# Festival of the Dope Persuasion (Bay Area) Nov. 3rd **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253 "2007-10-10T19:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/101 "2007-11-02T13:05:13Z")
As much as Id like to go, as a rule, I cant venture out of Santa Clara county. id be skeert ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/102 "2007-11-02T14:13:12Z")
[QUOTE=zuma] As much as Id like to go, as a rule, I cant venture out of Santa Clara county. id be skeert [/QUOTE] are we still on this? Look, quit being a bitch and come. It’ll be fun!! ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/103 "2007-11-03T02:24:33Z")
Anyone have any idea what a cab from the wharf to Alameda might run? I see that the last ferry to leave SF leaves at 7:00 pm, so I was thinking ferry there, cab back. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/104 "2007-11-03T02:34:07Z")
There is (again) an ever-so slim chance that we’ll be able to attend. Mrs. WeHaveCookies is ill, so our White Elephant hunt and visit to my dear old Mom up in Humboldt is being postponed till next weekend. If her head cold clears up a bit, and we end up not being as broke as we fear we are after springing for a last-minute flight for my mother-in-unlawful-lesbian-sin to come out here from North Dakota for Christmas…maybe we will see y’all there. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/105 "2007-11-03T07:16:19Z")
[QUOTE=JimmyFlair] Anyone have any idea what a cab from the wharf to Alameda might run? I see that the last ferry to leave SF leaves at 7:00 pm, so I was thinking ferry there, cab back. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE] I’d say cab from FW to Alameda should run at least $40-$50, depending on where on the island you’re headed. You could try the [San Francisco Taxi Fare Finder](http://sf.taxiwiz.com/), but that just sticks on “Calculating…” for me (after I’ve entered suitable start and destination addresses and clicked “Go”). The [Yellow Cab fare estimator](http://www.yellowcabsf.com/fares/east.php) gives $41 (City Hall SF - City Hall Alameda), which should be a ballpark figure. By public transit, you could take Muni’s [F streetcar](http://transit.511.org/schedules/detail.asp?cid=SF&rte=5670&dir=OB&day=2&dayid=5434) or [10-Townsend](http://transit.511.org/schedules/detail.asp?cid=SF&rte=5562&dir=OB&day=2&dayid=5434) bus (both of which stop a couple of blocks from Jack’s Cannery Bar) [$1.50 fare] to the Transbay Terminal (for the F, get off at 1st and Market and walk one block; the 10-Townsend goes all the way there). Then take the [AC Transit Line O](http://www.actransit.org/maps/schedule_results.php?ms_view_type=1&version_id=2&maps_category=3&maps_line=O&map_submit=Get+Schedule¤t_schedule=1817) [$3.50] from the Transbay Terminal to Alameda (goes along Webster Ave then Santa Clara Ave, so easy walking to anywhere on the island). $5 total bar-to-home! Alternatively, Muni F (or 10-Townsend) to Market St, then [BART](http://www.bart.gov/) to 12th St - Oakland [$2.75] then cab [~$10?] to Alameda, but getting the cab in downtown Oakland may not be trivial depending on timing. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/106 "2007-11-03T14:36:10Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] are we still on this? Look, quit being a bitch and come. It’ll be fun!! [/QUOTE] Oh we are still on this, bitchcakes. i may aome. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/107 "2007-11-03T17:01:15Z")
I hate to say this, but I won’t be there tonight. (Especially since I raised a big stink about the bounce castle…where’s the _“hangs-head-in-shame”_ smiley when you need it?) Please accept my apologies. A friend invited a bunch of us over to watch the premiere of the new WHO movie on his big screen TV. A man’s gotta have priorities, even if it means bailing out on a Dopefest. Perhaps I’ll see some of y’all on the 12th when **Bobotheoptimist** is in San Jose. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/108 "2007-11-03T17:07:47Z")
lobster and zuma, sitting in a tree… ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/109 "2007-11-03T18:00:10Z")
I see In N Out in my future. ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/110 "2007-11-03T18:03:52Z")
i might be a tad bid late. i have to brew some beer. ---
**Author:** ![twopiecesofeight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@twopiecesofeight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twopiecesofeight)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/111 "2007-11-03T18:43:10Z")
Turns out my group dinner is (sigh) tonight in a different part of town. (Thank you, Murphy ☹ ) Is the DopeSite still at Jack’s in Fisherman’s Wharf? If so, I’ll try to swing by there later. Look for the guy with the index card and pen in the shirt pocket. ---
**Author:** ![HillKat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/838e76/32.png) [@HillKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HillKat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/112 "2007-11-03T19:35:29Z")
Looks like we won’t make it after all…weather’s too nice not to go riding today, and I hate riding after dark, so S.F. starting at 6pm just isn’t going to work out. No one will notice I’m not there anyway… Have a great time. HillKat ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/113 "2007-11-03T22:43:42Z")
is anyone actually coming? because i’m not hauling my ass up to clown town for nothin here ---
**Author:** ![Dunawake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dunawake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunawake)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/114 "2007-11-03T22:52:58Z")
I’m still gonna be there at 6:30, but I’ll be splitting at like 10PM though to go to a friend’s birthday party in the city. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/115 "2007-11-03T23:23:32Z")
I’m still coming. Tried to find Mr T saying “You better be there, fool!” but failed miserably. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/116 "2007-11-04T00:22:07Z")
Okay its 5:20 in the pm and I am still flopped down on my bed. If I manage to get up and shower and de-hideous myself there is still no way I’ll be there at 6. I’ll try for 7:30 unless I vomit and die. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyFlair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@JimmyFlair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyFlair)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/117 "2007-11-04T00:30:59Z")
We’ll be there (me and the Mr.) but will likely be slightly late (6:30 - 7:00?). Hopefully we can find y’all. ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/118 "2007-11-04T02:17:39Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] Okay its 5:20 in the pm and I am still flopped down on my bed. If I manage to get up and shower and de-hideous myself there is still no way I’ll be there at 6. I’ll try for 7:30 unless I vomit and die. [/QUOTE] get your ass over here. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/119 "2007-11-04T02:52:59Z")
I’m in a cab if any one is actually reading this ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253/120 "2007-11-04T10:31:47Z")
[QUOTE=Dunawake] I’m still gonna be there at 6:30, but I’ll be splitting at like 10PM though to go to a friend’s birthday party in the city. [/QUOTE] O RLY?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festival-of-the-dope-persuasion-bay-area-nov-3rd/422253.md?page=7)