# Let's do a San Antonio (and environs) Dopefest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046 "2004-01-11T21:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/1 "2004-01-11T21:22:46Z")
Hi all you San Antonio (and environs) Dopers! My rich uncle has me visiting your city until the 19th of February, and I’d love to meet some of you. I’m off the weekend of the 1st of Feb, anyone interested? ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/2 "2004-01-13T02:08:26Z")
C’mon, I know there _must_ be some San Antonian (and environs) dopers out there. Anybody? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/3 "2004-01-13T04:34:36Z")
I’ll bump your thread, and consider it. I’m in Houston, which is sort of a suburb of San Antone (~200 miles). ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/4 "2004-01-13T06:23:13Z")
Aww. If only you were staying for a few more months, heh. I’ll quite possibly be moving to Austin in March. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/5 "2004-01-13T14:46:08Z")
My new employer is located in San Antone – even though I work and live in Tallahassee. I will be in S.A. the 30th and 31st of January – if a Dopefest materializes. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/6 "2004-01-13T18:28:20Z")
Figures. We spend New Year’s in SA and you show up after we leave. Sheesh. 😉 Robin ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/7 "2004-01-14T00:47:05Z")
By my calendar, January 30th and 31st are the same weekend as February 1st. That’s also Superbowl Weekend, which might not be a bad time for a Houstonian to be out of town. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/8 "2004-01-14T04:46:06Z")
Woo hoo! Okay, how does Saturday evening, the 31st, sound? Unless we get some actual San Antonians to chime in with advice for a venue, I’ll do some asking around and see what I come up with. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/9 "2004-01-14T04:56:47Z")
Can we get a rodeo involved?? Or at least a ropin? ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/10 "2004-01-14T05:05:06Z")
> [@Craneop2](#): > > Can we get a rodeo involved?? Or at least a ropin? Ah, one of _those_ kind of Dopefests… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/11 "2004-01-14T06:17:42Z")
Saturday, January 31st, sounds doable. I don’t know poop about San Antonio, and I’d be doin’ a hotel. Can we get near the **Riverwalk**? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/12 "2004-01-14T06:22:04Z")
**ahem** Austin Dopers are invited. Well, so are _SA Dopers_! **ahem** ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/13 "2004-01-14T06:39:47Z")
Y’all should go to Dick’s Last Resort on the Riverwalk. That’s good times there. The waiters are rude, and you’re rude back to them. Much fun to be had. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/14 "2004-01-14T07:17:52Z")
Hmm…, What do y’all think? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Serpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Silver\_Serpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Serpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/15 "2004-01-14T07:48:26Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m in Houston, which is sort of a suburb of San Antone (~200 miles). I just had to say that that is one of those things I miss about Tx, hehe. For a city 200m away to be “sort of a suburb.” It’d be like saying I’m in a sort of suburb of Chicago (Kalamazoo, MI). But it is a day’s drive across the state, so 200m isn’t a big deal. I got mighty used to long drives going from Austin to Dallas or San An on a fairly regular basis. PS: Isn’t Houston larger than San An? So SA would be a suburb of Houston? Not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/16 "2004-01-14T18:31:37Z")
> [@AnimistDragon](#): > > Y’all should go to Dick’s Last Resort on the Riverwalk. That’s good times there. The waiters are rude, and you’re rude back to them. Much fun to be had. That’s a possiblity. Of course, we would all have to be in ‘witty comeback’ top form. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/17 "2004-01-15T03:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Isn’t Houston larger than San An? So SA would be a suburb of Houston? Not sure. Yes, Houston is larger, but I believe SA’s in the top ten in the country. The drive’s ~2½ hours. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/18 "2004-01-17T00:37:47Z")
Hmmm… ::_nudges thread with toe of boot_:: 'S’there any life left in this thing?? ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/19 "2004-01-17T00:44:26Z")
Bah, sure wait until AFTER I move out of SA to have another dopefest ☹ If you guys want to move it to shreveport (only a short 7 hr drive) I’m game! ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046/20 "2004-01-17T00:46:25Z")
There’s some life here. Absent any protests, howzabout Dicks on the riverwalk at 7:30 Saturday the 31st? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-a-san-antonio-and-environs-dopefest/224046.md?page=2)