# 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:** 7
**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:** [November 3, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/121 "2003-11-03T21:45:01Z")
The Wolcott is in midtown, which doesn’t really have on-street parking. The Olcott is on the Upper West Side which is much more residential and has on-street parking. It’s about 40 blocks (2 miles or a short subway ride) between them. If you really want to save money (at the cost of time and irritation), you can park on the UWS and get down to the Wolcott by subway/cab/etc. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/122 "2003-11-03T21:46:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LaurAnge \* > Monday is iffy (unsurprisingly, no MLK day here). Whadda you mean you don’t have MLK day there. That’s Un-American! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/123 "2003-11-03T22:06:36Z")
$130? Why did they tell me $150 on the phone? GRR!!! ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/124 "2003-11-03T22:23:15Z")
Another option, if you don’t have lot of stuff with you: drop your car in a neighborhood where there _is_ onstreet parking, like Billdo’s or mine (I’m in Chelsea), and then take the subway to your hotel. Or even a cab. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/125 "2003-11-03T23:10:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*$130? Why did they tell me $150 on the phone? GRR!!! \*\* Opal … we just made reservations at the Hotel Pennsylvania; weeknights only ran 99.95 a night and 109.95 for the weekend nights. They also have valet parking where you can stash your car for $35 a day. The rooms are kinda dinky, but if you’re not planning on being there much anyway, it’s not bad. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/126 "2003-11-04T02:22:04Z")
_{{stumbles across thread, bumps toe on it}}_ Ouch. Oh, is this thing still happening? I’ll have to polish my tiara and all that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/127 "2003-11-04T02:22:54Z")
I will partake in one of these events - probably one that involves drinking. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/128 "2003-11-04T03:59:13Z")
Opal may I suggest parking in New Jersey (free at many stations) and taking New Jersey Tranist into NYC and then subways and busses from there? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/129 "2003-11-04T22:34:31Z")
I live here now, so count me in as an attendee. As for a major venue where everyone can fit in-- is anyDoper a faculty member at a university with a club? It’s been my experience that most of the tweed-jacket and/or spiked hair set tend to abandon their clubs by 8. 9 at the latest. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/130 "2003-11-05T22:05:58Z")
[Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick resume their roles in The Producers](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A603-2003Nov4.html) from 12/30/03 to 4/4/04. Tix go on sale 11/16 at noon. Anyone interested in fitting this into the Dopefest weekend? I want it, I want it, I want it… ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/131 "2003-11-05T23:20:06Z")
RTF, ``` Gonna be a rush on those, especially weekends. IIRCsomeone gets a shot at them a week early - was it Amex gold cards? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/132 "2003-11-06T06:16:26Z")
Oh… time’s getting closer. I so hope I don’t have to drive in that same stuff I did last year. Which reminds me… anyone from my general neck of the woods is welcome to come down the night before to my place, crash, and ride down with me; I’ll be driving in on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/133 "2003-11-10T05:58:35Z")
And the subject comes up again. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/134 "2003-11-10T06:39:06Z")
This must be the secret to knowing other doper’s gender! Curious, how many people have come to a NYC Dopefest in the past? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/135 "2003-11-10T06:55:56Z")
I went to the one a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/136 "2003-11-10T11:08:08Z")
**Eonwe** , my tentative plans are to drive down with **Curious Canuck** , but if that falls through, can I drive down with you again this year? _{{bats eyelids}}_ Aw, thanks. You’re a pal. 😃 Now that I have more money I’ll pay for gas and condoms and shit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/137 "2003-11-10T13:02:48Z")
Okay, add **Sakura** and **Mrs. Dave-Guy** to the Saturday evening list. I know my wife isn’t a member of the Board, but she’s met and hosted more Dopers than a lot of actual Dopers, so she feels entitled. I’ve made her promise not to interfere with my flirting and gam-ogling, though. I may be there stag on Friday night, but I dunno yet. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/138 "2003-11-10T13:49:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KidCharlemagne \* > This must be the secret to knowing other doper’s gender! Curious, how many people have come to a NYC Dopefest in the past? In addition the MegaDopefests we have had in January for the past three years, we periodically have smaller Dopefests and other gatherings in New York. The approximate attendance figures for the biggies have been: January 2001: 50 people January 2002: 65 people January 2003: 75 people ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/139 "2003-11-10T14:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DAVEW0071 \* > Okay, add **Sakura** and **Mrs. Dave-Guy** to the Saturday evening list. I know my wife isn’t a member of the Board, but she’s met and hosted more Dopers than a lot of actual Dopers, so she feels entitled. I’ve made her promise not to interfere with my flirting and gam-ogling, though. I may be there stag on Friday night, but I dunno yet. Tellya what - I’ll flirt with her to keep her distracted, while you flirt with the other DoperBabes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162/140 "2003-11-10T14:30:05Z")
Wow that is a lot of people. Kudos for arranging it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-your-calendars-nyc-megadopefest-weekend-iv-january-16-19-2004/200162.md?page=8)