# X-Treme Dopefest! Pacific Northwest Dopers at work and play (an event recap) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2001, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865 "2001-04-22T07:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865/21 "2001-04-30T21:57:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joaquim Matilda \* > \*\*I’m new to Straight Dope so. What’s a Dopefest? Sounds like a party. I’ve been past Beppo’s a hundred times and noticed the crowd. Are you having another one in Vancouver? B.C. or WA? \*\* You know that scene in ‘You’ve Got Mail’ when she say’s “Meet? He wants to Meet?!” That’s what a Dopefest is. People who know each other (primarily) through the online SDMB, getting together IRL. Generally it’s for fun only, with no obligations or lofty expectations. Attendees are as varied as the SDMB itself. Dopefests are proposed in MPSIMS, and a date and location are agreed upon. Sometimes they are proposed because someone is going to be in a particular area of the country at a particular time. Other times it just feels like it’s time to meet. Traditionally, reservations are made in the name of Cecil Adams – just in case he should show up. IIRC, there is a Dopefest scheduled for Vancouver, Canada this summer, and I’m looking to host one in Langley, WA in September. Welcome to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865/22 "2001-05-01T02:40:42Z")
**Joaquim Matilda-** Tentative date for the Vancouver DopeFest is July 28. Several of us are going to come up on the train, I think. So…mark your calendar…details will be posted later! No date has yet been set for the Whidbye Island soiree, at least as far as I know…but I’ve been to the Dog House, and it is sure to be a hoot! Scotti ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865/23 "2001-05-01T04:16:41Z")
Holy Smokes! And I thought we had fun at _our_ Dopefest. Can I please join you at your next one? I’ll even bring the chocolate sauce! 😉 * * * Jeg elsker dig, Thomas ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865/24 "2001-05-01T11:11:27Z")
Does this mean you _don’t_ have a sex room? 😕 :D, D&R ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865/25 "2001-05-01T11:35:19Z")
Wreck beach Dopefest in Vancouver, BC! (that way I can walk home). It’s a giant, sandy restaurant bar where you’re served by your choice of naked boys or girls! July? That makes it right around my birthday… ---
**Author:** ![Joaquim\_Matilda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@Joaquim\_Matilda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joaquim_Matilda)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865/26 "2001-05-03T14:57:09Z")
[/QUOTE] \*\*You know that scene in ‘You’ve Got Mail’ when she say’s “Meet? He wants to Meet?!” IIRC, there is a Dopefest scheduled for Vancouver, Canada this summer, and I’m looking to host one in Langley, WA in September. [/QUOTE] Actually, I never saw When Harry Met Sally but I know what you mean. One question: IIRC? I know many others but that’s a new one for me. Matti ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865/27 "2001-05-03T16:35:47Z")
IIRC, IIRC = If I Recall Correctly. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-treme-dopefest-pacific-northwest-dopers-at-work-and-play-an-event-recap/62865.md?page=1)