# New England Dopefest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519 "2016-09-10T13:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/21 "2016-09-11T00:00:05Z")
There’s at least a couple of other Dopers here in RI, some in CT, and maybe some from those far northern states too, so maybe you could get the title changed to New England Dopers, and mention a Dopefest too. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/22 "2016-09-11T00:21:22Z")
Great idea! I will report the thread and ask that the title be changed. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/23 "2016-09-11T00:55:08Z")
I changed the title like you asked. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/24 "2016-09-11T01:17:39Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I changed the title like you asked. Very much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/25 "2016-09-11T01:34:09Z")
Weekends work better for me, but I might be able to sneak out on a week day. Probably not, but you never know. And it’s not like EVERY weekend works for me, so I’ll join if I can but don’t plan around me specifically if I end up the odd one out in the end. Rock climbing wouldn’t be up my alley either. I don’t like heights, I’m clumsy, and I have the upper arm strength of a newborn. I don’t know that there actually has been a dopefest since I started lurking or joined? Maybe one? It feels like one starts to get planned and then fizzles. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/26 "2016-09-11T02:09:37Z")
Hey, if you end up doing something on an October weekend, I might be able to join you. I’ll follow the thread and see what y’all decide. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/27 "2016-09-12T17:54:45Z")
I’m interested, as always. I might even be able to drag Pepper Mill along. as far as I can tell, Oct. 18 after hours is free right now for us. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/28 "2016-09-13T01:24:25Z")
> [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](#): > > Yeah, I don’t think it’s a bad walk, but I think there’s a bus that goes down Somerville Ave, too. > > Never tried Christopher’s. There’s Aeronaut right next door, but that tends to be loud, crowded, and not have food. We usually go to one of the places in Union Square, but **oft wears hats** can fill everyone in on that, since he’s the main beer drinker. I’ve been to Christopher’s, and I recall enjoying it. I think I had mussels and cheese fries or something. Good tap list, too. I’m still trying to find a decent burger in the Boston area, so I’d be up for seeing how theirs stacks up. Aeronaut is great as well, but only has occasional food trucks. And there’s The Independent and Brass Union in Union Square. If too many people aren’t interested in rock climbing, we could always do option #1 and do [Boda Borg](http://bodaborg.com/usa/boston/) in Malden. Another nice thing about an escape room thing is that there’s more interpersonal interaction than rock climbing. Working together and trying to solve the challenges, rather than just chatting while waiting in line to climb. [Mystic Station](http://www.mysticstationmalden.com/menu-1/) and [Ferry Street](http://www.ferrystreetmalden.com/) are nearby, and I’ve been meaning to check them out. F.Pu and I are flexible, though, so we’re up for most things. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/29 "2016-09-13T14:49:25Z")
Pepper Mill, by the way, has just had an operation, and wouldn’t be up for rock climbing. (Of course, she probably wouldn’t have been up for it _before_ the operation, either. But now she has an excuse.) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/30 "2016-09-13T15:33:21Z")
Brooklyn Boulder and Aeronaut are literally a 2 minute walk from my house. Good choice. If I’m free I’ll certainly stop by but I’m not a climber although I can belay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/31 "2016-09-13T15:59:02Z")
That’s the nice thing about Boda Borg, plenty of the challenges skew to the intellectual side. It would be cheaper, as well: 1 day pass at Boda Borg: $28 ($18 for 2 hours). 1 day pass at BKB: $39 ($29 for the pass + $10 for gear rental) If we did a weekday evening, the 2 hour pass at Boda Borg would probably be more than enough. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/32 "2016-09-13T18:01:30Z")
I’d be interested in making it…although I can’t suggest any places to go. However, there is a Harpoon Fest on Saturday Oct 1… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/33 "2016-09-13T20:52:03Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > …as far as I can tell, Oct. 18 after hours is free right now for us. ☹ I definitely can’t make a Tuesday in October. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/34 "2016-09-15T03:03:23Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > How about this—we plan a restaurant/pub evening and use that time together to determine if some subset of that group wants to go rock climb another day? > > I don’t want perfection to be the enemy of good, here. > > Tuesday the 18th of October, in the after-work hours? > > ETA: I stand a better chance of making an after-work thing, now that I really look at the calendar. I think you’ve got all the preliminary feedback you’re going to get. I’m in for the 18th if you want to make it definite. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/35 "2016-09-15T11:09:49Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I think you’ve got all the preliminary feedback you’re going to get. I’m in for the 18th if you want to make it definite. Let’s do it. Tuesday, October 18th it is. Does the Porter Square location work for people? ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/36 "2016-09-15T15:25:14Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Let’s do it. > > Tuesday, October 18th it is. Does the Porter Square location work for people? You mean Christopher’s? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/37 "2016-09-15T15:41:42Z")
As much I can schedule anything further than 24 hours out I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/38 "2016-09-15T18:20:42Z")
Thanks **TriPolar** for the heads up!!🙂 Christopher’s? In Cambridge right? I might be able to make Oct 18 after work hours. Put me down as a definite maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/39 "2016-09-15T19:13:43Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Let’s do it. > > Tuesday, October 18th it is. Does the Porter Square location work for people? You know I’m in. I even put it in my calendar app, and I hardly ever use my calendar app. > [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](#): > > Christopher’s? In Cambridge right? That’s the place we were considering, yes. It’s in Cambridge, but very close to the Somerville line. Go to Porter Square and you (hopefully) can’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519/40 "2016-09-15T20:32:05Z")
Just saw this since I’m terrible about following MPSIMS - if I can get out of work in time to get over there, I’ll swing by. So put me in the “maybe” column as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-england-dopefest/765519.md?page=3)