# Labor Day KY Dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403 "2001-08-08T03:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/1 "2001-08-08T03:22:57Z")
Labor Day weekend, Turbo Dog and I have a good reason to go to KY. Gonna meet up with Hama and hubby, probably around the Lexington area (subject to change) and enjoy a long weekend away from work. We are still in the planning stages and thought we’d throw out the idea of a mini (or maxi) dopefest one night… or two. Seems there are a few of you in the general area so if anyone would like to join us… in KY… 😉 and get lubed up… 😃 and then… Do dinner!!! And maybe a few drinks!!! And maybe… well, let’s just say dinner and drinks for now 🙂 Any interest? Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/2 "2001-08-08T03:25:02Z")
As a Lexington Doper, I might be able to be talked into it. (I don’t know what I’m doing that weekend.) Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/3 "2001-08-08T03:27:58Z")
how far is that from Atlanta? ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/4 "2001-08-08T03:36:05Z")
DoctorJ… Very cool:) Can I email ya and bug ya for info on the area? oldscratch… I flunked geography. I don’t even know where KY is, much less how far it is from anywhere! All I know is it’s about a 7 hour drive or so from St. Louis 🙂 But my friend Mapquest tells me that it’s about 385 miles from Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/5 "2001-08-08T03:57:11Z")
Roughly 450 miles, give or take a few, oldscratch. Fifty miles south of me, we’ll see. I no longer mke promises of any sort–life is too short to be held to my word. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/6 "2001-08-08T04:21:02Z")
Actually, oldscratch, it is exactly 392 miles from Atlanta to Lexington. So take quite a few from my first guesstimate. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/7 "2001-08-08T04:35:30Z")
Well, assuming I’m still stuck here, I’m up for a get-together. I’m in Louisville, but that’s only an hour or so away. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/8 "2001-08-08T05:00:08Z")
Bad timing. I’m heading back to California on August 27. ☹ Maybe next year. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/9 "2001-08-08T10:30:53Z")
Sure thing, Tequila, e-mail away. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/10 "2001-08-08T15:09:29Z")
Not sure if I’ll be here, but I live in the Heart of the Bluegrass! (Hi thinksnow! I’m ridiculously excited about the white elephant exchange.) Tequila, you can email me too. I’m a font of wisdom about the Commonwealth. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/11 "2001-08-08T15:30:54Z")
Well, I can’t be there (I live in Wasington State), but my brother (tpayne), an occasional doper, does live in KY. May I suggest Joe Bologna’s as a meeting site? (love those breadsticks!) ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/12 "2001-08-08T18:02:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > \*\*how far is that from Atlanta? \*\* Oh no… if I can’t go home for a dopefest then you can’t go to KY either. 😃 I’d like to drive up there to see the 'rents and hang out that weekend, but I’ll be going to Dragon-Con in Atlanta. Have fun kids! And I’ll definitely second Joe Bologna’s as a place to eat. It’s on Maxwell street. Second best pizza I’ve ever had there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/13 "2001-08-08T18:10:24Z")
I suppose I could be talked into it. I’m in Louisville, too, just like **thinksnow**. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/14 "2001-08-08T18:56:29Z")
e-mail me on this one too. I could probably be persuaded to drive up from TN. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/15 "2001-08-08T20:46:58Z")
> [@](#): > > :eek: sig :eek: > SuperDude: katie…Will you marry me? > Nocturne: Yes. Maybe. Yes for the sake of some fun. **Superdude** , what if we got **Nocturne** to show up? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/16 "2001-08-08T21:02:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > :eek: sig :eek: > > SuperDude: katie…Will you marry me? > > Nocturne: Yes. Maybe. Yes for the sake of some fun. > > **Superdude** , what if we got **Nocturne** to show up? 😉 \*\* Hey, if you can arrange that, I’m so there! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/17 "2001-08-08T21:30:00Z")
I can’t be there myself, since I’m not in KY anymore, but if I could, I would second Joe Bologna’s. It is one of the most awesome restaurants on Earth. It’s in an old church building (the former Jewish synagogue, actually) and the architecture alone is worth the visit. And if you don’t like Italian, they make a mean bacon cheesburger. Hope the Dopefest is a huge success! ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/18 "2001-08-09T01:44:47Z")
And here I was thinking what fun a Dopefest would be if it featured Johnson & Johnson’s favorite “personal lubricant.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/19 "2001-08-09T02:07:01Z")
Yes, Joe B’s is a fine establishment. The bar is where the altar of the church used to be, which delights atheists like myself. Just don’t make the newbie mistake of ordering multiple breadsticks–believe me, one is generally enough. I hope I’ll be able to make any Lexington Doper festivities, but there’s a 25% chance I’ll be on call that night. (I’m an Acting Intern on the medicine ward next month.) JP ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403/20 "2001-08-09T03:18:28Z")
As the gracious Ms. Mockingbird mentioned in the OP, I’ll be there as ell, with Tark and kidlings in tow…and I’m wondering if anyone can recommend decent inexpensive hotel/motels in the area, and maybe points of interest as well? The oldest kid is 6, so museums and the like are out… And I hope something can be pulled together, this sounds entertaining. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-ky-dopefest/75403.md?page=2)