# NYC Dopefest for May? (Will be my last) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032 "2005-04-25T15:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/21 "2005-04-28T14:34:22Z")
Friday, May 20, Algonquin. Got it. What time? Noon? It’s not _too_ expensive, is it? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/22 "2005-04-28T14:51:30Z")
Nah, a decent lunch can be had at the Algonquin for about 15 bucks or so. Very reasonable, in my opinion. My suggestion is 1:00 to miss out on the noon lunch rush. But either way works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/23 "2005-04-28T14:54:36Z")
1 pm sounds good to me. What do the rest of you think? Also, is this strictly Dopers-only? It would make it easier if I could bring my SO. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/24 "2005-04-28T14:56:37Z")
Doper SOs are more than welcome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/25 "2005-04-29T01:58:17Z")
Ah well, I won’t be able to make it. Sorry I didn’t get to meet you before you’ve departed! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/26 "2005-05-03T17:26:10Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Where do you play mooszhikat? Maybe we could drop by. All depends. Clubdates and casuals. Fri/Sat nights I’m often at The Cajun (16th & 8th). Right now I have this Sat. but not the 21st. Dim sum is great, and probably cheaper than the Algonquin. When on W. 44th, I generally prefer [Virgil’s BBQ](http://www.epinions.com/trvl-review-1FDF-3FFBDD2-37F56183-bd1) anyway. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/27 "2005-05-13T17:42:56Z")
_bumpity McBump Bump_ OK so can we do a list (however tentative) of who is interested in doing what/when? So far we have Lunch @ Algonquin at 1 Dimsum @ (???) If there’s not a lot of interest it might just make more sense to cancel, although I will very likely do the Chinatown thing on Sunday, whether it’s part of a Dopefest or on my own… ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/28 "2005-05-13T22:37:33Z")
I’m in for lunch, Algonquin, 1 pm, Friday, May 20. If we want to go for dimsum immediately following, I’m in for that too. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/29 "2005-05-23T18:42:26Z")
Did any/some/all of you make it to see TellMeI’mNotCrazy off? Based on post dates, I have a sneaking suspicion neither the DimSum breakfast or lunch @ The Algonquin ever got off the ground. Sorry if that’s the case TellMeI’mNotCrazy, and good luck in your new environs ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/30 "2005-05-23T19:09:15Z")
Sorry I missed it but work has been completly crazy for the week leading up to that. Thank God that’s over. Well, I hope to tell you You’reNotCrazy on the boards. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/31 "2005-05-24T17:46:50Z")
No problem - I know what a hectic time of year it is. And I am indeed on my way. I’m currently in Spain, on a 14 hour layover. So for a few more hours at least, it’s “Di me no soy loco”, or something like that. Man does my Spanish need work. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/32 "2005-05-24T18:06:13Z")
Oh, I meant to mention that I did actually meet Shibboleth. My mother and I hopped down to Chinatown Saturday morning, and had some dim sum with them (both his wife and my mother are Thai so I figured even if it wasn’t really a Doper event, it would be fun to get together.) So it wasn’t a complete wash. I enjoyed myself, and really enjoyed meeting them. ---
**Author:** ![arseNal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/33 "2005-05-24T18:14:08Z")
I think the dim sum place y’all are talking about is Jing Fong on Elizabeth st. > **[Jing Fong Restaurant New York](http://www.citysearch.com/profile/7113495/new_york_ny/jing_fong_restaurant.html)** Don’t let them put you in the expensive area 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![arseNal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/34 "2005-05-24T18:23:01Z")
Oops. Didn’t realize this was an old thread. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032/35 "2005-05-24T18:26:37Z")
Unfortunately, I had my last final on the afternoon of the 19th, and then tied one on at the bar with most of my classmates that night. I had quite the weekend planned - a classmate’s birthday on Friday, then a trip to Brooklyn with another classmate for another party after that, and for whatever reason I thought that the plan was to get together on Saturday. Around 3 PM on Friday, I dug up the thread to see if anything had been firmed up. Ah well. C’est la vie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest-for-may-will-be-my-last/301032.md?page=1)