# Swampbear Stalks Seattle In May **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084 "2005-04-06T19:29:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/101 "2005-05-06T04:17:25Z")
Hmm…anybody mind if I tag along? Looks like I should be free that day. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/102 "2005-05-06T04:59:00Z")
Okay. Well, Pioneer Square isn’t exactly tiny, so someone had better point me in the right direction. AND…as anyone who has ever met me knows (and this should include several of you) I am extremely directionally challenged, so I probably need more help along these lines than most. Apparently, I’m cuter than I am bright. [sub]and I’m not all that cute, either…[/sub] I also don’t have a clue where Chinooks is located. Well, the sad fact is, I think I can get my self to Pioneer Square, but from there I’m clueless. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/103 "2005-05-06T05:00:07Z")
> [@Hunter Hawk](#): > > Hmm…anybody mind if I tag along? Looks like I should be free that day. Oh, and…I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we would love to have you join us! ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/104 "2005-05-06T07:38:35Z")
I am with \*\* Scotticher \*\* I would be there in a heart beat – just a trip over the bridge man! Maybe an address would be in order – you know – for Map Quest and stuff? But I would LOVE to be there. In fact I will be there. that is if I knew where THER was. If I am not mistaken I suggested this in December but it was too cold then – now spring has sprung – and we got “outta-towners” this ought to be a blast! Count me IN! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/105 "2005-05-06T07:41:48Z")
Oh – BTW – Hawk has to come! It wouldn’t be the same without him! Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/106 "2005-05-06T10:01:08Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > My understanding is that we’re eating dinner at Chinooks because **Swampy** wants typical Northwest food, I think. > > However, I’m not _quite_ sure where Chinooks is located. Is that the restaurant on Salmon Bay? I don’t get up to Seattle too often. I was there on the 24th of April for the U2 concert, but that was first time I’d been further than Safeco in probably 15 years. > > **Scotticher:** Plan is to meet for beers at 3:00 at Pioneer Square, buy tickets for tour. Tour at 4:00 and dinner at 6:00. **Aguecheek** will be contacting us w/further details for exactly where we’re meeting up in Pioneer Square, right **Aguecheek?** > > \*\*Mr. Taters \*\* and I are really looking forward to meeting everyone. Can you believe my husband was born and raised here in the Northwest and has _never_ gone on the Underground Tour? I went a few times when I was a kid; it was fun. Dinner at Chinook’s 6:30 Chinooks is at fisherman’s terminal. At the south end of the Ballard Bridge (15th Street) turn west its at the second light. Jason and Walter (the recluse) are both excited about eating in public… 😃 **Aguecheek** If you e-mail me please be sure to make a SDMB reference in the subject line, or my spam dog might eat it. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/107 "2005-05-06T11:46:35Z")
YAY **Scotticher** is coming! Here’s hoping **JohnnyLA** can join us too but I can understand the work thing. **Saltire** , **Hunter Hawk** and **Janx** I’m glad y’all are coming too. I feel so special, being the one to unite all you Seattle/NW Dopers and gettin’ to see everybody too. The underground tour looks to be a lot of fun. **Aguecheek** has done a fantastic job organizing stuff. He’s been really busy at work but still understands that organizing a Dopefest is top priority. 😃 A week from tomorrow! WOOHOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/108 "2005-05-06T15:10:56Z")
Ack! More people! Augh! Alright. Getting busier here, so it’s gonna be a quick post. **Saltire** , unfortunately, I will not be at trivia night, as I will be in D.C. for a meeting. I’ll post that to the thread after this one. I don’t know if **Lady Cheek** will be going or not. Don’t worry about getting me ahead of time, we can settle up on the Day; it’s no problems. All right: We’ll meet at Doc Maynard’s, which is right above the ticket office to the underground tour, located at 608 First Ave in Pioneer Square: [http://www.undergroundtour.com/](http://www.undergroundtour.com/) I will send around my cell phone number via e/mail if you can’t find it. **picunurse** is correct in that dinner is at Chinook’s (1900 W Nickerson St.) As mentioned earlier - beer/buy your underground ticket at 3, tour at 4, dinner at 6:30. **Janx, Hunter Hawk** , I’m assuming you’re in for Underground and dinner? If so, make sure you’re there in time to by your tickets (that goes fer allaya!) If it’s just dinner, no worries, I’ll add you to the ever growing list of dinner attendees. **Scotti** and **Johnny L.A.** will also be added. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/109 "2005-05-08T01:26:52Z")
