# SoCal Dopefest - Spring 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629 "2008-02-14T18:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/41 "2008-02-26T00:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] Any of those dates at the Yardhouse at any time are well and good for us. (Psst, LA peeps - should we hold a pre-Dopefest?) [/QUOTE] Glad you two are going, you’re good people. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/42 "2008-02-26T00:18:16Z")
[QUOTE=Queen Bruin] (Psst, LA peeps - should we hold a pre-Dopefest?) [/QUOTE] Affirmative. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/43 "2008-02-26T01:34:03Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Glad you two are going, you’re good people. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Thanks, **Antinor01** , and likewise 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/44 "2008-02-26T01:36:00Z")
I’m even thinking of getting a new shirt for this get-together. Something in infra-violet, methinks. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/45 "2008-02-26T06:20:13Z")
I can go to the Yard House on either day, but it would be easier for me on the 26th or 27th, all depending on whether I can find a ride as well as a babysitter. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/46 "2008-02-26T06:26:52Z")
I’m in for the Yard house. Pick a date. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/47 "2008-02-26T09:10:43Z")
How to vote - fill in this form and post in the thread. I, **xash** , poster at the SDMB signify that I am available and would attend a Southern California Dopefest if it satisfies the following criteria: Location: Anywhere in Southern California Date: Saturday 26 April 2008, Sunday 27 April 2008 or 5 April 2008 (I’m probably out of town the weekend of the 12th) Time: Any time ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/48 "2008-02-26T18:43:46Z")
Any of those dates look good and the Yard House is fine. I like their food. I just hope I’m home or in the LA area for the date chosen. So I can tell you closer to that time for the date picked by everyone. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/49 "2008-02-26T19:59:52Z")
I’ll attend and I’m not particular about the times or dates. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/50 "2008-02-26T20:16:19Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] EJsGirl, if it’s at the Yardhouse in Costa Mesa, you have to be there. [/QUOTE] I never go out, I’m a hermit. But maybe… A Sunday afternoon would work best for me. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/51 "2008-02-26T20:56:33Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] **Arnold Winkelried** , I don’t believe you’ve cast your own vote as of yet! [/QUOTE] Why, I do believe you’re right! I, Arnold Winkelried, poster at the SDMB signify that I am available and would attend a Southern California Dopefest if it satisfies the following criteria: Location: Yardhouse in Costa Mesa Date: Saturday 12 April 2008, Sunday 13 April 2008, Saturday 26 April 2008, Sunday 27 April 2008 Time: 14:00 ---
**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:** [February 26, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/52 "2008-02-26T20:57:39Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] I never go out, I’m a hermit. But maybe… A Sunday afternoon would work best for me. [/QUOTE] Don’t worry, we’ll come and get you. Look for a car full of drunken posters careening around the peninsula, with people screaming “EJ - send out your woman!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/53 "2008-02-26T21:04:20Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Don’t worry, we’ll come and get you. Look for a car full of drunken posters careening around the peninsula, with people screaming “EJ - send out your woman!!!” [/QUOTE] I don’t even know the backstory to this, and it still sounds like fun. I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/54 "2008-02-26T21:08:11Z")
Where is Costa Mesa? FTR, I have a call this afternoon that should settle finally where I’ll be and when. At least for the near future. Just when I was getting used to being paid to sit home and play WoW. Dang! ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/55 "2008-02-26T21:35:42Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Don’t worry, we’ll come and get you. Look for a car full of drunken posters careening around the peninsula, with people screaming “EJ - send out your woman!!!” [/QUOTE] That’s my ride! 🆒 ---
**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:** [February 26, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/56 "2008-02-26T21:43:57Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Where is Costa Mesa? [/QUOTE] Look in my post on the previous page where I have links to the location of the Yard House restaurant, or look here: [Google Maps: Costa Mesa](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=costa+mesa+california&ie=UTF8&z=12&iwloc=addr) About 90 minutes from San Diego, about 60 minutes from Los Angeles (assuming light traffic) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/57 "2008-02-26T22:36:16Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Look in my post on the previous page where I have links to the location of the Yard House restaurant, or look here: [Google Maps: Costa Mesa](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=costa+mesa+california&ie=UTF8&z=12&iwloc=addr) About 90 minutes from San Diego, about 60 minutes from Los Angeles (assuming light traffic) [/QUOTE] Thanks. That’s about thirty miles south of where my dad grew up. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/58 "2008-02-26T22:41:43Z")
I, Silver Tyger Girl, poster at the SDMB signify that I am available and would attend a Southern California Dopefest if it satisfies the following criteria: Location: Yard House Date: any Time: any I’m up for a pre-Dopefest too, unless I get buried in homework again. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/59 "2008-02-27T23:21:25Z")
For those of you who just can’t wait until April to meet your fellow Dopers, [come hither](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=457719). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ctywkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@ctywkr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctywkr)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-dopefest-spring-2008/437629/60 "2008-02-28T02:49:08Z")
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