# Jersey City (+NYC, +NJ) Dopefest: June 18! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885 "2011-06-09T17:57:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/1 "2011-06-09T17:57:21Z")
Hi Everybody, I hereby invite everybody to the Zeppelin Beer Garden in Jersey City at 12pm on Saturday, June 18. Address: 88 Liberty View Drive, Jersey City, NJ 1. Driving is easy! 2. [Public Transit from NJ or NYC is easy!](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=New+york+city&daddr=88+Liberty+View+Drive,+Jersey+City,+NJ&hl=en&geocode=FXFAbQIdK8KW-yk7CD_TpU_CiTFi_nfhBo8LyA%3BFfpDbQId8CGW-ylZlP22sFDCiTEBButG17RTaA&mra=ls&dirflg=r&ttype=arr&date=06%2F18%2F11&time=12:00pm&noexp=0&noal=0&sort=def&sll=40.715452,-74.026608&sspn=0.021664,0.045447&ie=UTF8&z=15&start=0) 3. Kid Friendly on afternoons! 4. [Great beer!](http://www.zeppelinhall.com/draught/) 5. [Real German sausages](http://www.zeppelinhall.com/menu/specialty-sausages/), but also vegetarian friendly! (My wife, **Liberty3701** , and I are both vegetarian. I also had the sausage before I went veg, and I can attest that all the food is good.) **New Yorkers:** If you don’t know about the PATH trains, [they are a miniature subway system that connects Manhattan to 4 cities in NJ.](http://www.panynj.gov/path/maps.html) It is a 10 minute PATH ride from the World Trade Center to the Grove street stop where Zeppelin is. [This means that it is especially easy to travel between Downtown Brooklyn and Jersey City.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=downtown+brooklyn&daddr=88+Liberty+View+Drive,+Jersey+City,+NJ&hl=en&geocode=%3BFfpDbQId8CGW-ylZlP22sFDCiTEBButG17RTaA&mra=ls&dirflg=r&ttype=arr&date=06%2F18%2F11&time=12:00pm&noexp=0&noal=0&sort=def&sll=40.715465,-74.026605&sspn=0.021664,0.045447&ie=UTF8&z=14&start=0) **New Jerseyans** : It’s right off of Exit 14C on the turnpike. OR, [it’s a 15 minute PATH ride from Newark Penn Station.](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Newark&daddr=88+Liberty+View+Drive,+Jersey+City,+NJ&geocode=%3BFfpDbQId8CGW-ylZlP22sFDCiTEBButG17RTaA&hl=en&mra=ls&dirflg=r&ttype=arr&date=06%2F18%2F11&time=12:00pm&noexp=0&noal=0&sort=def&sll=40.684655,-73.99828&sspn=0.086695,0.181789&ie=UTF8&ll=40.725535,-74.109821&spn=0.086642,0.181789&z=13&start=1) From Hoboken, you can take the PATH or the light rail. Bayonne? Weehawken? North Bergen? West New York? [The Zeppelin is freaken adjacent to the Jersey Ave light rail stop!](http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf) **Everybody:** Use [Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/). ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/2 "2011-06-09T19:01:46Z")
It’s a thought, I could maybe make it. Who else? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/3 "2011-06-09T19:03:15Z")
June 18 is my birthday, and this is a feasible trip, so everybody coming will have to be nice to me. There. That should drive a stake through your little Dopefest plans. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/4 "2011-06-09T19:09:40Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > June 18 is my birthday, and this is a feasible trip, so everybody coming will have to be nice to me. > > There. That should drive a stake through your little Dopefest plans. Yep, it was all a ploy to make **E-Sabbath** be nice to you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/5 "2011-06-10T10:32:30Z")
Ah, yer mudder… was a very respectable woman. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/6 "2011-06-10T10:39:14Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Ah, yer mudder… was a very respectable woman. You wanna step outside the beer garden and say that again? ---
**Author:** ![nofloyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nofloyd/32/2870_2.png) [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/7 "2011-06-10T17:47:43Z")
I will be at the Zeppelin Beer Garden for a reunion on the 14th. Could come back a few days later … ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/8 "2011-06-10T18:48:40Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > 1. Kid Friendly on afternoons! Does “kid friendly” mean there’s stuff to keep a five-year-old occupied, or do they just refrain from beating them until the dinner rush?\* I’ll have The Littlest Briston that day, so this kinda makes a difference. \*Although I suppose there might be some room in the middle there… ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/9 "2011-06-10T20:12:27Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Does “kid friendly” mean there’s stuff to keep a five-year-old occupied, or do they just refrain from beating them until the dinner rush?\* I’ll have The Littlest Briston that day, so this kinda makes a difference. > \*Although I suppose there might be some room in the middle there… There’s a large outdoor sitting area (in addition to the 3 rooms inside) with large picnic tables. During the afternoon, it’s not crowded, and I was planning on taking over an out of the way corner area where people don’t usually sit. Also, a couple of weeks ago, my brother-in-law brought his 2-year-old daughter who was playing with a couple of other small kids there. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/10 "2011-06-10T20:49:15Z")
Arright, cool – I’m a tentative “yes”, contingent on how much I get done with this week’s move and unpacking. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/11 "2011-06-12T01:20:13Z")
[gratuitous bump] Great! Now we have **Jamaika a jamaikaiaké** , **liberty3701** , **E-Sabbath** , **pseudotriton ruber ruber** , **nofloyd** , **Hal Briston** Who am I forgetting? I’ll bring name tags, I suppose. [/gratuitous bump] ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/12 "2011-06-15T10:07:13Z")
Welp, everything still on? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/13 "2011-06-15T17:49:11Z")
Aaand reality rears its ugly face. My front tires are down to their wear marks, which means new tire day Saturday. Which will be most of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/14 "2011-06-17T01:04:05Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Welp, everything still on? Yep! ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/15 "2011-06-17T17:10:52Z")
So we will be at the beer garden tomorrow at noon. We will take the farthest table in the outside area. If all else fails, PM me for a cell number. ---
**Author:** ![nofloyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nofloyd/32/2870_2.png) [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/16 "2011-06-18T00:30:35Z")
Check. Must say, the 2 beers I had Tuesday night there hit me like a ton of bricks. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/17 "2011-06-18T02:05:22Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Arright, cool – I’m a tentative “yes”, contingent on how much I get done with this week’s move and unpacking. …which, unfortunately, is now a definite “no”. The move went well, but the unpacking has scarcely begun. I forgot to factor in the whole “paint three rooms” thing into the equation. Have a good one, all! ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/18 "2011-06-18T03:38:29Z")
We’ll be looking forward to meeting **nofloyd** and **PRR**! I’ll PM my cell just in case. ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/19 "2011-06-18T14:42:11Z")
Last minute bump! See youse soon. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885/20 "2011-06-18T22:39:12Z")
Well, that was $641 I really didn’t want to spend. Four tires and an alignment. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jersey-city-nyc-nj-dopefest-june-18/584885.md?page=2)