# Twin Cities Dopefest, Summer 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362 "2014-07-17T14:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/1 "2014-07-17T14:51:38Z")
We’ve been enjoying such nice weather lately, I thought it’d be a great time to get together. Let’s get together sometime in August, before the snow flies. Suggestions? Cool places you’ve visited recently? Places you’ve always wanted to check out? Dinner cruise? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/2 "2014-07-17T15:01:10Z")
Don’t do it the first weekend in August! Lunch? Dinner? Vaseline-coated orgy with space aliens and a large, inflatable raft? Regards, Shodan PS - Saturdays work best for me. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/3 "2014-07-18T17:31:33Z")
How about Saturday the 9th or the 23rd? 23rd works better for me, but I can make the 9th happen. Aren’t we getting too old for inflatable rafts? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/4 "2014-07-19T04:49:07Z")
I could do the 23rd, but no inflatable rafts, please. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/5 "2014-07-22T12:52:00Z")
Let’s do the 23rd, and I will leave the helium at home. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/6 "2014-07-22T20:57:29Z")
I have no particular good or bad weekends. Please, no circle jerks! Inflatable rafts are ok so long as there are cans of pressurized air to inflate them. Oh, and sunscreen. And, um, lifeguards. And outboard engines – no paddles. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/7 "2014-07-24T23:31:09Z")
Hey, I don’t want to give up on this. I can finally afford the gas to go somewhere! Let’s work out some details, people! ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/8 "2014-08-07T16:51:52Z")
So, August 23, Saturday. We can have a BBQ at my house, but I live in BFE. Otherwise known as 45 minutes W of Mpls. On gravel. I think it’d probably be easier for everyone in a more central location. If it’s nice out, I’d like to take advantage of it by being outside, but we’d need an indoor/outdoor plan. Psycho Suzie’s was fun last time. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/9 "2014-08-07T18:53:18Z")
There’s a patio at the [Tavern Grill](http://thetaverngrill.com/)in my neck of the woods. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/10 "2014-08-07T20:28:16Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > There’s a patio at the [Tavern Grill](http://thetaverngrill.com/)in my neck of the woods. > > Regards, > Shodan Which neck of the woods? I know Blaine and Edina, no idea where Woodbury is. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/11 "2014-08-07T20:54:53Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Which neck of the woods? I know Blaine and Edina, no idea where Woodbury is. Woodbury is next to my house. Well, down the street from my house. I’m really close to that Tavern Grill ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/12 "2014-08-08T12:37:24Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Which neck of the woods? I know Blaine and Edina, no idea where Woodbury is. Here’s a [map of my neck](http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Woodbury). Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/13 "2014-08-08T14:06:00Z")
Of course we get the move in dates for college; so I will be in Chicago on the 23rd. Don’t stop because of me-but how about the 24th? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/14 "2014-08-08T14:07:13Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Here’s a [map of my neck](http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Woodbury). > > Regards, > Shodan I’m not even on the map… ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/15 "2014-08-08T19:30:38Z")
Criminey - Woodbury is BFE. And I would like to second the change to the 24th. I may end up having to run up to Walker on the 23rd to pick up a bunch of campers. Whee. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/16 "2014-08-18T15:22:53Z")
This weekend! Any other comments on Sunday, the 24th at the Tavern Grill in Woodbury? Can anyone else harvest names from past TC Dopefests? I try to PM the usual suspects, but I am swamped at work, and will be out of town this week. Not sure I’ll have the time. Argh! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/17 "2014-08-18T15:25:18Z")
What time? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/18 "2014-08-18T16:55:00Z")
The 24th won’t work for me, as I have an 8 hour drive afterward and have to be back at work on the 25th. But you folks go ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/19 "2014-08-18T16:57:27Z")
I will be finishing up a weekend camping trip on the 24th, unfortunately, but I’ll lift a smore on Saturday to you all. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362/20 "2014-08-22T10:33:50Z")
Alright, dumped the kids off early, Saturday still works for me. Tavern Grill, Woodbury, what time? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-cities-dopefest-summer-2014/693362.md?page=2)