# SoCal Dopefest in September **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648 "2011-08-05T22:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/21 "2011-08-14T03:44:21Z")
No problem with the 3rd (so far, but that could change for me) No problem with Glendale. The only issue is Islands. All the Islands I have been to have been set up with booths seating 4-6 people. This is not ideal for a dopefest. So unless we take over the bar area we might want to consider a different restaurant. If you want polynesian how about Damon’s? A Glendale institution. A bit upscale compared to Islands. If you want to go a bit further east how about Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles in Pasadena? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/22 "2011-08-14T03:49:45Z")
Damon’s sounds good! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/23 "2011-08-14T04:17:01Z")
Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/24 "2011-08-14T04:34:37Z")
**mhendo? Arnold?** do these dates locations work for you guys? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/25 "2011-08-14T14:17:49Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Here’s a novel idea, give us a clue when you are available and what area/restaurant you would consider going to. > I left my crystal ball at work and I’m really poor at reading minds. Sorry! I don’t mean to be difficult, but with various personal things happening in my life right now it is hard for me to predict what date I will be available. (We’re in escrow on a new house, the kids are probably going to have to change schools, I might have to travel for work, etc…) What I meant to say is that it would be too hard to arrange dates around my schedule since I have many last-minute things that crop up unexpectedly. I wouldn’t want people to choose a date to accommodate me and then I would have to cancel the day before anyway. Right now I would be available for Saturday 3 September Restaurant: [Damon’s Steak House](http://www.damonsglendale.com/) Location: [Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=317+North+Brand+Blvd.+Glendale,+CA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.988897,92.197266&z=17) What time? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/26 "2011-08-14T15:46:00Z")
Good question. Is this a lunch or a dinner? Personally, I’d prefer a lunch, so people won’t have to rush off afterwards. Some or all of us could cruise the Americana! ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/27 "2011-08-15T00:55:20Z")
I like the idea of Glendale, but am not sure about how I can get there since I don’t drive and mostly use public transportation. 9/3 sounds OK, though, unless my folks arrange some unavoidable family event, as they seem to every time I want to go out lately. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/28 "2011-08-15T01:25:54Z")
Where are you starting from? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/29 "2011-08-16T15:58:09Z")
Short notice, but I’ll throw this out there: Would anybody be interested in meeting in Frazier Park next weekend (the 20th or 21st)? There’s a RenFaire that desperately needs customers. It’s a great location, entry is cheap, we can camp in front of the ale booth, and the band alone is worth the fee. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/30 "2011-08-17T13:35:19Z")
No can do. Too much already on my plate this weekend. Anyway Fraiser Park is about 20 minutes by telephone ( or a three day ride on a good horse) from most of of So Cal. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/31 "2011-08-17T14:05:30Z")
Sorry, I couldn’t go all the way to Frazier Park this week-end either. I’ve never even heard of it! Is Frazier Park a nice place to visit in and of itself? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/32 "2011-08-17T15:07:56Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > No can do. > Too much already on my plate this weekend. > Anyway Fraiser Park is about 20 minutes by telephone ( or a three day ride on a good horse) from most of of So Cal. 🙂 It’s not that far. It’s only an hour and a half from Simi. Admittedly it’s a bit longer on the way back, but if you take the Old Road to Balboa it’s not bad. > [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Sorry, I couldn’t go all the way to Frazier Park this week-end either. I’ve never even heard of it! Is Frazier Park a nice place to visit in and of itself? I have no idea. I only went for the Faire. It’s was pretty. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/33 "2011-08-17T16:33:45Z")
What do you guys usually do at a Dopefest? And how do you recognize each other? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/34 "2011-08-17T17:24:18Z")
If it’s a restaurant-type meeting, we discuss weighty matters of vital importance, gossip about other SDMB members, and do general party chitchat. To find the other Dopers, you look for someone you recognize, or if it’s your first time, you look for a large group or ask the hostess for the Cecil Adams party (or whatever name was put on the reservation). If all else fail, you wander around asking people if they’ve ever tried placenta stew. The people that will answer you without vomiting are the SDMB group. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/35 "2011-08-17T18:15:42Z")
Just look for the hippest group in the room. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/36 "2011-08-17T18:38:02Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Just look for the hippest group in the room. > 😃 Because they’ll probably be more interesting than us? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/37 "2011-08-17T22:36:50Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > If it’s a restaurant-type meeting, we discuss weighty matters of vital importance, gossip about other SDMB members, and do general party chitchat. > > To find the other Dopers, you look for someone you recognize, or if it’s your first time, you look for a large group or ask the hostess for the Cecil Adams party (or whatever name was put on the reservation). > > If all else fail, you wander around asking people if they’ve ever tried placenta stew. The people that will answer you without vomiting are the SDMB group. First NYC Dopefest I went to, I’d been joking with **CajunMan** about how to identify each other. I told him I’d be easy- I’d be the guy wearing a Hawaii shirt with a hot pink " Miss America " -type banner around my body and up over one shoulder that read “Cartooniverse”. That’s exactly what I wore. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/38 "2011-08-18T13:38:49Z")
So what about all the rest of the So Cal dopers? A bunch of the regulars have not made an appearance in this thread. Or is this going to be a very small dopefest? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/39 "2011-08-18T15:11:06Z")
My last day in SoCal, after working here for the last 14 months, will be on 26 August. I have lousy timing. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648/40 "2011-08-18T15:12:28Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > So what about all the rest of the So Cal dopers? A bunch of the regulars have not made an appearance in this thread. > Or is this going to be a very small dopefest? I think we may need to start PMing people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-in-september/591648.md?page=3)