# Does anyone in the DC area wanna meet.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2001, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220 "2001-01-03T12:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/61 "2001-01-16T14:01:43Z")
**FairyChatMom Lucretia Bluesman RTFirefly pldennison Peta Tzunami Attrayant Olentzero iampunha Falcon goboy weirddave SqrlCub dcnewsman Captain Amazing Jess**(and maybe**Mr. Jess**) **Wendell Wagner** - probably ( **ChiefScott** , are you a maybe?) California Pizza Kitchen, 700 King Street, Alexandria, this Sunday, 1/21, at 4pm. If you haven’t joined us before, look for a large and rowdy group of people! I recommend a look at the [SD People Pages](http://www.geocities.com/sdpeoplepages/links.html) before you come, to get an idea of who you’re looking for. I’ll try to remember to bring nametags, which people will use to identify themselves as almost anyone besides themselves, so they won’t be _that_ much help if I do. 😉 (I dibs **FormerAgent**! :D) ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/62 "2001-01-16T14:11:40Z")
Man…it was MY turn to be FormerAgent!!! _pouts_ ---
**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 16, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/63 "2001-01-16T14:40:27Z")
Zoinks! That’s a whole lotta people even without the small African nation. Somebody wanna call the CPK (703-706-0404) & give them a heads-up? ---
**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 16, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/64 "2001-01-16T16:05:57Z")
Looks like I can’t make it. Another party that I was long ago promised to has moved to that date. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/65 "2001-01-19T18:08:04Z")
CPK at 4, eh? Well, I’ll certainly try to make it, but I’m still a little under the weather and can’t make a firm promise. Plus, I am in actuality a pretty shy fellow and I’m a little overwhelmed at the prospect of discovering that all of you are actual human beings instead of just words on a computer screen. I’ll give it a go, though. Are we going to have name tags or something? ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/66 "2001-01-19T20:41:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > \*\*Are we going to have name tags or something? \*\* We are now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/67 "2001-01-19T21:13:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sofa King \* > \*\*Are we going to have name tags or something? \*\* I’m half-considering going with my shirt off because that’s how most people first see me. Naw, don’t think I’ll do that. It’ll be too cold. ::hears Falcon faint:: Hon, you okay? ---
**Author:** ![Althea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Althea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Althea)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/68 "2001-01-19T22:36:38Z")
I’m game if the invitation still stands and someone can get me directions. I know this is short notice and all… ---
**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 19, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/69 "2001-01-19T23:20:02Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by iampunha_: > > ::hears Falcon faint:: > > \*\*Hon, you okay? \*\* …sorry, that was me. :o ---
**Author:** ![BigFriendlyGiant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@BigFriendlyGiant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigFriendlyGiant)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/70 "2001-01-19T23:37:22Z")
I’d love to go and chill for awhile and meet all the Dopers there but I’m too “inland” and underage to take advantage of the invite. Sorry I can’t go. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/71 "2001-01-19T23:41:29Z")
_laughs_ Attrayant, that was BRILLIANT. Thank you. 🙂 And could someone email me directions so I know where the heck I’m going? Please? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/72 "2001-01-20T01:08:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Falcon \* > \*\*_laughs_ Attrayant, that was BRILLIANT. Thank you. 🙂 > > And could someone email me directions so I know where the heck I’m going? Please? \*\* So you mean you didn’t faint? Damn . . . I’m losing my touch. Got to go lift weights before tomorrow, I guess . . . sigh. Women are so fickle.😉 As for directions . . . why not use trusty ol’ mapquest? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/73 "2001-01-20T02:56:25Z")
Get off Beltway at OLD Va. Exit 1, second ramp (Rt 1, north - Alexandria). It’s the second ramp, regardless of which direction you’re coming from. Go north on Rt 1 for several lights to King Street. Turn right on King. Start looking for parking right away, because the CPK’s at 700 King St., which is only a few blocks away. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/74 "2001-01-20T03:13:05Z")
Um, does anyone living near enough the Fort Meade area feel like giving Bluesman and I a ride? As the person who suggested both date and time for this illustrious fest, I sure would love to be there, but about 4 hours ago our one and only vehicle vomited it’s transmission all over I-95. (Yes, I have had a shitty night. :() Anyway, if anyone is so inclined, drop me a line. ---
**Author:** ![Althea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Althea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Althea)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/75 "2001-01-20T15:04:43Z")
Lucretia - I can pick you up. It’s on my way down. Email me directions where to pick you up. ---
**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 20, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/76 "2001-01-20T15:09:25Z")
[sub]nudge[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/77 "2001-01-20T19:47:31Z")
Called them up, got a recording that they’ve closed that location. How about if we just move it to: Bertucci’s Brick Oven Pizzeria 725 King Street (703) 548-8500 Same cuisine, same block. Can’t do much better than that. I’ll go ahead and call them up - I can always cancel if anyone has a better idea. And I’ll alert FairyChatMom of the change in plans. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/78 "2001-01-20T22:43:03Z")
Thanks for checking, RT! I’m glad somebody around here took some initiative. 😉 Just as well–I like the food at Bertucci’s better. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/79 "2001-01-20T23:19:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Called them up, got a recording that they’ve closed that location. > > How about if we just move it to: > > Bertucci’s Brick Oven Pizzeria > 725 King Street > (703) 548-8500 > > Same cuisine, same block. Can’t do much better than that. > \*\* Oh, glory. 1. I thought it was today. 2. I found out that there’s a place called Xando/Cosi’s at 700 King Street. 3. I got lost on the way back. So . . . having already been to Xando’s (a few weeks ago) . . . if people still want to do it there, there’s plenty of parking there and near there. Food is rather good, but also somewhat pricy (a sandwich is $7.00, with a side of _cole slaw_). But Bertuzzi’s is fine also. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220/80 "2001-01-21T00:53:44Z")
Does **FairyChatMom** have board access right now? Do we have any way to let her know that the venue has been changed? If someone has her real name, the number at the Comfort Inn at which she is staying is 703-765-9000. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-in-the-dc-area-wanna-meet/48220.md?page=5)