# May 12 NYC Dopefest Weekend: Up to the Upper West Side **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2001, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509 "2001-04-27T07:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/61 "2001-05-09T13:19:25Z")
thinksnow: You’d most likely fly into Laguardia Airport. From there, you can get a cab to the Upper West Side for about $25 dollars (toll and tip included)… Or if any dopers are coming in from Long Island, they might be able to swing by. As for crashing places and hotels, [here’s](http://new.york.hotelguide.net/hl1up.htm) a website with some NYC hotels. I’m not sure what the final count of people staying with us is gonna be, but I’m sure there’d be room for one more 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/62 "2001-05-09T19:15:39Z")
Maeglin and I are planning on seeing the Mummy Returns on Friday the 11th at 9 PM at the Loews “E-Walk” Theater on 42nd and 8th. Tickets are $10 a pop. If anyone would like to join us, please send us an email! We’ll be meeting up at the theater at 8:30 PM. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/63 "2001-05-09T23:22:52Z")
**OFFICIAL COUNTDOWN TO THE NYC DOPEFEST VII WEEKEND: ANARCHY ON AMSTERDAM AVE.** **Three Days and counting** **DOPEFEST:** Saturday Night, May 12, 2001 **Dinner:** 6:00 at [Blondies](http://blondies.citysearch.com) 212 West 79th Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam), New York, New York 10024 (212) 362-4360 Please go to the private room in the back. We have it until 8:30 under the name “Cecil Adams.” We will be able to order off of the regular menu. **After-Dinner:** [4[sub]2[/sub]0 Bar & Lounge](http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/7169225/) 420 Amsterdam Avenue (corner of 80th Street), New York, New York 10024 (212) 579-8450 We will have a private room downstairs, again under the name “Cecil Adams.” **OTHER WEEKEND EVENTS:** **Friday Night Movie:** _The Mummy II_ opening night. See post above for details. **Saturday Afternoon Sightseeing:** Upper West Side Highlights Meet at Billdo’s apartment on West 72nd Street at 1:00 p.m. (please be prompt) E-mail Billdo ([Billdo@nyc.rr.com](mailto:Billdo@nyc.rr.com)) for his address and directions and to let him know you’ll be coming. We’ll start with a short walk through Central Park. We’ll then pay an extended visit to the [American Museum of Natural History](http://amnh.com/home/index.html). After the museum we’ll walk over to Broadway, where we’ll see some West Side institutions like Zabars, the Beacon Theater, Fairway, the Ansonia, and, time and interest permitting, head all the way down to Lincoln Center. We’ll then go back to Billdo’s apartment for light refreshments and head to dinner from there. **Sunday Brunch:** Bagel Brunch at Billdo’s A New York City brunch at Billdo’s apartment from 11 a.m. to around 2 p.m. Contact Billdo ([Billdo@nyc.rr.com](mailto:Billdo@nyc.rr.com)) for his address and directions and to let him know you’ll be coming. After brunch you can stop by the West 77th Street Sunday Flea Market, or perhaps someone will arrange another sightseeing trip to a NYC attraction. **DIRECTIONS** : **Driving:** See first post in thread. **Flying:** Fly into LaGuardia, J.F.K., or Newark. Ground transportation options can be found on [Port Authority website](http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/aviframe.HTM), and include taxi, bus service to midtown, and the [Supershuttle](http://www.supershuttle.com/nyc.htm) van service (recommended for relatively cheap, door-to-door service). **Subway:** Take 1 train to 79th Street or B/C train to 81st Street/Museum of Natural History. **Lodging:** Apparently the Pucette pad is the crash location of choice, though if someone would like to take some people off her hands, you can e-mail her or post if you have space available. **WHO YOU’LL MEET:** **Definitely:** Alessan, Ankh\_Too, Biggirl, Billdo, Cajun Man, DAVEW0071, delphica, DrMatrix, ExTank, Falcon, Gaderene, Geobabe, Green Bean, Grok (Creaky’s sweek juicy dumpling), Houseman, Lux Fiat, Maeglin, oldscratch, Pucette, Silo, SuaSponte, Ukulele Ike, vix, Wierddave, Wonko the Sane, Wicked Blue (post-dinner boozing in a pretty dress), Zebra **Definite Maybes:** AHunter3, blur, Freedom, JeffB, JerseyDiamond, JerseyDiamond’s “nice guy” friend, Joe\_Cool, lurkernomore, Morgyn, Protesilaus, Robot Arm, Rosebud, thinksnow, TruePisces **Definite Maybe Nots:** Biggirl/Houseman’s kids, brachyrhynchos, Ceejaytee, Creaky, Hamadryad, Little Nemo, manhattan, MannyL, Nacho4Sara, OpalCat, psycat90, racinchikki, Sakura, SaxFace, soulsling, SwimmingRiddles (who enjoys referring to herself in the third person), Tripler, VarlosZ, xtnjohnson ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/64 "2001-05-10T13:30:48Z")
Sending it back to the top… ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/65 "2001-05-10T13:44:55Z")
