# Time for another Boston Dopefest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445 "2012-02-10T19:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/1 "2012-02-10T19:05:32Z")
Last winter was so fun, we need to do it again! (Hopefully no Congresscritters GET SHOT on fest nite!) So opening to ideas. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/2 "2012-02-10T19:27:41Z")
You know I’m up for it. I’d happily meet at the same place but I know others want some variety. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/3 "2012-02-10T19:38:35Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > You know I’m up for it. I’d happily meet at the same place but I know others want some variety. It IS the spice of life! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/4 "2012-02-10T19:51:06Z")
I’m in, although Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings are already booked for the next couple months. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/5 "2012-02-10T19:54:46Z")
Yeah, I can’t do Tuesdays or Wednesdays either. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/6 "2012-02-10T19:59:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m in, although Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings are already booked for the next couple months. Can you do “Live from Boston, it’s Saturday Night!”? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/7 "2012-02-10T20:01:29Z")
I’m away next weekend but Saturdays normally work for me. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/8 "2012-02-11T00:23:24Z")
Sure, I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/9 "2012-02-12T07:12:11Z")
Depends on the date. I’ll try to attend. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/10 "2012-02-13T00:24:22Z")
We’d be interested, but it would depend on the date for us, too. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/11 "2012-02-13T13:55:30Z")
So let’s pick a date. It seems like a Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday would be best. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/12 "2012-02-13T18:04:01Z")
I nominate Friday the 2nd or Saturday the 3rd of March. This Friday and Saturday would be good too, but probably too soon. – Also, I nominate moving it to western MA, just to prove to the rest of you it exists. And also because I’m a lazy bastard. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/13 "2012-02-13T19:06:27Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Also, I nominate moving it to western MA, just to prove to the rest of you it exists. And also because I’m a lazy bastard. Worcester is actually easier for me to reach than Boston. But Boston metro area would be more central for people from all over New England. I know western MA exists. That’s the problem, it keeps on existing for miles and miles before you hit NY. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/14 "2012-02-13T19:26:35Z")
I’ll be visiting my daughter at Wellesley at the end of my spring break–March 15, 16th, 17th, like that. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/15 "2012-02-13T20:45:47Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Also, I nominate moving it to western MA, just to prove to the rest of you it exists. And also because I’m a lazy bastard. There’s a German restaurant in Springfield I want to try if I’m ever out that way, but probably not for this 'fest. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/16 "2012-02-13T21:01:27Z")
If it’s out west I probably can’t go unless someone gives me a ride. Or maybe we couyld do 2 of them. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/17 "2012-02-13T23:15:55Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Worcester is actually easier for me to reach than Boston. But Boston metro area would be more central for people from all over New England. I know western MA exists. That’s the problem, it keeps on existing for miles and miles before you hit NY. I suggest Western MA, and you offer WORCESTER as an example? THIS is the thanks we get for buffering you from NE NY for all these years? Those people use **THREE TYPES** of mayo! \*\* For everything!\*\* No other condiments! I mean, what the **hell?** I wasn’t seriously expecting a western MA dopefest. I’m just, as mentioned, lazy, and was working my way up to suggesting a place I could walk too, despite the fact I could drive to Boston just fine. Also, I don’t know enough bars/restaurants in Boston proper to suggest one. Though if I WERE to be that passive-aggressive, Northampton **would** be a good place for one. \*\*If \*\*you want too. It’s **your** decision. 🙂 There will be chicks, and/or board games, right? – **The Student Prince** , which is presumably the resturaunt \*\*RobotArm \*\*mentioned, is a great place. Once you leave, though, you’re still in Springfield. . . ---
**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:** [February 13, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/18 "2012-02-13T23:30:11Z")
I think the Student Prince was once featured in a Spenser novel… ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/19 "2012-02-13T23:45:45Z")
So was Chicopee. That doesn’t make it OK. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445/20 "2012-02-14T01:03:10Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > If it’s out west I probably can’t go unless someone gives me a ride. > > Or maybe we couyld do 2 of them. Yeah, I can’t get west of Framingham. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-boston-dopefest/612445.md?page=2)