# MADinner in Annapolis (formerly AAA) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757 "2003-05-16T19:48:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/21 "2003-05-29T06:00:54Z")
I decided to skip on making the reservations until tomorrow to see if we could draw any more people in. Let’s keep those fingers crossed, but if the group is small we can make up for it by being really rowdy. Also I’m going to make it but I’m going to be a bit late, 9:00-9:30ish. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/22 "2003-05-29T11:52:05Z")
I’ll be coming. Please give some precise directions to this place. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/23 "2003-05-29T12:10:12Z")
Love to, Wendell. How to get there: 1. Ask RTFirefly where the hell it is. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/24 "2003-05-29T16:04:10Z")
It’s [here](http://www.mexicancafe.com/contactinformation/). But given the _really_ small likely turnout for this one, I’m going to propose that we either move this to another week, or hold off until next month. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/25 "2003-05-29T16:16:31Z")
I’m in, if it’s still on - I just need directions. I can leave at 5 tomorrow, so I’m assuming I can be in Annapolis by 7:30 or 8 - (I’ve never driven there from Richmond, but it can’t be much further than DC). Are we still on? Ava ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/26 "2003-05-29T16:19:17Z")
Ignore me, I just saw the contact info. I’ll plug it into Mapquest. Ava ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/27 "2003-05-29T17:58:02Z")
**avabeth** , if you’re gonna drive all the way up from Richmond for this, I can get there from beautiful Calvert County. See ya there tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/28 "2003-05-29T19:17:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\ ***avabeth** , if you’re gonna drive all the way up from Richmond for this, I can get there from beautiful Calvert County. See ya there tomorrow! \*\* Woohoo! My first Doper Dinner! I will be there - my cousin’s given me permission to crash at her house in NoVa, so I’m totally good for the evening. See you guys tomorrow! Ava ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/29 "2003-05-29T19:24:17Z")
Man, I’ve been totally out of it for the past week or so and haven’t been checking up on the boards much. In any case, I will do my very, very best to show up tomorrow. If I don’t show up, it’s because I either: (a) fell asleep (b) My car broke down on the way there Annapolis is kind of a haul, so unless I can leave work early (keeping my fingers crossed for one of those “boss leaves early so I can do whatever I want” days) I’ll probably be a tad on the late side. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/30 "2003-05-29T21:56:28Z")
Put me down as well. Since there seems to be a resurgence of interest, I can overcome my disdain for driving on those tiny little crowded streets. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/31 "2003-05-29T23:14:43Z")
The Mexican Cafe isn’t in the part of Annapolis with the little crowded streets - see [map](http://www.mexicancafe.com/contactinformation/). They don’t take reservations; you just get there and put your name on a list for a table. I’ll try to get there around 7:30pm, so we oughta have a table by 8. I’ll shoot for an outdoor table if the weather’s kind. We’ll be the Adams party. **avabeth** , what do you look like? We’d like to recognize you and all. You can find pix of some of us (Weirddave, Ginger, av8rmike, and myself, anyway) [here](http://pgtc.com/~catbiker/picnic.html) (warning: ~5 min. load time over modem connection) so you can pick us out of the crowd. **Directions:** From the north (I-97 corridor, Baltimore, etc.): take I-97 to Annapolis; when I-97 dead-ends into US 50, bear left and follow the signs for Aris T. Allen Blvd. From the west (US 50 from DC): take US 50 to Annapolis and follow the signs for Aris T. Allen Blvd when I-97 comes in. From the south (Central Ave (Md 210) from DC, MD 2 from Calvert County, etc.): take (210 to) Md 2 north to the Annapolis area and follow the signs for Aris T. Allen Blvd. Any which way, once you’re on Aris T. Allen Blvd., it turns into Forest Drive, where it stops being limited access, and then into Bay Ridge Rd. The Mexican Cafe is at 975 Bay Ridge Rd., which will be on your right. It’s a free-standing building, not part of any strip mall or whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/32 "2003-05-30T03:38:13Z")
See? I knew you’d change your mind. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/33 "2003-05-30T12:14:53Z")
Good morning bump! ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/34 "2003-05-30T13:45:51Z")
Good morning “ARGHHH! I WANNA GO BACK TO SLEEP” **Ginger** - I still have your belated birthday present sitting in my desk at work, don’t let me forget to bring it! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/35 "2003-05-30T14:07:05Z")
Whee! Presents! Is it weight-loss surgery? ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/36 "2003-05-30T14:10:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\* > **avabeth** , what do you look like? We’d like to recognize you and all. \*\* LOL - that might help, huh?🙂 Here’s a pic (I would post a different one where I actually look more like me - I was clubbing in this one and I rarely look this put-together - and that’s more recent, but SO’s in it and he gets pissy when I put his pic on my message boards:D): [Pic](http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/May/20035301069097691855864.jpg) I’m looking forward to meeting everyone tonight! I looked over the pics, so I do have an idea of what you guys look like now! Ava ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/37 "2003-05-30T14:16:53Z")
I’m really much thinner in person than I am in those pictures. Mind you, knowing RTFirefly, they’re only pictures of my breasts - in which case, I’m much perkier. ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/38 "2003-05-30T14:30:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*Whee! Presents! Is it weight-loss surgery? \*\* Well, I suppose if you’re _really_ creative it could be used as such, but it would probably be very painful. But you might be relieved to know that it **is** an officially sanctioned trinket from the United States Senate. And, seeing as how it is a mere two days away from my birthday, I request that there be at least one single DoperChick at this event for me to flirt with. I’ve already blocked off 30 minutes of the day so that I can stand in front of the mirror practicing my “How YOU doin?”. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/39 "2003-05-30T14:40:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TeleTronOne \* > \*\*Well, I suppose if you’re _really_ creative it could be used as such, but it would probably be very painful. > > But you might be relieved to know that it **is** an officially sanctioned trinket from the United States Senate. > > And, seeing as how it is a mere two days away from my birthday, I request that there be at least one single DoperChick at this event for me to flirt with. I’ve already blocked off 30 minutes of the day so that I can stand in front of the mirror practicing my “How YOU doin?”. \*\* Well, if SO doesn’t start thinking about a proposal soon, I’m gonna be single again pretty quickly. You can flirt with me:). (Sweetie, if you’re reading this, I’m KIDDING!). (TeleTron, seriously…flirt with me;). Ava ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757/40 "2003-05-30T14:44:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by avabeth \* > \*\* > (TeleTron, seriously…flirt with me;). > > Ava \*\* Aw gosh _blushes_ I haven’t practiced yet, but here goes: _cough_ So, how YOU doin’? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madinner-in-annapolis-formerly-aaa/175757.md?page=3)