GolfWidow, I WORK in Lakeland! 
7/25 won’t work for me, tho… 
I have e-mailed Tubagirl about the meeting but she has not responded. And sorry to hear that you can’t make it, Trouble Again. Oh well, even if it is only THREE of us, that still makes the biggest FL Dopefest to date.
Now, I think Bucca is only open for dinner. so I may need to find us a new place if we are doing LUNCH. If Italian is still OK with everyone, how about Olive Garden? Not as fun as Bucca but the food is good.
Everyone, just e-mail me with your replies.
Where do you work? and where do you live? (If you don’t mind me asking)
Sorry…(hurries in out of the rain). I had yesterday offf, so I wasn’t looking at the board. I can’t come though:( My mom is a manic depressive, and all this wedding stuff has tipped her off the deep end. Basically I have to babysit :(:(:( sorry
That’s it…I’m moving to another state…one that has Dopefests with lots of people…who wants me?
Sorry to hear about your mom, Tuba. Hope everything works out all right.
OK, then, so… Let us again extend this invitation to anyone at all who wants to come visit the shithole-- er, the beautiful and cultured city of Tampa and eat lunch with Michelle, GolfWidow, and myself.
C’mon… someone… anyone? We know you’re out there…
Except for MarkSerlin. If you are reading this, know that you are cordially not invited to ever show your face here or anywhere else where we’d have to look at you. But you knew that already.
I work at Marriott Vacation Club on 98 South near Grove Park. I live in Bartow. You?
Tampa Doper here. Is this thing still on or what?? Email me with info. I work pretty much constantly but I will do everything I can to make it. What day are you planning? Where is it? What time?
Email me…
“Thou hast my love: is not that neighbourly?”
“I would have you.”
“Why, that were covetousness.”
–As You Like It, Act 3, Scene V
Maybe it’s covetousness, but I’d make a strong bid to get you out to LA!
You mention the Olive Garden–I LOVE the Olive Garden! Plenty of them out here. With tiramisu desserts.
Mmmm…tiramisu…
Anyway, Sanibelman, you’re very lucky–having Michi, TroubleAgain, GolfWidow and TubaGirl in your area? Maybe I should move.
I work for a civil/consulting engineering firm on S. Fla. Ave, David May & Assoc. Do you know Dr. Linda May? She’s a dentist in Bartow. She’s David’s wife.
I used to work in Bartow for Frost & Saunders law firm.
Small world, huh?
Cool, Bear Nenno, I just e-mailed you with the plans. I hope you can make it.
Yeah, definitely small world! I have heard of Dr. May, but don’t know her. Wanna get together and have our own mini-dopefest some day at lunchtime? Maybe on S. Florida somewhere?
I’m normally free anytime except Tuesdays at 12:30. Just let me know when its convenient for you
Michi asked:
HOUSTON!!! Come on Michi, you can do it. Move to Houston. It can’t be that much hotter and muggier than Tampa, and you get such cool dopers as beatle, Ayesha and LIONsob, Sealemon, Shanin, and of course moi. Please, please, please?
Come on Houston dopers, join in. Michi! Michi! Michi!
Heh. I think, that instead of a teddy bear tour, people should start up a Michi tour. I could WEAR a teddy if that would help spark interest! 
I’m sure that you look great in a teddy, but it’s really not necessary. There’s no need to get overly fancy here.
Just socks will be fine. Oh, and leave the modesty at home, too.
I’ll have to second Irishman’s suggestion, Michi. I’d say Dallas but a) that would be WAY too much of a temptation for me to embarrass myself, and b) frankly, Houston has it all over Dallas when it comes to Doper get-togethers. Besides, Houston is still close enough that when you decide you can no longer resist my charms, you could pop up for the afternoon. saucy, outrageous wink
Well, Chef, hun, I do have an aunt that lives in Dallas…
I didn’t mean to call Chef Troy a Hun (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I meant it as honey. 
Well hey, it just so happens that Mrs. Chef and Chef Jr. will be out of town August 7-14 visiting family in Missouri, and I’ll be ALLLLLLL ALOOOOOOONE… meaningful glance over the top of my glasses
and your aunt says she misses you and wants you to come visit.
broad grin