# NYC Doper Tour of Ellis Island on 10/8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014 "2005-09-29T14:01:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [October 7, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/21 "2005-10-07T19:17:32Z")
Unfortunately, this won’t be a good weekend for me to make it. Have fun, gang. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/22 "2005-10-07T21:08:01Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I’ll wear a a brown baseball cap with my company logo on (Paramount Pictures). I’ll also have a big camera bag so I’ll look like a tourist. That will make me stand out. Stand out indeed! Unless that big camera case extends down below the waist, I wouldn’t suggest walking around downtown Manhattan with nothing but a baseball cap on. With the increased NYPD presence, you’re all but guaranteed to get arrested for public indecency and end of on the front page of Monday’s Variety. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/23 "2005-10-07T21:55:46Z")
I will also wear swim fins and a tutu. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/24 "2005-10-07T23:29:33Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I will also wear swim fins and a tutu. But again, how we know you! (it is Grand Central you know) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/25 "2005-10-08T02:40:58Z")
I’m not meeting you at Grand Central. I’m meeting you at the place to catch the boat. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/26 "2005-10-08T03:14:28Z")
> [@](#): > > I will be comming on Metro North and meeting and catching the five south sounds like a plan I’ll be coming in on the Hudson Line; you’ll be on the New Haven Line. My train should arrive at Grand Central at 10:15. I’ll wait around at the subway platform. In an effort to be distinctive, I’ll wear my tan khakis and a green shirt. My name is Mike (so you don’t have to walk around asking everyone is they know where Nemo is and hear a bunch of Ellen Degeneres jokes.) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/27 "2005-10-08T03:29:00Z")
OK, so 11:30 at the Battery Marine Terminal? [Here’s](http://www.govisland.com/Visit_the_Island/openhousenewyork.asp) a page from the Governor’s Island people about this weekend–tickets will be given at the ferry building itself. If I remember the place, the terminal is nice and big and if God forbid the rain remains this bad, we can reconniter there and see what else is going on with Open House NY. My printer doesn’t have any black ink right now, which is sort of a handicap, so if anybody can go to their website and print out the events list that would be cool. Have unlimited Metrocard, will travel! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/28 "2005-10-08T03:35:19Z")
Oh, yeah, even though we’ll be a stone’s throw from the actual docks where Mehitabel and Archy cavorted ninety-odd years ago, you can call me Carolyn. I have shoulder-length dark hair and a black shoulder bag that hopefully will meet police approval on the subway ride down. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/29 "2005-10-08T13:16:32Z")
No hangover to speak of, leaving now. See you 11:30 @ the Battery Marine Terminal. If there’s any screw up or plug gets pulled, if someone can hit me on my cell & let me know it’s 914-447-Mehitabel’s SDMB user# without the 0 in the middle and the last digit 2 numbers higher ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/30 "2005-10-08T23:48:28Z")
Eleven thirty at the marine terminal thingy. Gotcha. I’ll be the Englishman in the combats, steve mcqueen t-shirt and jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/31 "2005-10-09T01:55:33Z")
Where you dude? We missed you. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/32 "2005-10-09T04:31:27Z")
Dang - not sure why that post didn’t appear until so late. sadly work intervened and pretty much prevented me from doing anything. Which is a shame because i keep managing to miss the new york crew ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014/33 "2005-10-10T02:16:32Z")
Had a great time, despite the rain, with **JohnBckWLD, Little Nemo, Zebra,** and John’s friend over on Governor’s Island. There wasn’t that much wind and aside from having to tote umbrellas everywhere, we saw a lot of places that are usually closed and have been newly restoried. It was great. Afterwards, we had a nice lunch at Il Porto’s at South Street Seaport. Then it was a quick jaunt to Chelsea Market, where we met **Saramamalana** in a store that had a truly impressive collection of fruits and gummi-things and had some nice gelato. A fun day, despite the efforts of the remains of Tropical Storm Tammy. Sorry we missed you, **garius.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-doper-tour-of-ellis-island-on-10-8/324014.md?page=1)