**The good news:** I got a job in NY, starting the 21st. **The bad news:** I’m not going to have enough time to pack and get to NY before the DopeFest on Saturday, so unfortunately, you’ll have to take my name off the probable list. **The next bit of good news:** I’ll be there in spirit and I’ll be in the area now for the next one!!! (Which I _won’t_ miss!) 🙂 Favors to ask of any female Dopers, if **lurker** goes… kiss him for me! Please!!! I won’t be able to for a week, and, since that will be a nice way for my spirit to be there… 😉 Also, any Dopers that feel up to the challenge, kiss **Falc** for me, too. I’d do that at least once if I were there, too! **Falc** , not that I really have to ask but… play the flirt for me? I was _so_ looking forward to this, too… ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/66 "2001-05-11T01:14:52Z")
Oldscratch couldn’t get his check in time. So - without availible funds at the moment - he had to cancel. No need to cry, I’m still gonna come up. See you all Saturday! BTW, I’m trying to decide whether to take the train or drive up. How much are parking garages in upper Manhattan for a day. I searched around online but couldn’t find any information. $30? ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/67 "2001-05-11T02:09:04Z")
Silo - try like $50, from what I’ve heard. Damnit! I want to come sooo bad! (I’m absolutely whining, folks.) I have four papers to write for next week, plus three finals to study for (I hate the professers who give final exams AND final papers). I also have a lot of reading - such is the life of the English major. Maybe we can plan another sometime in August? Is the Thursday Bar thing still happening? Now that school is almost over for the semester, I can pop up on a Thursday sometime. I really, really hope everyone has a good time! But all the beautiful babes in attendence better keep their paws of Lux Fiat, or I’ll beat 'em up. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 11, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/68 "2001-05-11T02:19:38Z")
I’ve told **Pucette** , but I’ll say it here too: as quickly as I thought I might be in, I’m out. Now the _Nor Cal meets So Cal_ looks promising, and let’s not forget _Dopapalooza_. One of these days, I’m going to coordinate an Ohio Dopefest, too. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/69 "2001-05-11T03:37:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silo \* > BTW, I’m trying to decide whether to take the train or drive up. How much are parking garages in upper Manhattan for a day. I searched around online but couldn’t find any information. $30? It may take a bit of time, but you can usually find on-street parking in my neighborhood (West 70’s). It’s probably even easier up by Pucette (and the garages there are a bunch cheaper then those in the 70’s). Driving is probably not a bad option, particularly if you’re coming in Friday night or Saturday morning. It gets tougher late Saturday. E-mail me with when you’re coming and where you’d like to stash your car, and I may be able to give you some more specific advice. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/70 "2001-05-11T12:52:13Z")
Silo - there are a couple parking garages right near our apartment, as well as oodles of street parking. We’ll check it out tonight if you like. See y’all soon! ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/71 "2001-05-11T19:55:21Z")
\ [sub]bump[/sub] \ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/72 "2001-05-12T00:30:39Z")
Brrrrrump- **bump**! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/73 "2001-05-12T00:34:17Z")
SO WHERE the hell am I supposed to meet everybody again tomorrow? What? The UPPER WEST SIDE? Oh, jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/74 "2001-05-12T01:22:40Z")
I will see you all tomorrow night, definitely for the after dinner drinks. Probably for dinner too. Looking forward to meeting you all! Grok ---
**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:** [May 12, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/75 "2001-05-12T01:38:14Z")
You’re coming **Grok**? Do you live/teach in the NYC area? Where? Oh, waitaminit, I can ask you all of this tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/76 "2001-05-12T04:56:13Z")
I’ll be staying at the Belleclaire Hotel, 250 W 77th, under the name Xavier T. Anka; probably checking in about noon-ish. I won’t have the computer w/ me this time, so I can’t check e-mail and such for updates. I have an early train in the morning, so I’ll check once more (between 5:30/6:00 AM) before departing for any last minute updates. See ya’s! ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/77 "2001-05-12T10:32:56Z")
I’m alive! At least, I think I am. Finals are done, at any rate. I’m trying to find the information and have as yet been unsuccessful: can I pay for any of the parking garages with a credit card, or will I need cash? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/78 "2001-05-12T13:59:25Z")
\*\* Dammit to hell\*\*. My Monday shoot was shifted- PROBABLY \ to tonight somewhere in NYC. They won’t TELL me where yet, it’s a trade secret. Jerks. Anyway, I’ll note the location of the dinner and try like heck to make an appearance, even if it means I show up rather sweaty and underdressed. I will, however, be wearing my immense “Miss America” type banner declaring “Cartooniverse”. Beats name tags 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/79 "2001-05-12T21:34:03Z")
I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it. I’m really sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509/80 "2001-05-13T08:59:02Z")
. . . And a good time was had by all. 'See y’all at brunch at **Billdo** ’s. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-12-nyc-dopefest-weekend-up-to-the-upper-west-side/63509.md?page=5)