Take the Irving Berlin view of the situation—
My wife’s gone to the country, hurray, hurray!
She thought it best, I need a rest, that’s why she went away
She took the children with her, hurray, hurray!
I don’t care what becomes of me, my wife’s gone away!
The bf and I are headed up to NYC a week later on the 23rd. Oh, well, one of these days. . .
Eep! My very first Dope-get together.
Count me in, for sure.
I’m at least glad to know that I’m not going to be the only firsttimer then 
Dangit, the ONE weekend this spring I’m going away. sigh Have fun, I’ll catch you next time!
Zoltarb says he wants to come but only if he can drop an egg into the pot while it’s cooking. That’s the way he eats his weekly cubic hectometer of Ramen, anyway.
A bump back to the front page.
I’m in. After this week, it’ll do me good.
Coincidentally, I will be in NY that very day. I’d love to add NYC to my list of Dopefest cities. 
And here we are, almost Friday! Well, it’s never really almost Friday enough for my tastes, but our date is fast approaching never-the-less.
By my count, here’s who is on board:
Billdo
Cerowyn (wow, surprise guest!)
Cosmopolitan
delphica
manhattan
monstro
NotWithoutRage
OxyBF
OxyMoron
TellMeI’mNotCrazy
Ukulele Ike (be still, my heart!)
Wonko The Sane
Zoltarb
And in the “Maybe” corner, we have:
DAVEW0071
RTFirefly
WordMan
If you “maybe” folks could post when you know your plans, that would be great for me to know when making the restaurant reservation, thanks!
Also, Biggirl – are you coming or what? You know I’m easily confused, no fair posting for Zoltarb and not telling me if you will attend!
I’ll be there too. Yay.
We MADs are getting together in VA on the 17th to celebrate Anita Vacation’s birthday, so I think I’ll let that be my Dopefest RDA for the weekend.
I think I’ll be able to show up, too. Put me under “Yes”, why doncha?
throw me into the “maybe” pile. i was just about to make plans to have tapas (yummy yummy tapas) on friday night, but maybe i could squinch those over to thursday instead.
I am thinking of coming in my fancy-schmancy silver dress that got me thrown out of that fancy/schmancy ball. If I get thrown out of the noodle place then I’ll know it’s all about the dress and its evil kick-the-bitch-out rays.
No sh*t? Hell, I better go just to complete the trifecta.
I’m not sure about dinner (it depends on my workload), but if I’m still in the neighborhood around 8, 8:30, I’ll wander over to The Kettle of Fish and look for you folks.
Okay, I’m in. Save me a place at the table at Sammy’s, and a place under the table at the Kettle.
Room for one more?
I don’t eat much…
…oh wait, I do…
We are now the proud owners of reservations at Sammy’s Noodle Shop! Just to recap, here is the game plan for the evening:
Date: Friday, April 16
Time: 6:30 PM
Place: Sammy’s Noodle Shop, 6th Avenue at 10th Street
After dinner, we will be gathering at the Kettle of Fish, which is at 59 Christopher Street, just east of 7th Avenue. If anyone is planning to join us for the drinks portion only, my best guess is that we’ll be finishing dinner between 7:45 and 8 PM and heading to the Kettle around that time.
We’re expecting to see:
Alphagene
Biggirl
Billdo
Canby
Cerowyn
Cosmopolitan
DAVEW0071
delphica
lurkernomore
manhattan (ya owe me a dollar)
monstro
NotWithoutRage
OxyBF
OxyMoron
pseudotriton ruber ruber
TellMeI’mNotCrazy
Ukulele Ike
Wonko The Sane
Zoltarb
Maybe:
WordMan
Starkyld
Winterwren (for drinks)
See you tomorrow night!