# NYC DopeDinner -- Midsummer Night's w00t! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074 "2002-06-20T15:35:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/1 "2002-06-20T15:35:39Z")
I realized yesterday that we haven’t gotten together since Spiderman came out, so I thought I’d ask around to see if y’all want to do some dinner in the next couple weeks. As I see it, the best way to celebrate July 4 is to get good and ripped, but it _is_ a holiday, so people probably have “family” stuff to do. Therefore, I also submit the the 11th, as we almost always do Thursday nights. Since **Acrylic Vessel** and I have the farthest to travel and have to get a sitter, maybe we could get some ideas for the best date here for discussion. I know **CajunMan** and **DrMatrix** are pretty much ready to go whenever, but I hear some others are pretty busy right now. Let’s hear some “ayes” and “nays,” I’d like to see you guys soon. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/2 "2002-06-20T15:54:33Z")
Can we do this on a weekend? I’m supposed to be responsible and go to work on weekdays. If I get enough notice, I can take friday off though. ---
**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 20, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/3 "2002-06-20T15:58:43Z")
I’m not going to be here the week of the 4th of July, but the **12th** sounds good to me (or even the 13th). No can do school nights. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/4 "2002-06-20T16:13:47Z")
Woo-hoo!!! Actually you know I only mentioned the dates I did because we’ve always done Thursdays, but weekends work so much better for us. I believe either of those weekends work just fine for us, so prospects are good. And **Biggirl** , what’s up with the weekdays? Your bosses finally get tired of you calling in sick Fridays? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/5 "2002-06-20T16:15:26Z")
Hey Heapie! Why don’t you bring the Heapette along? I’m definitely bringing the Sprout to the next appropriate fest. Hopefully we can have it in a place where there is a smoke-free section, like a restaurant with a separate bar. (John’s Pizza would work) I don’t think I have anything planned for July 4, but I’ll have to ask my social secretary (aka my husband) if we have anything going on yet. If not, I’d be up for a pick-a-nick or something. My schedule is pretty clear otherwise, so I can probably make it on any date chosen. I would like to make sure **Biggirl** can make it. I owe her a beer. And a big smoochy kiss. Anyway, if anybody is interested in where I’ve been lately, please see my update in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114820&pagenumber=2). ---
**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 20, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/6 "2002-06-20T16:37:01Z")
Well **Gorgy** in all honesty, yea. He actually never said anything to me, but you of all people know I can never find my way home. ---
**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 20, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/7 "2002-06-20T17:00:14Z")
Hey! And smoochie kisses to the new mom! P.S. Make sure to kick those medical care people just as soon as your physically able. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/8 "2002-06-20T17:52:47Z")
LOL! Ay-yup. I knows it. So, I think it looks like the few who have replied thus far all agree on the weekend of the 12th. **Beany** , I’ll have to ask my wife about the baby, but I don’t think so. She doesn’t much want to bring her into the city yet, and you _know_ we’ll end up staying very late, so we don’t want to drag the kid with us to all these bars all night. You dig? ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/9 "2002-06-20T18:41:30Z")
I’ll do my durndest to be there. _waves to Green Bean_ ---
**Author:** ![beerchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@beerchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerchick)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/10 "2002-06-21T16:41:30Z")
Friday the 12th sounds absoutely fab to me. Count me in. I can’t wait to see Green Bean again. Hi Green Bean and lil sprouty. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/11 "2002-06-21T19:02:05Z")
I’ll be in…England! Thinking of you, of course 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/12 "2002-06-23T21:37:50Z")
…a Coney Island mini-Dopefest? I was talking to some of the crew about it recently, and we were considering Saturday the 13th. Some suggested activities: walk on the boardwalk, swim (!), ride the Cyclone, go to the Coney Island Museum, grab a hotdog at the Original Nathan’s, visit the Aquarium, go to Brighton Beach, possibly see a baseball game (if tickets are available), and have dinner at Gargiulo’s. See also [www.coneyisland.com](http://www.coneyisland.com) I don’t mean to hijack your thread, GH, so if this doesn’t appeal to you at all, or if people are already booked for the 13th, I’m happy to go back to the dinner at John’s (or wherever) idea. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/13 "2002-06-23T22:35:00Z")
Hi all. A few things: 1. I’m in. 2. Either Coney Island or elsewhere would be nifty. Given the choice, I’d pick Coney Island, because it’s something new, and we don’t do enough in Brooklyn. 3. For those of you looking to meet before the big mini-Dopefest, I’ve [called](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=122027) for another DopeDinner this Thursday, 6/27, at Blondies (6:30 p.m., 79th bet B’way & Amsterdam). ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/14 "2002-06-24T02:42:30Z")
Oooh! I’d be way up for Coney Island. Would you believe it - I’ve never actually _been_ there. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/15 "2002-06-24T12:52:37Z")
D’oh! Well, _we_ are set for the 12th. I think that’ll do it for us. **Acryllic Vessel** would love to do a Coney thing, I’m sure, but that would require an awful lot of work for us, as we’ll have to head back north Friday night (re; Morning) and I can’t do that kind of walking either. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/16 "2002-06-24T14:34:52Z")
Coney Island. That sounds fun! I’ve always wanted to go there, but never have gone. I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/17 "2002-06-24T16:11:54Z")
Ooo! I’d LOOOOVVVEEE to go to Coney Island! It would be a good place to take the Sprout, too. (Bill, can you babysit while I take a ride on the Cyclone?) I’ll be there at Blondies this Thursday. Is it fairly smokeless? I’ll bring Arthur. ---
**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 24, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/18 "2002-06-24T19:16:53Z")
WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!! Coney Island ain’t what it used to be. But a ride on the Cyclone (or a visit to Keystone Park and a look-see at the Cyclones) would be fun. And the bumper cars, that would be cool too. And Nathan’s for some frog’s legs. And clams and beer on the boardwalk. That’s always fun-- especially if you’re into puking the next day. Seriously, I know a dive on the boardwalk that sells clams on the half-shell (steamers or raw). And we could take in a sideshow. Those are cool too. Weird, but cool. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/19 "2002-06-24T19:21:07Z")
Grrrrrr. All right, _now_ I’m getting interested. Clams and beer … droooooooool. ---
**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 24, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074/20 "2002-06-24T19:36:26Z")
[Key **span** Park is sold out](http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/tics.shtml) for the season (at least on line). Too bad because it’s a really nice place to see a baseball game. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopedinner-midsummer-nights-w00t/115074.md?page=2)