That’s not too bad. I can take 202 to 7th Avenue and it’s a short jump to Thomas. I can’t leave the house before 11:30 so it’d be at least 12:20 by the time we got down to Los Dos Molinos. If no one else is closer, that’s doable.
I appreciate it, but now that I think about it, I actually have other things I need to get done tomorrow. 
So, geez, this makes three Dopefests I’ll have flaked out on…Three total; two in a row; and two (not in a row, thankfully) wherein I had started the topic/ball rolling myself. :smack:
I’m 12th street/Obsorn so I’m a lot closer.
Today is the day!
I will be there before noon and will put a small sign like “Cecil Adams’ forum group”
Will see you in the Los Dos Molinos garden inside (that is the waiting area they have, with a bar)
Idle Thoughts, don’t flake. dalej42 is right around the corner from you. You can take a timeout for lunch; you’ve got to eat anyway.
I just used that term as something to say. I really do have other things that have come up…but I still appreciate the offers.
For one, I have to let the maids in when they come at 12:15 and for two, my sister is supposed to call about one.
I’ve been told I’m a hard person to keep ahold of, heh. If you don’t make sure I follow something, I’ll bolt. This is because I have social anxiety and look for any excuse to get out of it. I’m better in small groups and if I’m with someone I already know. To me, I could have done this had someone I already knew came with me…so when my mom said she couldn’t make it, that was it for me.
You can ask GIGObuster about the first (and so far, only) time I went to one, if you want. I was so nervous. I didn’t talk much. I’m very shy in real life. To the point of not saying much at all unless I know a person a bit.
Really, I don’t know why I make these because about 80 percent of the time I wind up dropping out. But at least I get it started for others.
Now, if I were to meet any of you single-y, that would be different. I’d feel more at ease.
What about bosstone? And has anyone heard from ArizonaTeach?
Gah… I’m sorry guys, but I have to go do some stuff with my wife. I just got the Glare of Death when I told her I was about to leave. I should tell her about these things when she’s not sleeping, I guess 
I’ll make the next one!
See what you did, Idle Thoughts?! Once one person drops at the last minute, everyone decides it’s ok to drop at the last minute! I’m not eating lunch alone, damnit!
That wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. As usual, I wound up talking more than I figured I would and felt really comfortable by the end. The folks that showed up that I hadn’t met before all seemed like really nice people. Some with really nice spouses, even, who should have accounts here (hint hint).
Special (and major) thanks to Cisco who made it possible for me to go (and who, I found, is not some 40 year old man) and dalej42 who gave me a lift back and was very pleasant to talk with.
That was really cool, everyone! It was so nice to meet you all and put faces to the names.
We definitely have to do that again before it heats up.
Agreed, that was fun. Your husband is really cool, Lady DeathKraft. I think I talked to him more than anyone and he’s not even a member here, heh.
No problem at all for the ride, Idle Thoughts. I would’ve been late anyway
Hahaha, thanks for still trying to make me feel better.
Yeah, he was really nice and socialable, Lady DeathKraft, Next time I’ll have to sit at his end of the table.
Baby steps, Idle Thoughts, baby steps. I don’t do well in groups myself and it takes me a long time to warm up to strangers. But if it’s a group of kindred spirits, I’m much more at ease. At least with us Dopers, you can feel you know us, at least a little.
I’d forgotten how noisy LDM is when it gets a crowd inside. Too bad they don’t serve on the patio.
Sooo… what had happened wuz! clears throat
I somehow got it in my head that Los Dos Molinos was on 12 st and Washington. I WENT to 12 st and Washington. My roommate and I were like… Dang, how’re we the first people here? But decided we’d grab a table on the patio… have some iced tea, maybe order food and hope for the best.
So we drank our iced tea. Had a nice meal. Eventually got a call back from a friend who had ANOTHER friend check the board to double check the date/location and omgz, there are TWO LDM’s not too far from eachother. :smack:
But it was already kinda late and we were in the middle of our meal so we ate and went mini golfing instead. (Crackerjax ftw)
I’m sorry I flaked on the details, I know I owe at least one of you a visit. Mini-golf, maybe?
No worries. There was a lot of talk about another get together here before the heat turns up again. So sometime in the next five months or so. : )
Cool! I move we move it, though. Los Dos Molinos gets noisy where there’s more than a handful in there. I suggest an old family favorite, Rosita’s at University and Hardy in Tempe. Bigger place with side rooms where the noise isn’t so overwhelming, more choices on the menu, and I like their sangria better. Biggest disadvantage: No patio where we can accumulate before going in.