Originally Posted by Sweet Willie

Of course you are free to post your idea either way.

My personal belief is that if you were to post in the DC Happy Hour thread that your idea of a hockey game will not get as many views as a thread dedicated to this specific idea. Also, if a date does get set, there may be other FTers that are not DC local yet would be interested in coming and not think to check in a 'happy hour' thread.@:-)