-09-29T14:46:02Z")
I am down for RFD if that’s what people want. Beer selection is great—they’re owned by the people who own the Brickskellar–food is OK. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/45 "2010-09-29T14:59:56Z")
Did I hear correctly last night that Ariana Huffington offered bus rides to anyone who wanted to go from NYC? It sounded to me like she said one bus at first, but then Jon expanded it to as many buses as necessary, and she didn’t back away from that. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/46 "2010-09-29T16:48:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Did I hear correctly last night that Ariana Huffington offered bus rides to anyone who wanted to go from NYC? It sounded to me like she said one bus at first, but then Jon expanded it to as many buses as necessary, and she didn’t back away from that. The Daily Show rally email alert put out some misleading information this morning about Huffington’s offer. Their text says, “Arianna Huffington promises transportation to anyone who wants to go in this clip from last night’s episode.” The correct message is what I thought in the last post and what the Huffington Post confirms today, > [@](#): > > On Tuesday night’s The Daily Show, Arianna announced that HuffPost will provide buses **from New York** for all those attending Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity, scheduled to take place in Washington on October 30. It doesn’t say whether there will be a charge for the ride. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/47 "2010-09-29T17:31:51Z")
And here I already bought plane tickets. I wonder if Huffington will reimburse me if I send her the receipt. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/48 "2010-09-29T18:11:26Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > And here I already bought plane tickets. I wonder if Huffington will reimburse me if I send her the receipt. 😃 They will probably drive down and back the same day. So no Saturday night Dopefest for the Hufbus folk. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/49 "2010-09-29T22:09:41Z")
My daughter will be accompanying me, but I don’t know if we’ll hang around for dinner - post-rally plans are still up in the air. As I always say, _Indecision is the Key to Flexibility_. Maybe I’ll put that on my sign… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/50 "2010-09-29T22:25:10Z")
Please stay and hang out.\* On the other side of your sign you can put: _Flexibility is the Key to Indecision_ \*Offer tentative. Invitations may be retracted based on how we get along _during_ the rally. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/51 "2010-09-29T22:34:38Z")
I have this mental image of everyone sitting at different tables in the RFD eying each other suspiciously now. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/52 "2010-09-30T12:55:53Z")
Okay, I’m attending, and I’d love to grab a bite to eat with you lot after. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/53 "2010-10-01T00:33:34Z")
Me and The Boy are seriously considering this and will be checking here for details on what’s gonna happen after the rally. RFD so far? As someone who has been to many very large 'Fests in NYC and organized (with much help) a Brooklyn one, lemme warn ya-- large crowds really upset establishments, even if you _tell them_ how large a crowd is coming. Jess sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/54 "2010-10-01T01:14:13Z")
Let me start a running total for dinner or some other post rally something: If my list is incomplete or otherwise incorrect, let me know. Reasonably certain yeses (6): Boyo Jim Bosstone nyctea scandiaca Larry Borgia Wendell Wagner Todderbob Maybes (10): Brown Eyed Girl + Hubby pendgwen FairyChatMom (rally definitely) Edward The Head Antigen Scuba\_Ben AndyPolley Biggirl + 1 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/55 "2010-10-01T05:12:10Z")
Just confirming that you are correct that I am a “Reasonably certain yes” ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/56 "2010-10-01T19:25:18Z")
I’ll be attending the San Fran rally. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/57 "2010-10-01T19:55:46Z")
> [@kimera](#): > > I’ll be attending the San Fran rally. You might want to do a separate thread about that if you’re interested in hooking up with other Dopers in SF. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/58 "2010-10-01T20:00:24Z")
There’s a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown that my daughter wants us to go to, so I’m a \*probably not \*for dinner. I’ve got no problems if anyone wants to tag along with us, but I’m not trying to hijack dinner. Chances are we’ll go eat right after the rally, then head back to the wilds of southern MD. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/59 "2010-10-02T01:36:05Z")
Okay, so you should count me in, and maybe as many as plus 2 with me… One of them is a(n infrequent) doper, and the other is my brother from another mother – actually, were not related at all – who’s probably going to be my host in DC. ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903/60 "2010-10-02T02:30:31Z")
The “if that’s okay” I meant to include in there, repeatedly, disappeared. One is my host, and guide to DC most likely. I despise navigating that place independently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-dopefest-doperally-in-conjunction-with-stewart-colbert-rallies-oct-30/554903.md?page=4)