# Would anyone be up for a Mid-Michigan Dopefest?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 3, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262 "2004-10-03T01:03:43Z")
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### Author:  [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/1 "2004-10-03T01:03:43Z")
I’ve been itchin’ to hang out with my fellow Michidopers lately, and I think it’s time the rest of you drive an hour so I don’t have to. 😃 Lansing would also be good for West Michigan and Northern Michigan Dopers to meet all of us!
Whaddya say? I have in mind this cheap, darling little sushi restaurant in East Lansing, with a trip to Cold Stone Creamery afterward, some Saturday or Sunday afternoon in the near future - does that sound yummy?
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### Author:  [@Heller\_Highwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heller_Highwater)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/2 "2004-10-03T07:07:18Z")
Which restaurant are you thinking of? I’d try and make it, schedule permitting. (Saturdays are usually better for me than Sundays.)
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/3 "2004-10-03T12:36:18Z")
_looks at map_
_looks at mid-Michigan_
_looks again at mid-Michigan_
_sighs, and looks waaaaaay down south Michigan_
_finds Lansing_
_realizes that once again, dem funny trolls never look at maps_
😃
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### Author:  [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/4 "2004-10-03T13:37:50Z")
Hey, **tsarina**! **RickQ** and I would be up for it. Cheap sushi, good company, and fantastic ice cream? How could we resist?
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### Author:  [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/5 "2004-10-03T22:48:58Z")
I’ve been le broke like whoa for the last while, and probably will be for quite some time.
But hey, if you can find a way to get me down there, I’d be more than happy to hang out with ya’ll, young’n that I am.
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### Author:  [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/6 "2004-10-04T19:34:54Z")
Just giving this bad boy a _bump_.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/7 "2004-10-04T19:50:50Z")
Me, me, me! ☹ I moved out of MI 17 years ago, (my god, am I really that old???) but I grew up in MI and always think of it as my “hometown”. I can’t really come, but I’ll be there in spirit!
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### Author:  [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/8 "2004-10-04T20:25:21Z")
I’m game, depending on the when.
I’m at Michigan State, and if there weren’t so many trees on my beautiful campus, I could see Grand River Ave right out my window. Are you thinking Sushi-Ya?
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### Author:  [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/9 "2004-10-04T21:35:55Z")
I would like to go. Just need to know when. The Mrs. and I had a great time at the last one.
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### Author:  [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/10 "2004-10-04T22:32:09Z")
Depending on the date, I’m game.
I’m always interested, I just always seem to have previous committments.
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### Author:  [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/11 "2004-10-05T17:30:24Z")
I’m thinking of Omi on M. A. C. Ave., which, if you haven’t been there, is a cute, trendy little place decorated entirely in the color blue. The food’s cheap and quite tasty.
We’ll have to go when there isn’t a home football game, so that’ll have to be one of these dates: 10/23, 10/30 (although this is the date of the Michigan/ Michigan State game, so I’d rather you guys come for dinner instead), and 11/20, unless Sunday would work out better for you guys, in which case we’ll have to find a different place to eat. Sound good?
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### Author:  [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/12 "2004-10-05T20:47:01Z")
The 23rd would be fine, but the 30th is out.
It’s my weekend with the kids and my work is sponsoring a haunted hayride.
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### Author:  [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/13 "2004-10-06T21:24:05Z")
23rd just got booked for me. The next weekend is a possiblity except it IS a pretty big game day. Heh. Heh heh heh.
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### Author:  [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/14 "2004-10-06T22:18:59Z")
**Brynda** and I would be able to make the 23rd but we will be out of town for the 30th.
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### Author:  [@Heller\_Highwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heller_Highwater)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/15 "2004-10-08T12:09:19Z")
The 23rd works for me, as well. (So would the 30th, but not as well, I believe.)
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### Author:  [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/16 "2004-10-08T16:48:39Z")
Man that’s far to go for a DopeFest. 2.5 hours is what it looks like from here…I might make it though if we do it for a lunch or something.
-Mike
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### Author:  [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/17 "2004-10-09T01:06:50Z")
> [@Athena](#):
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> _looks at map_
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> _looks at mid-Michigan_
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> _looks again at mid-Michigan_
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> _sighs, and looks waaaaaay down south Michigan_
>
> _finds Lansing_
>
> _realizes that once again, dem funny trolls never look at maps_
>
> 😃
As a “true” Mid-Michigander (my hometown begins with “mid” … beat that!), I agree with these sentiments.
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### Author:  [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/18 "2004-10-09T03:09:07Z")
One question, do they have more than sushi at this place, never been a big fan of the stuff.
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### Author:  [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/19 "2004-10-09T16:00:02Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#):
>
> One question, do they have more than sushi at this place, never been a big fan of the stuff.
The menu is here: [http://www.restaurantdb.net/restaurants/menu/400](http://www.restaurantdb.net/restaurants/menu/400) … you can get tempura (fried breaded vegetables) or udon (soup with really yummy thick noodles). You can also get sushi with vegetables inside, if you’re not into the whole raw fish thing.
So, October 23rd is looking best for most of you. Want to meet at the restaurant at noon?
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### Author:  [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-be-up-for-a-mid-michigan-dopefest/267262/20 "2004-10-09T23:34:55Z")
OK, it turns out that I’m a complete moron and forgot that I have a wedding in Monroe to attend that afternoon, so the 23rd is out. What other dates work for you guys?
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