The weather is finally fine,
so isn’t it just about time?
Scotti
I’ll be in California for another week. Make it for next weekend! I’ll start hitching rides now. 
[sub]Seriously, I would love to be there.[/sub]
AudreyK
If no one else wants to get together, you and I will have our own Dopefest. It’s a promise.
Scotti
The problem is, by the time it gets organized, the weather won’t be fine anymore! But I’d like to try to come. I’m down in Olympia, aren’t most of you in Seattle? When? Where?
I’ll try to make this one. I don’t mind being the token conservative! Let me know when and where. Once again I’ll volunteer to carpool to Seattle from the southern environs. I’m not as far south as Olympia (I’m in Kent) but I’ll be happy to meet at a Park 'n Ride somewhere are share rides from there.
Scotti – check out the earthquake threads. A lot of local dopers turned up there that I didn’t know about.
Ooh! Ooh! If I say first, do we have to go where I say? Buca de Beppo’s!! The food is great and the atmosphere is fun fun fun! You can even have a food fight if you want! They don’t care! They encourage it!
Whew! I’m calm again. May I suggest…?
Ya hardly know me, but I’d be honored to join you.
Beppo’s is indeed yummy.
pluto, you’re thinking the one by Seattle Center, not the one in Lynnwood, right?
We’ll definitely need reservations. Any volunteers for coordinating that? I’m really too swamped to make the commitment – wouldn’t want to mess up my first Dopefest!
Jeyen
Might you be willing to have another when I get to Seattle this summer, Scotti? Oh, darn my poor location in relation to the PNW.
Ah, never mind about the Fest. I’d be happy just to get to meet you.
[sub]Not that I wouldn’t like to meet the rest of you…um…Rob is backed into a corner[/sub]
A Dopefest in the Pacific North West? Yummy! If ya’ll wouldn’t mind a gate-crasher from Orygun, count me in!
Yea! I’d like to join in, schedule willing…
Orygun IS in the PNW, so why not? Of course, so is Idaho…
How about a BeachFest? Maybe in LaPush?
I’m planning on the summer one, silent-rob, we’ll do it again when you come out. Maybe we can coordinate it so Odieman is here the same time.
So does anyone have an idea when we should do this?
And truthbot, of course we would love to have you! All dopers welcome!
Kallessa and jeyen, welcome to the crew!
Why, thank you scotticher. I haven’t been to Seattle in ages, and I have friends up there I would love to see.
And some new friends to meet, apparently! Guess I’ll have to shave my legs and rustle up some pantyhose…
My self-inflicted dig about ‘Orygun’ comes from years of people in more metropolitan areas considering us to be Neanderthals. That we spend our time tree hugging and making leather from Bigfoot hides. Tain’t true! We’ins gots us the innernet! Now if I can just find that post-button-thingy…
Very cool, Scotti. Like I said before, it’d be the SK invasion of the PNW. Or rather, not so much the invasion…maybe the really fierce…no, no…well, it’ll be a good time, anyway.
No need for pantyhose, dear, we are a pretty casual bunch up here. Your presence will be more than enough of a gift for us! Although now that I think about it, how fancy IS this restaurant?
Another prairie boy here (even if I do live on the coast now). I’m in!
Beppo’s is pretty casual – jeans and T-shirts are fine. I think they have the usual “No shoes, no shirt, no service” rule, but that’s about it.
And truthbot, Beppo’s is dark and Seattle is pretty hair-friendly, so you can probably skip the leg-shaving. We can compare! 
What about Sunday March 25?
That should give us all enough time to plan.
FYI, Beppo’s is open noon to 10 p.m. on Sundays. If we meet at, say, 2:00 or 3:00, we can bypass both the lunch and dinner crowds.
Jeyen
A Saturday would be better for me, is that a problem for anyone?
Pretty much any weekend day works fer me.
How about Saturday the 24th then?
Does midafternoon work for everybody?
I’ll check with Beppo’s and see what their hours are on Saturdays.
Jeyen
Midafternoon works best for me, and I should be free (but not cheap) on March 24–unless a work meeting gets changed yet again. I don’t go up to Seattle too often, so directions would be appreciated, once we’ve offically set the location.
Okay, Beppo’s opens at 4:00 on Saturdays.
How about 4:00 on Saturday the 24th of March?
And where are our other Seattle folks?
OrcaChow, you wanna come over from Spokane?
Scarred, JayLa, one last glass, dear, smaft, amarinth, stargazer, caircair, Busta Rib, Lizard, and Cervaise all posted in the Tell me about Seattle thread. Shall we e-mail them?
Jeyen
I don’t want to keep being difficult here, but it has been my experience that we may get more attendees if we give people a little more notice than the 24th. But that date works for me if no one wants to wait any longer. And midafternoon works well for me and (if I may speak for him) rjk. That way if he needs to take the bus to Bellingham, we have plenty of time to get back here for him to catch the last bus home. I am assuming that he will want to drive down with me.
Scotti