# Tampa with me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033 "2005-12-10T10:29:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/21 "2005-12-19T20:15:29Z")
> [@pseudotriton ruber ruber](#): > > Now it looks like I’ll be flying into Tampa (my friend teaches at St. Leo’s) sometime in mid-January. How long would it take to organize a Dopefest? We can do it the long, drawn out way, and start organizing it now, and people get excited and then something comes up. Or we can do it more or less at the last minute with roughly the same effect. Up to you. Do you know when you’ll be here, particularly which weekend days if any? That’ll at least give us something to shoot for. Can also check which Gasparilla stuff is going on then. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/22 "2005-12-19T23:44:29Z")
So we’re not getting together before the end of the year? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/23 "2005-12-20T13:18:12Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > Dopefest at Skipper’s! Who’s bringing the Wasabi candy? I can bring the wasabi. You bring the Chocolate Blueberries. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/24 "2005-12-20T13:31:28Z")
So now it’s Mid January? Damn! I could have made it in late February… oh well. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/25 "2005-12-20T13:35:18Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > So we’re not getting together before the end of the year? Ok, doesn’t have to be a Dopefest, but anyone who wants to get to Skipper’s, how about Thursday or Friday after Christmas? **Bear\_Nenno** , there will be a Very Special Tampa Bay Area Dopefest[sup]TM[/sup] whenever you’re back. Just let us know. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/26 "2005-12-20T13:46:30Z")
I’m working on it, folks, but for now I’m waiting on aabout a half-dozen colleagues to decide on when their meetings in January and February will be held. I’ll probably wind up missing some crucial meeting or other anyway, and vacation must come first and all that, but I’m unreasonably holding out hope that we can get this wrapped up in a day or two. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/27 "2005-12-20T14:21:52Z")
> [@Kuizelemartz](#): > > If you come down before February 26th, you can go see this great exhibit at MOSI. I havn’t gone and seen it yet, maybe I could meet you there and we can look around for a few hours. It’s a expensive, but guaranteed good time if you are a little morbid. > > www . mosi . org > > Lots of others will chime in with suggestions in no time. Not to hijack, but the exhibit at MOSI is NOT morbid in the least. It is so well done that you quickly forget you are looking at dead folks and just focus on whatever is being shown at a particular spot. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/28 "2005-12-20T14:36:42Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Not to hijack, but the exhibit at MOSI is NOT morbid in the least. It is so well done that you quickly forget you are looking at dead folks and just focus on whatever is being shown at a particular spot. It is a great exhibit. Not once did I think it was in anyway creepy or morbid. A great learning experience for both young and old alike. My 10 year-old son enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/29 "2005-12-20T23:27:47Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Ok, doesn’t have to be a Dopefest, but anyone who wants to get to Skipper’s, how about Thursday or Friday after Christmas? > > **Bear\_Nenno** , there will be a Very Special Tampa Bay Area Dopefest[sup]TM[/sup] whenever you’re back. Just let us know. Well, while the Thursday after Christmas _is_ my birthday, Friday’s show is [Sawgrass Flats](http://web.tampabay.rr.com/sawgrassflat/), which is one of my favorite regular Skipper’s bands. I vote for Friday! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/30 "2005-12-21T12:30:02Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > Well, while the Thursday after Christmas _is_ my birthday, Friday’s show is [Sawgrass Flats](http://web.tampabay.rr.com/sawgrassflat/), which is one of my favorite regular Skipper’s bands. I vote for Friday! The “country” part frightens me a bit, but the Skippers synopsis sounds okay, so I can get with that. Let me check with K on how that fits with her schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/31 "2005-12-28T17:06:56Z")
So, anyone else? Skipper’s this Friday? It’s a seriously fun/cool place! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/32 "2005-12-28T17:19:48Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > So, anyone else? Skipper’s this Friday? It’s a seriously fun/cool place! Where we meeting and what time? ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/33 "2005-12-28T17:25:21Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Where we meeting and what time? Well, do we want to do just the show or dinner, too? If dinner I would think around 6 or so, if the show, say 7-7:30. I think meeting at Skipper’s itself makes the most sense, though if someone else wants to go and needs a ride/someone to follow, we could work that out, too. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/34 "2005-12-29T17:22:04Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > Well, do we want to do just the show or dinner, too? If dinner I would think around 6 or so, if the show, say 7-7:30. I think meeting at Skipper’s itself makes the most sense, though if someone else wants to go and needs a ride/someone to follow, we could work that out, too. Any chance that your youngest could watch the Shibblets? If so Mrs. Shibb will come along. Is **Bluesman** coming? I’d like me some fried food before my music, but can go either way on that. However it works out maybe we can carpool out. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/35 "2005-12-29T17:31:23Z")
Myakka River State Park outside of Sarasota is a nice place to walk and canoe (you can rent them there) around. There’s a natural palm forest, eagles, lots of other birds, gators, and fewer bugs than in summer. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/36 "2005-12-29T20:05:00Z")
Alrighhhht, I’m back in town now!! But darnit, I’m headed for the Leon Russell concert at Tampa Theatre tomorrow night. In fact I’m pretty booked up the next couple of weekends… next weekend I’m going to the circus, then the next weekend is the Billy Joel concert. Say, anyone else going to that? I’m also dying to see the MOSI exhibit (Ooh, a pun!). Gasparilla is ALWAYS a party in our family - so if anyone is going to the day parade, we oughta meet up. **Pseudotriton** , you’re lucky if you’re coming in January because you’re likely to catch the festivities. (three "you’re"s in one sentence, my head is going to explode!) **Big Bad Voodoo Lou** , I think we have similar tastes in music, so send me an email and let me know if you’d like to catch a gig sometime. It’s my user name at the g-mail. As for the rest of you, I hope to meet soon! And as a side-note, GO BULLS! USF v. NC State at the “Meineke Car Care Bowl” on New Years Eve! ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/37 "2005-12-30T16:34:02Z")
Okay, last chance for some Skippery goodness, all you Tampa Dopers! **ShibbOleth** , **Mrs. Shibb** , **Bluesman** , and I will all be at Skippers starting at 6-ish tonight. Anyone who wants to join us is welcome! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/38 "2005-12-30T17:00:16Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > Okay, last chance for some Skippery goodness, all you Tampa Dopers! **ShibbOleth** , **Mrs. Shibb** , **Bluesman** , and I will all be at Skippers starting at 6-ish tonight. Anyone who wants to join us is welcome! Link to a [separate thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6946424#) so we can stop hijacking this one. **LoganDear** , you should drop all of your other plans and come out with us, although we’ll certainly understand if you cannot. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/39 "2006-01-25T11:02:39Z")
Arriving in Tampa International the morning of February 12 (a Sunday) and leaving the morning of the 23rd. If you folks aren’t bored with each other yet, and would like to hang out with me (or with each other, and the hell with me) for a few hours in there anytime between the 12th and 23rd, I’m up for hanging. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033/40 "2006-01-25T11:37:45Z")
If you’re inclined and if you care to brave the traffic on I-4 drive on up to Orlando. It’s not all that far and would be a fun trip for a day or so. Have fun whatever you do. The weather’s been really warm lately. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-with-me/335033.md?page=3)