Dude, I SO fuckin’ hear you, man. Now belly up, we’re going to tie one on!
You’re still buying, though. You don’t fool me for a minute. 
I can’t believe I missed this thread for so long!
Of course, now that I’ve found it it seems like I can’t make it as I have plans for the 6th with an old college chum. Who knows, if that tanks maybe I can hook-up late with y’all?
I can’t really tell if a place was settled on but please keep me in the loop in case I get a chance to swing by.
So MikeG, that was you PUI. I thought maybe Homer had gotten your password somehow. 
Jeff_42, just keep an eye on this thread. All the planning seems to be going on right here.
boli, I hope we don’t have a snowstorm that day so you can make it.
Now if we just had a place to meet.
Nym, we’ve got two more weeks to be indecisive. 
And if we decided, then this thread would die, and what a shame that would be. So MikeG, you have two more weeks to drink Guinness in all the establishments in Chicago (again) and post to this thread drunk.
Due to some serious pleading by LeSang and magdalene, odds are that I’ll be tagging along as well, depending on the weather. And as long as my car doesn’t crap out halfway across Wisconsin
Hey nymysys what ever happened to that wet bar/party at your place? 12 days after Xmas- I’m going to be broke as hell from buying the kids presents!! [sub]now there’s a sure fire way to scare off the women[/sub]
Hey MikeG, don’t worry about it, we can sit outside and bum change off people.
i would just like to say that if i do make it to the dopefest i wil be arriving via the South Shore and find away to take a cta bus to wherever the dopefest will be.
OK anya, LMK when you get in. I’ll pick you up and chauffeur you to the festivities.
This goes for most anyone in the downtown/Northside area as well- I’ve got an Accord so I can fit 3-5 people depending on how much you like each other;)
replies to mikegdkb@att.net
Good ol’ bump. Nice bump. Warm bump. How I’ve missed…um…sorry.
[homer]
mmmmmm, warm bump…ohhhhhhh (drool)
[/homer]
and me with all these new flannel sheets
ahem, I’ve been thinking- are we going to want to eat at this shindig? Lets hear some suggestions for non alcohol comestibles! Do we want to go somewhere or get something delivered to our final destination. (see below)
Also, can we have another roll call so we can plan better? If its not so god damn cold, perhaps a pubcrawl would be preferable- That way, we can make decisions on staying or not and if we find somewthing really cool we can change our plans!
Hmmm, I love flannel sheets.
Food? Yes. Want food at DopeFest. How about Dim Sum - although then you might be tempted to beat your food-consumption-in-a-single-sitting record and I don’t think any of us want to see that. But I should be hungry again by the 6th. Right now I feel ready to burst after eating horseradish and pepper encrusterd beef tenderloin roast for dinner, with a nice Caesar salad and some kinda cauliflower cheese thingy, and molten chocolate cake for dessert.
Most any kind of eats is ok with me, except for sushi or other uncooked things. Well, umm, you know what I mean. If we ever get around to picking a bar to start at, why not just pick a restaurant in the general neighborhood to meet a couple of hours earlier for the folks who want to set a good base of food to absorb the alcohol?
But that means another decision, and we don’t seem to good at those.
Can I get a bump?
::bump::
OK, it’s T minus 1 week and counting here! Lets get a show of hands for definite attendees so we can really get serious about this.
Unfortunately, I’m still a maybe. I can’t become a definite until one of two things happen: (1) I convince someone to drive me (I’m working on getting my sister to take me) or (2) I buy a new car.
I’ll give you a 98% chance of me being there…only reason I wouldn’t is if there’s weather rolling in.
:raises hand enthusiastically::
Pick me! Pick me!
I will be there, of course. Is Gunther Murphy’s the place?
OK…let me 'splain…no, there is too much, let me sum up…
Just to clarify, you’re doing this on Jan. 6th at a place that has yet to be determined?
I’ll be a definite maybe. If I can either find someone from Spiffled to share driving duties with or find a couch to crash on in the Chicagoland area for the night, I’ll certainly consider attending. Not that any of you really want that
at last, I get a chance to check the boards!
count me in as a definite maybe. After all, I have to leave at 6 AM on the 6th (have to get back to Pittsburgh in time for work) - maybe a few would do something on the 5th?
My apologies to anyone who’s said something and expected me to respond…