# New York Dopefest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100 "2001-06-25T18:08:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 25, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/1 "2001-06-25T18:08:26Z")
So **Sue Sue Duhnym** and **magdalene** are coming to town, and I’d just feel horrible if we didn’t give them a proper New York welcome. I propose Thursday, July 5 – lots of people should be out of town; we should be able to schedule something. So: Who’s up for it? Dinner and bar, or just a bar, or something else? Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/2 "2001-06-25T19:52:55Z")
:grumble: Drats. :going over to kick dirt with **jarbaby** : ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/3 "2001-06-25T20:22:02Z")
Leave some dirt for me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/4 "2001-06-25T20:47:21Z")
You can come play in the dirt with us, **Euty**. We’ll be more fun getting dirty anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/5 "2001-06-25T21:07:18Z")
I would love grub and drinking 🙂 Should we do something Brooklyn-ward this time around? or in the Village? ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/6 "2001-06-25T21:13:45Z")
Sorry folks, I won’t be there. My husband spent this morning trying to resign from his job. [sub]I say “trying” because he needs a written release because he wants to go back to the firm that this firm was part of before it was bought by foreigners.[/sub] Consequently, in the ensuing chaos, we will be in hiding and letting everyone sweat it out. [sub]We’re going to Cancun! [/sub] I hope you have fun and I’m sorry I’m missing the party and the chance to meet a great group of Dopers![sub]There is still a chance we’ll be moving there, however slight. Two people are meeting with my husband on Thursday to try a save. [/sub] If some kind soul would e-mail me their address, I’ll send a check to you so I can buy a round in absentia. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/7 "2001-06-25T21:44:35Z")
Sorry to hear about your troubles, Sue. Things are tough all over in the employment world, getting in or getting out. One vote for a primarily drink-oriented establishment here. But food should be available. I don’t know why, but a sit-down dinner just doesn’t seem right to me. ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/8 "2001-06-26T00:41:17Z")
Well I’ll be kicking sand instead of dirt since I’ll be one of those heading out to the beach. Hope the next one is better timed. And best of luck with everything, Sue. \ ---
**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:** [June 26, 2001, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/9 "2001-06-26T02:31:39Z")
Aw, rats. **Sue** , I’ll light a candle for ya in hopes you’ll be able to make it after all. But in any case, my miniskirt and I will still be there. Wouldn’t want to disappoint manny, after all. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/10 "2001-06-26T03:33:12Z")
How sad to hear that **Sue** will not be joining us! I hope everything works out to your husband’s liking. It will still be a treat to welcome **magdalene** to our fair city. I am up for either Manhattan (the island, and besides, the moderator seems to be spoken for anyway 😉 ain’t that always the way?) or Brooklyn, since for me it’s a matter of where I work or where I live. I recall that **magdalene** is staying in Brooklyn, and that **Sua** had some good Brooklyn suggestions during the last Dopefest discusion, although we eventually wound up on the Upper West Side. I am also fond of both food and drink, and will take them in pretty much whatever combination they are offered. As long as there is plenty of drink. Maybe this should stay a dead issue, but I think the Thursday date had originally been planned way back when it first seemed **Sue** would be in town. Is Friday now a better date? I think I have Friday off from work anyway, but some people might be more flexible if it wasn’t a work/school night. Feel free to throw rocks at me if I am making the planning of the Dopefest more complicated than it needs to be. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/11 "2001-06-26T03:48:54Z")
I like eating AND drinking. Plus, I live in New York. I just can’t go wrong today. After previewing I’d like to add: Don’t anybody throw rock at delphica! ---
**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:** [June 26, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/12 "2001-06-26T04:12:29Z")
I advocate sticking with the original Thursday date, as I can’t come if it’s on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/13 "2001-06-26T13:50:47Z")
Sue, I hope everything works out for your husband. I’m open to whatever y’all want to do and wherever y’all want to do it. It sounds like “a bar that also serves food” is a popular suggestion so far. And July 5 works for me. Whoohoo, I can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/14 "2001-06-26T15:23:26Z")
I think I could make it to this Dopefest…as long as the establishment in question is either a) primarily drinking or b) if it’s primarily an eating establishment, certified Kosher. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/15 "2001-06-26T16:32:54Z")
> [@](#): > > But in any case, my miniskirt and I will still be there. Arden, Euty? You guys got any spare dirt that needs kickin’? Damn! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/16 "2001-06-26T16:42:54Z")
You can come get dirty with us, Unc. To heck with 'em. :mutter: ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/17 "2001-06-26T16:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > \*\*I think I could make it to this Dopefest…as long as the establishment in question is either a) primarily drinking or b) if it’s primarily an eating establishment, certified Kosher. \*\* **cm** , do you know of a place that combines the two, i.e., a Kosher establishment where we can get a little loud? All the Kosher places I know of (admittedly not an all-encompassing list) are more on the “family restaurant” side. Sua ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/18 "2001-06-26T16:50:19Z")
" . . . do you know of a place that combines the two, i.e., a Kosher establishment where we can get a little loud?" —You might want to try Rabbi Filthy McSchlomo’s Dance Hall, down on the Bowery. ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/19 "2001-06-26T18:40:27Z")
I’ll make every effort to be there, but no promises. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100/20 "2001-06-26T18:44:18Z")
Wow! Is McSchlomo’s place still open? {sniffle} I had my _brit milah_ there… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-dopefest/70100.md?page=2)