# NYC Dopefest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973 "2001-04-14T18:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/61 "2001-04-21T22:00:31Z")
Damn it, I have family shit on May 12. Can’t make it. Rose ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/62 "2001-04-23T11:51:54Z")
This will not only bump this thread, but serve as notice that I’ve been upgraded from Definite Maybe to Count Me In. May 12, correct? Place and time TBA? Oh, and **Wonko** , you’d be up for any Dopefest on the East Coast. You’re just a Fest Ho. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/63 "2001-04-23T13:52:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DAVEW0071 \* > \*\*This will not only bump this thread, but serve as notice that I’ve been upgraded from Definite Maybe to Count Me In. > > May 12, correct? Place and time TBA? > > Oh, and **Wonko** , you’d be up for any Dopefest on the East Coast. You’re just a Fest Ho. \*\* Hey! I’ve never gone to a dopefest below the Mason-Dixon… Yet… ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/64 "2001-04-23T22:21:37Z")
Well, of course, I meant it in a nice way. Looking forward to seeing you there, Ken. And all the other Dopers, too, natch! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/65 "2001-04-24T03:35:01Z")
**Definitely:** Ankh\_Too Billdo (sightseeing and brunch) blur Cajun Man DAVEW007 Delphica DrMatrix ExTank Falcon GeoBabe Maeglin MannyL Pucette (w/ crash couch, or similar horizontal surface) SuaSponte Vix Weirddave Wonko The Sane **Definitely Maybe:** Biggirl brachyrhynchos Ceejaytee Freedom JeffB lurkernomore Morgyn (requests non-smoking) Protesilaus Robot Arm Rosebud SwimmingRiddles TruePisces **Tentatively Probable:** Joe\_Cool racinchikki ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/66 "2001-04-24T14:27:12Z")
Sadly I will be away this weekend when the cinema extragavanza of the spring opens: The Mummy II. Anyone gonna be in town on Friday who wants to catch the flick with **Pucette** and me? ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/67 "2001-04-24T15:28:37Z")
I would, Maeg…dunno when I’ll be in NYC that night, tho. ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/68 "2001-04-24T17:12:47Z")
Falcon, sweet of you to remember us oldies. I won’t be in town that weekend so I won’t be able to make it. Next time, though. Someone please dance on the bar for me. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/69 "2001-04-24T17:51:24Z")
**Falcon** , gosh, thanx. Really wish I could make it, but my grandparents are coming in from Germany for that weekend. Family stuff. Hope you kids have a blast. Have a few for me. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/70 "2001-04-24T18:20:52Z")
…but I live in NYC and it could be fun! 🙂 May I be added to the ‘maybe’ list? ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/71 "2001-04-24T22:52:58Z")
If we are going to get a private room for dinner, it would be best to make arrangements relatively soon. Hence, I call for a vote on location. I have nominated Eamonn Dorans, in Brooklyn Heights. If you have any other suggestions, it’s time to put up or shut up. Sua ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/72 "2001-04-25T01:19:24Z")
I’m a maybe 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/73 "2001-04-25T11:18:03Z")
**Sua** , I agree that a time and location must be agreed upon. Since I’m motoring in from the 'burbs, just about anyplace is relatively OK for me. But once we’ve decided on a venue, driving and mass transit directions would be a plus. That and the availability of parking. Thanks, bro. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/74 "2001-04-25T14:04:35Z")
I talked to Mom, and convinced her that I needn’t come down to Bmore for Mother’s Day since I’ll be down the following weekend, so I’m in. I really think we should try to do it in Chelsea or the meat-packing distric if we’re going to invade the Idiot later. Mindful of people’s budgets, I won’t suggest a private room at the Old Homestead (even though they have some good veggie dishes for those who chose it). There’s a cute little Belgian restaurant that I can book if we’re 20 strong, but it’s too small if even half the maybe’s show up. Let me stop by the Cowgirl Hall of Fame this afternoon and see what they can do. They’re pretty cheap, kind of fun, and they have some space. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/75 "2001-04-25T14:07:45Z")
Oh, and I forgot. How many people actually intend to do the Idiot later? Last time it was about half the group, but the group was _huge_. If the raiding party for the second half of the evening is smaller, I have another place in mind that makes the Idiot look like High Tea. But we’d have to be \<20 people and would have to get there pretty much before 9:30. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/76 "2001-04-25T14:17:03Z")
I have to say I’m striking out on the private room front. I called a few places just to get an idea of what was available, and they were all booked for that evening. My two cents is that we do either an all-Brooklyn or all-Manhattan evening, and preferrably with the subsequent bar in walking distance from the restaurant (if in fact we go to a restaurant and then a different bar). Sua, do you know if the private room at Eamonn Doran’s is available? And a rough idea of how they bill – is it X dollars per person? ---
**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:** [April 25, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/77 "2001-04-25T15:13:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SaxFace \* > \*\*Falcon, sweet of you to remember us oldies. > > I won’t be in town that weekend so I won’t be able to make it. Next time, though. Someone please dance on the bar for me. \*\* Won’t be the same without you Sax! ---
**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:** [April 25, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/78 "2001-04-25T15:15:27Z")
I’m up for the after-dinner drinx! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/79 "2001-04-25T15:33:52Z")
Well, I’m in for the whole mile. Thanks to all the fine folks who are doing the organizing. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973/80 "2001-04-25T17:33:23Z")
Yay, **manhattan** is coming! _does happy dance_ Seeing as how the instigators of this shebang, **ExTank** and myself, are out-of-towners, I want to sincerely thank the NYC residents who have stepped up to find a place to assemble/debauch. I will show my appreciation in person, as appropriate, at the event. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-dopefest/61973.md?page=5)