# Time for a BADopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241 "2002-04-01T18:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/21 "2002-04-03T21:34:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*If **Miller** ’s not going, neither am I. > Come on, can’t _someone_ give him a ride? I’ll go with you to get him, if you’re uncomfortable about giving a ride to a stranger. > \*\* Hey, thanks **WL** , but don’t not go on my account. I don’t want anyone to go way out of their way just to give me a ride. If no one’s coming through Marin for this 'fest, I’ll just catch you all on the next one. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/22 "2002-04-04T01:52:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by **Miller** \* > Hey, thanks **WL** , but don’t not go on my account. I don’t want anyone to go way out of their way just to give me a ride. If no one’s coming through Marin for this 'fest, I’ll just catch you all on the next one. Just that I keep missing them, and I’m not missing this one, and I’ve always wanted to meet you. So I’d be disappointed if I finally got to meet some Dopers and you weren’t there, yaknow? So are we sayin 7 pm Saturday at Downtown Berkeley BART for anyone that wants, and then 7:15 at Fondue Fred’s? **Great Dave** , where is Fondue Fred’s on Telegraph? What is it by? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/23 "2002-04-04T16:43:13Z")
**WL** – I linked to a yahoo map above. It’s across the street from the Blue Nile. It’s in this cluster of resteraunts on the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/24 "2002-04-04T19:36:06Z")
The Blue Nile! I love that place. Too bad it’s closed for renovation at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/25 "2002-04-04T19:59:35Z")
Dang, I need to keep up on these things. We should start a BADfest mailing list. 😉 psycat and I just made camping reservations for this weekend a few days ago. We’ll catch you all next time. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/26 "2002-04-04T22:09:35Z")
Nuts! Well, how about the other BADs? Sue? ---
**Author:** ![islandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@islandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/islandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/27 "2002-04-04T22:24:39Z")
Sorry to have missed the last one. It would be cool to meet you all, but Berkeley is rather a long drive for me. Will try, though. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/28 "2002-04-04T22:51:35Z")
Sorry, I’ll be in Yosemite this weekend. Have fun everybody. 🙂 I used to go to FF’s once-in-a-while when I was at Cal, but the last time I went (3-4 years ago) was b.a.d. Hopefully, it’s better now. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/29 "2002-04-05T03:59:31Z")
I will be driving **islandgirl** up if she decides that I am worthy. If everyone would like to attest to my worthiness, that would be super. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/30 "2002-04-05T05:58:39Z")
Snoooooopy is totally worthy, no worries. (BTW Snoooooop, do you work much with press releases and/or can you give me some advice on writing one?) Ok I’ll be at the BART Station at 7:00 on Saturday. Since I don’t recognise anyone who said they’d meet there I’ll be wearing my retro thrift-store leapord print coat so you can pick me out. (Although, in Berkely I might not be the only one, huh?) I’ll be the one with the really big head and thin, flat, dark hair. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/31 "2002-04-05T06:07:25Z")
BTW…Are we talking about the Downtown Berkeley station or the Ashby station? I can’t really tell on the map which one is closer. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/32 "2002-04-05T06:24:37Z")
Downtown Berkeley was the one I took last time. I’m assuming that that would be the best- it’s also the one next to Jupiter. I _might_ take BART, depending on how late I get off work, so if you see a really tall guy, tall enough to say, wow, that’s tall, and he’s wearing Elvis glasses and a beard, most likely that’ll be me. Or I could drive and meet up there, but judging from past experiences finding parking in that area makes BARTing fairly appealing. Updated roll call: Snooooopy mlerose White Lightning voguevixen Stuffy Great Dave islandgirl anyone missing? any change of plans for the above? any other BADasses out there who haven’t made up there minds, but should come anyway? I think they have a party rate… ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/33 "2002-04-05T06:47:55Z")
Heh heh…by “elvis glasses” do you mean the metal kind with the holes in the earpieces? Sweet! And for the record: LEOPARD. I really do know how to spell that, yet I misspell it every single time. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/34 "2002-04-05T06:53:38Z")
Downtown, not Ashby. The Ashby station is a POS, and the walk up through campus is much nicer and much shorter. I’ll be at BART at 7. You’ll know me because I am the spitting image of Brad Pitt. Just kidding. I’m a 6’3" thin (but wiry!) rather nondescript white boy. The BART station is a big place. I think we should meet at ‘Constitution Plaza’ – go up the escalator of the main entrance and wait like at the top of the escalator. It’s right outside the WaMu ATM area, there’s a Tully’s Coffee shop right there, and Games Of Berkeley is across the street. If it’s cold or something we can meet in the Tully’s if anyone would prefer. Anyone else going to be meeting at BART? **mlerose**? And, uh, my name’s Alex. So I don’t have to actually introduce myself in person as ‘White Lightning’ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/35 "2002-04-05T06:54:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\*Snoooooopy is totally worthy, no worries. > > (BTW Snoooooop, do you work much with press releases and/or can you give me some advice on writing one?) > \*\* Thanks for the vote o’ confidence. Yes, I do get a lot of press releases. Don’t worry too much about making it a work of art – it’s going to be rewritten anyway. Spelling everything correctly and including all of the relevant names, times and places goes a long way. I’d have to see what you were writing about to say anything more specific. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/36 "2002-04-05T08:22:48Z")
yup, just like the kind Christian Slater wore in True Romance. I don’t wear them constantly, but I figure they’ll make it even easier to spot me. Determining my first name is an exercise left for the reader. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/37 "2002-04-05T16:28:31Z")
As far as I can tell, I’ll be there. I’m taking BART (parking is really bad in Berkeley). I haven’t decided on what to wear, but I’m black with a bald held and goatee mostly likely wearing dockers. ---
**Author:** ![islandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@islandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/islandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/38 "2002-04-05T17:47:18Z")
Thanks, voguevixen–I feel better now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/39 "2002-04-06T03:53:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stuffy \* > \*\*As far as I can tell, I’ll be there. I’m taking BART (parking is really bad in Berkeley). I haven’t decided on what to wear, but I’m black with a bald held and goatee mostly likely wearing dockers. \*\* How do you fit the Dockers on your goatee? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241/40 "2002-04-06T17:12:48Z")
Bwahahaha! He obviously has a dimple on his chin (aka “chinbutt”) that he’s planning to cover for reasons of modesty! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-badopefest/101241.md?page=3)