This is a group for true food enthusiasts. This is for people who have so much to give, that all other food groups seem inadequate. This is for those who want both an outlet and an audience. I want us to create extraordinary dishes together. Extraordinary does not necessarily mean complex. For me, it means bringing simple dishes back to their full glory. When was the last time you had Bucatini all'Amatriciana that echoed of the fabled dish of Rome and Amatrice? When was the last time you had S …

Welcome Twitter Developers!!! Come join us to share your twitter apps and to collaborate with other twitter app developers to integrate and build upon each other's apps. This will be an open BarCamp style learning environment where we can learn the latest in the twitter app development world. If you are reading this and are interested in organizing a twitter meetup in your local area, please contact @sujamthe Twitter apps are coming out daily from everywhere, so we want to create a way with twit …

Thank you for joining my group. I'm looking forward to networking with you, and to meet with you at my events/workshops. The Greater Bay Area Photographer's Group has formed an Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom User Group and has partnered with the San Jose Creative Suite User Group to hold more meetings with Photoshop & Lightroom content. We are based out of Sunnyvale CA, but we will be doing joint meetings with other Adobe User Groups in addition to holding in-the field Photowalks at various loc …

Interested in human rights and social justice? Unsure as to the direction of our political, social and economic institutions? And are you looking for fellow humans to meet and encourage learning and help inspire change? In this book club, we encourage each other to learn more, discuss ideas, challenge each other and teach each other. Together we explore nonfiction, memoir and fiction books that we collectively choose. We may also follow up our book club meeting with a tea or a beer down the stre …

Parents, Imagine your teen being in a well-lit room full of aspiring writers, where everyone is talking excitedly and laughing. Some people are reading their stories out loud; others are asking for feedback on their blog posts and college essays. Everyone is working on a special piece for the Annual Teen Writers Anthology. The energy is contagious. Is your teen curious about joining a group of Teen Writers who share their passion for writing? As a parent, would you like to encourage their writin …

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Los Altos hosts this book discussion group for the South Bay community. All are welcome to join us in discussions about thought-provoking books. We usually take a month or two to read a book, and then meet to discuss it. (We know how busy you are, so if you don't finish the book, please join us for the discussion anyway.) We are looking forward to meeting you and hearing what you have to say!

This group is open only to current members who are "frequent riders" in Peninsula & South Bay Bicycling Group at www.meetup.com/biking, and who find themselves wanting harder, longer rides, as an "advanced" version of that Meetup group. If you have not ridden with that Meetup group, please apply to join www.meetup.com/biking first. If you have ridden in PSBBG for a while, are attending rides often, consider yourself a "frequent rider" BUT .. you find most the rides too easy / short .. then apply …

Silicon Valley Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics The group will start as a mashup or compendium of other events and groups in the area that relate to the above broad topic area. The meetups will spotlight groups and series which you can subscribe to individually. Suggestions for getting together before or after events to discuss the topic of the day are encouraged. Meetups might also include discussion of books or on-line lectures. SVSTEM is centered around Silicon Valley in the S …

This meetup is for Meetup organizers in Silicon Valley and for those who want to meet and network with people who have groups of people they bring together. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. In this meetup we will network about how to improve our meetups, cross promote on r …

Are you procrastinating, or feeling tired and frustrated in your work? Are the usual productivity techniques -- color-coding your folders, reorganizing your e-mail inbox, and so on -- not doing the trick for you? In this group, we take getting things done to a deeper level. This group's classes are about using mindfulness practices, like meditation and yoga, to find focus and motivation while you work -- without even leaving your desk. The classes are led by Chris Edgar, author of Inner Produc …

106 Miles is a network of startup founders, engineers, and friends. Our mission is to educate and empower entrepreneurial engineers. Our values are Reputation, Innovation, Solidarity, and Education. This is our Silicon Valley group; see also our Southern California group. Please join us if you're a founder or engineer (or friend!) and... * You have worked at a startup, * You want to work at a startup, * You have started a company, and/or * You want to start a company. We meet several time …