Uh-oh! Okay, I tried to make reservations yesterday. The bad news: they don’t take reservations that far in advance, and even if they did, they don’t take reservations for “peak hours” which start at 5:00. Good news: the nice lady who answered the phone told me that she’d expect a wait of about 1/2 an hour (which isn’t bad, considering…). And, that’ll allow for last minute additions to the ever-expanding group of people we’re collecting. Seems we’ve got a good knack for picking reservation-less places, doesn’t it? At any rate, I’m getting packed up to go to DC, and hope to have an e/mail to all participants tomorrow evening sometime. **swampbear** , I’m sorry I haven’t responded to your e/mail, but I _have_ been reading them and incorporating them into what we’ve got going so far. We’ve got so far to the point of busy that I don’t even answer my wife’s e/mails or even (gasp!) my mother’s. But I do read them. 1 week to **swampfest**! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/110 "2005-05-08T22:12:38Z")
swampfest. I like that! Six days and counting. WOOHOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/111 "2005-05-09T03:16:49Z")
I checked the Warwick hotel website and their check-in time is 3pm, so unless we can finagle them into letting us check in early, we’ll be a mite late to Pioneer Square, but we’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/112 "2005-05-09T11:47:40Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > I checked the Warwick hotel website and their check-in time is 3pm, so unless we can finagle them into letting us check in early, we’ll be a mite late to Pioneer Square, but we’ll be there. **Bumba** I’m counting on the fact that since it’s a Saturday the hotel might not be all that busy. Usually one can check in early on Saturdays because all the business folks and such check out on Fridays so Saturdays tend to not be that busy. Then again, The Warwick could be a really popular place with lots and lots of people there. If all else fails, I’ll just look at em with sad puppy eyes. Gets em everytime! HAH! ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/113 "2005-05-09T16:53:05Z")
Since there aren’t any reservations, please put me and my husband down for definate maybes, most likely yes. I’m not sure how late he is working on Saturday but we definately would like to come, although I dont know if we can make it for 6:30. I’ll post later in the week, if thats alright, when I have an idea of his schedule. It would be great to meet everyone. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/114 "2005-05-09T16:56:19Z")
Yay **cherry** is a definite maybe! **Aguecheek** is out of town on bidness this week so he’s probably too busy to respond but I’m sure it won’t be a problem showing up last minute even, especially for dinner since we won’t have reservations. The bigger the crowd the rowdier the dopefest I always say! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/115 "2005-05-09T22:08:28Z")
I am suddenly not available on Saturday. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/116 "2005-05-10T02:54:24Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > I checked the Warwick hotel website and their check-in time is 3pm, so unless we can finagle them into letting us check in early, we’ll be a mite late to Pioneer Square, but we’ll be there. Even though check in isn’t until 3:00 almost all hotels have accomadations for early arrivals. They will store your bags and take them to your room when its ready, they may even have a room where you can shower and primp in the mean time. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/117 "2005-05-10T02:59:49Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Yay **cherry** is a definite maybe! **Aguecheek** is out of town on bidness this week so he’s probably too busy to respond but I’m sure it won’t be a problem showing up last minute even, especially for dinner since we won’t have reservations. The bigger the crowd the rowdier the dopefest I always say! In his e-mail, **Aguecheek** said you sent a picture…With neither real names nor visuals, how will I know who to eat dinner with? I mean, besides my two, cute, gay, friends? 😉 (No, I’m not!) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/118 "2005-05-10T12:09:14Z")
Dang **Cervaise**! I was really looking forward to meeting one of the Masters of the Pit! As everybody knows, “The Telemarkerter Speaks, I Respond” is one of the great classics of all Pittendom. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/119 "2005-05-10T13:17:14Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Dang **Cervaise**! I was really looking forward to meeting one of the Masters of the Pit! As everybody knows, “The Telemarkerter Speaks, I Respond” is one of the great classics of all Pittendom. Meh, he’s a cranky sumbitch anyways. Sorry, **Cervaise**. I’ll see you next week at trivia, anyways. E/mail sent so all whose address I could find. **Cherry** , I got a bounce back on yours, but from what I saw of the…address, I figured you were probably funnin’ me anyways. So anyone who got one, if you could forward it on to people whose address isn’t listed. That’d be great. Gotta go, I’ll follow up later. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084/120 "2005-05-10T15:39:37Z")
Oh I have to check what email I have listed, it’s probably not active. I’ll send you an email asap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swampbear-stalks-seattle-in-may/298084.md?page=7)