Ok, let’s try this again. Anyone want to get together for a DopeFest in or around the St Louis area? I was thinking of doing it the weekend of Jan 12-14, since that’s when I have a 4-day weekend.
Anyone interested? Anyone?
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Count me in, Crunchy 
So that makes two of us. I’m hoping to see Miss B. Haven check in sometime soon.
Any suggestions where to meet or any preferences on which day?
Either the 12th or the 13th works well for me.
Boy, from what I’ve seen there’s lots of St. Louis people (SoMoMom springs to mind, but there’s others as well) on this MB. Give 'em time to find this notice.
Fox and Hounds
McGurk’s
Babe’s (cool place in my neighborhood–bonus…it’s by Pizza-A-Go-Go)
Tangerine
I’m flexible 
If its on the 14th I will be there, working on 12th and 13th.
Alantus
I should have said, if I don’t have a date on the 14th I will be there. I have been trying to schedule a date for the longest time with a young lady, however the weather and our work schedules have not cooperated.
Alantus
I’m good for either the 13th or the 14th. I just have to make arrangements for the kiddies. Atlantus, You can always bring your date… we won’t scare her!
[sup]Crunchy, how do you like my new sig? [/sup]
She’s a Mormon, I am not gonna schedule my first date with her to be a dopefest meeting. That would be rolling the dice a bit too much.
Alantus
Right now the 13th has 2 votes to only one for the 14th (sorry Alantus, hope you get that date BTW). We’ll give this a few more days and see who else chimes in before deciding for sure on the date.
As for the place, I don’t know where any of those places are. What are they like and what’s to do there? I was thinking along the lines of Dave&Busters or Growlers or something like that.
D&B’s has pool table, bar, restaraunt, arcade games.
Growlers is just a place with 131 different beers imported from all over where we could hang out and chat.
Miss B. I like the sig - and you’ll be the first virtual SO of mine that I will actually meet!
If your at Dave & Busters out at Riverport it would be cool. I work in the building across the street. I can drop by for a bit regardless of the night.
Alantus
Actually, any day is fine for me–just found out we have MLK day off.
Well, if it’s going to be a county place, I’d prefer Growler’s, although again, I’m flexible. Dave and Buster’s is hell and gone from my house in the city, but more than that I’ve gathered it would be pretty noisy and crowded.
FWIW,
Fox and Hounds is a British-themed pub that is part of the Cheshire Hotel complex and Clayton and McCausland/Skinker.
McGurk’s is a wonderful Irish bar in Soulard.
Babe’s is just a quiet place with a great bartender. Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. Southwest city on Ivanhoe.
Tangerine is a martini bar on Washington Ave downtown. Very cool. Also cool just off of Washington is Lo, a nice low-key sake bar.
However, whatever everyone else decides is cool with me.
Rats! Mrs. Kunilou is having an arthroscope (bad knee) that weekend, precisely because of the holiday and because the Kunilou kids and I will be home to help out. She would have liked to come, too, but it looks like we’ll have to take a pass on it.
jimbert and I are in Kansas City… no promises, but maybe we’ll drive in for the weekend.
I don’t have the next day off and I’d have to drive all night to get home. Otherwise, I’d be there. 
Well, cripes, I feel like a bit of a newbie to be going to something as high-falutin’ as a Dopefest, but I might be able to truck in from Columbia for one if it was on the 13th or the 15th.
Anyone ever given any thought to an all-MO Dopefest? I know there’s Homer and a bunch of other KC-area Dopers we could try to shake out of hiding. It’d have to be centrally located, of course, and I’d the first to volunteer my fair town as the site… 
I’d be all for a MO-DopeFest, but until some situations change for me, I won’t be able to go to one out of town. So far we have 3 definites, and 2 maybes, depending on what day. We really need to pound out which day to do this on, folks. It’s seems most of us will be available the 13th. Is that ok with everyone?
(I know Alantus, you can’t, but look on the bright side, think positive - you’ll get that date on the 14th and not be free anyway. :D)
Er, well, if you don’t mind someone nobody knows tagging along, I suppose I’d consider it. I’d need pretty good directions, though, as I’d be driving in from Springfield (IL).
I’ll 2nd the 13th and I’m open on the location. I live in West County so everything’s about 20-30 min away.
Alantus, Sorry for messing up your name!
kunilou, Bummer! Do you want us to all come to your house instead?!
Ok, let’s do this on the 13th.
Fox and Hounds sounds good to me. Any objections?
Dyno and I will need directions Palandine.