# Mark Your Calendars: NYC MegaDopefest Weekend IV – January 16-19, 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162 "2003-09-07T21:59:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/1 "2003-09-07T21:59:36Z")
The New York Dopefest Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the scheduling of: **NEW YORK CITY MEGADOPEFEST WEEKEND IV – JANUARY 16-19, 2004** In a change from prior years we will be having the January MegaDopefest on the weekend of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to accommodate a broader range of events and to avoid conflicts with New Year’s activities. The preliminary schedule of events is: **Friday, January 16 (evening)**: Welcome gathering at local bar or restaurant/bar. **Saturday, January 17 (day)**: Cultural, educational, sightseeing or fun event(s). **Saturday, January 17 (evening)**: The **MegaDopefest Dinner** at a New York restaurant, followed by post-Dopefest drinks at a nearby bar. **Sunday, January 18 (day)**: More cultural, educational, sightseeing or fun event(s). **Sunday, January 18 (evening)**: Ethnic food night – dinner(s) at the interesting ethnic restaurants of New York. **Monday, January 19 (day)**: Billdo’s Bagel Brunch. We’ll be filling in details of the schedule as the date grows nearer. We’ll also be providing information on travel, transit, reasonable local lodging, and parking as well as answers to other questions you may have. We plan on having the events at wheelchair-accessible locations to the extent possible. Please post if you have other special needs. As always, we’d be pleased to have you come to as many or as few of the events as you wish. Although the main Dopefest dinner is our centerpiece, many people particularly enjoy the other events where people can meet and talk in smaller groups. If you want to break off individually and see other New York sights, we’d be happy to give advice as well. Also, you can’t get around the fact that New York is an expensive place to visit. We try to keep most of our events on the reasonable side (many are downright cheap by New York standards), and we will link to menus, price lists and the like when we can, please plan and budget for the trip appropriately. We are looking for your input on the daytime events and the ethnic dinners. Daytime events that have previously been successful are visits to the Metropolitan, Natural History, and Brooklyn museums, ice-skating in the park, dim sum lunch, and an art in the subways tours. In our expanded format this year, we may be able to include Broadway or Off-Broadway matinees, more activities in the outer boroughs, and other events you suggest. The New York Dopers have had Korean, Kosher, Chinese, Italian and other ethnic meals, and would love to hear what you’re interested in eating. Also, if you’re familiar with an event/venue that would fit in, or you’d be interested in leading a group to one of the events, please post or contact us. Can’t wait to see you in New York in January. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/2 "2003-09-07T22:54:17Z")
Awrightie! I’m going to try to make this again. Thanks in advance for your efforts, **Billdo** and the rest of the Organizing Commitee. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/3 "2003-09-07T23:02:10Z")
NYC MEGADOPEFEST IV: Now with 50% more weekend! I should be there 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/4 "2003-09-07T23:05:30Z")
The Transit Musem should be open by then. Zoltarb has been dying to lead a bunch of Dopers down into the bowels of the city. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/5 "2003-09-07T23:36:58Z")
w00t! We’re in! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/6 "2003-09-07T23:38:49Z")
Oboyoboyoboyoboyoboy! I’m in, definitely for Saturday night. But I may be able to wangle Friday night and some Sunday activities, too. Oboyoboyoboyoboyoboy! ---
**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:** [September 7, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/7 "2003-09-07T23:43:46Z")
I’d say I’m in, but look what happened at the Patriot. Let’s just say I’m enthusiastic. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/8 "2003-09-07T23:46:31Z")
I think you’ll be OK, **pseudotriton**. We may be habitually (and fashionably, of course) late, but I don’t think any of us has ever been three days late! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/9 "2003-09-07T23:48:03Z")
Oh hell yeah, I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/10 "2003-09-07T23:56:57Z")
i’m rather hopefull, and rather glad y’all didn’t plan it around christmas. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/11 "2003-09-08T00:06:22Z")
I’m hopeful as well. Especially since I am apparently driving **scott evil** and other Montreal dopers. Speaking of which, can I stay at the wonderful doper’s place where my passengers stay? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/12 "2003-09-08T00:37:37Z")
I’ll do my best to be there, I had such a blast last time! I want to go to the Natural History museum again _soooo bad_, and hopefully the Metropolitan too this time. Ms. **bristlesage** and Mr. **Dynosaur** and I have already idly discussed that there’s no way we’re driving again this year, so my guess is that they might be coming along as well. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/13 "2003-09-08T00:47:30Z")
Don’t forget to mark it in the [SDMB Social Calendar](http://tinyurl.com/mkpz)!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/14 "2003-09-08T00:49:18Z")
Seeing as how I live on Long Island, attendance at the DopeFest should be easy. Although I might just go to the evening events. In any case, there’s a big bonus to that weekend… SUNDAY THE 18TH IS MY BIRTHDAY! Then again I might just be doing other stuff for my birthday. We shall see! But the Saturday night event sounds like a good deal, I’ll talk to Moe. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/15 "2003-09-08T01:17:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > Don’t forget to mark it in the [SDMB Social Calendar](http://tinyurl.com/mkpz)!! 1. Done. 2. That’s a great resource you’ve put together. 3. Thanks, Opal! ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/16 "2003-09-08T01:24:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*The Transit Musem should be open by then. Zoltarb has been dying to lead a bunch of Dopers down into the bowels of the city. \*\* Considering that it was scheduled to open “Spring 2003,” you might be right! Of course, **Zoltarb** will have to fight me for the privilege… ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/17 "2003-09-08T01:30:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > Considering that it was scheduled to open “Spring 2003,” you might be right! Of course, **Zoltarb** will have to fight me for the privilege… No fighting, boys. New York has plenty of bowels for the both of 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:** [September 8, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/18 "2003-09-08T01:32:14Z")
Eh, the Secaucas Transit was supposed to open in 2003, too. Didn’t open till me and Billdo and Oxy and OxyBF went to Eve’s. Maybe I can make some of the days. Anyone who has computer issues they need cleared, speak up now, because they take time to fix. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/19 "2003-09-08T01:54:09Z")
Eigggghhh… I’ll try my very best to be there. Depends on what I’m doing for break - I might not even get back 'til the 18th. I really, really, REALLY hope I can make it 'cause I’m turning 25 on the 17th. I’ll letcha know. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/20 "2003-09-08T02:03:20Z")
Hope you can make it, **Cosmo**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162.md?page=2)