We call our Studio YaYou: Sacred Art of Living and Art Studio*. YaYou is pronounced Ya Yow. Our Studio is a safe and loving space to practice various Sacred Arts and Holistic Healing Practices. We believe in providing Universal Service to anyone who would like to expand their Spiritual Journey, to nourish their Souls, Hearts, and Minds, and to be open to all experiences and discoveries of the Spirit. We provide the following Services and Workshops: Reiki Share and Workshops, Soul Power Group, Me …

This is a co-ed non-traditional book club for all those in their 20s. Based on members' votes, we will choose one quirky/unique/mind-blowingly bizarre book to read each month (Warning: we will largely stay away from current bestsellers). At the end of each meeting, all Interrobangers will posit their arguments for next month's choice. The group as a whole will vote. Note: Voting criteria may include, but is not limited, to the following: most intriguing plot, cleverest argument, prettiest cove …

I'm starting this group to discuss current news. I'm reading challenged to understand news and current affairs. I tried to understand news on TV and cable channels, but most news is presented as views, not as facts. The choices media make, as to what will be in headlines and how they decide to present facts, are interesting. Then came news aggregators like google news. They do a better job of presenting everything that is published, but they are still struggling to get the facts out of new eve …

NOTE:  THIS GROUP IS OPEN ONLY TO PEOPLE WE ALREADY KNOW WHO ARE CONSISTENT ATTENDEES AT OTHER MEETUP GROUPS. This group is a 'dedicated' or 'more committed' group, open only to Meetup members who we've gotten to know in other groups who share our philosophy regarding attendance,  reliability, and some general courtesies or preferences.  We hope we'll get to know you elsewhere out there in the Meetup world and find out that you'd be a great match for this group, too. Our aim in Meetup is general …

This Meet-Up is for beginners.  You don't have to read music, sing, or improvise AND you don't need a drum.  There are no prerequisites.  I will teach you your part and I will make you successful! This is a great activity where adults and children (9 and older) can participate as equals and it is just plain FUN! Of course, you don’t have to be members of a family to participate. We will be learning specific ensemble pieces, which I will teach you.  On 2nd Sundays we will work with drums and perc …

This Meet-Up is for beginners.  You don't have to read music, sing, or improvise AND you don't need a drum.  There are no prerequisites.  I will teach you your part and I will make you successful! This is a great activity where adults and children (9 and older) can participate as equals and it is just plain FUN! Of course, you don’t have to be members of a family to participate. We will be learning specific ensemble pieces, which I will teach you.  On 2nd Sundays we will work with drums and perc …

Basically, We Want You to Come Sing with Us. Are you a former or current member of a chorus or acappella group in search of a new outlet for your dazzling voice? Or maybe you sing in a band that performs on campus every now and then? Or maybe you're just a guy with a good voice who never really thought about pursuing it before? Then Pacific Standard might be the perfect ensemble for you! How's that for a marketing pitch? But seriously, we're a new men's chorus in the Bay Area that hopes to offer …

This supportive group will follow the format towards a happier life as laid out by Gretchen Rubin in her book, "The Happiness Project". We will also consult her blog located at http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/. Members may join at any time. All I ask is that you read the book before joining and come prepared to meet at least one goal towards furthering your own happiness!! Meetings will begin on a bi-monthly basis however we can meet more often as needed to support each others …

Libertarians tend to be voracious readers and learners. Now there is a Libertarian Book Club in the South Bay for us. There are so many great philosophy, economics, public policy books - both fiction and non-fiction out there. Let the reading, learning and discussions begin.

So maybe it's OK if we don't always have time to finish the book... This group is for Moms and expectant Moms in Silicon Valley who want to grow their social circles. I work at Google, and after having our baby my husband and I moved to Palo Alto after a year in London and many years in San Francisco. I'm looking to develop a social circle down South, and I'm guessing there are many other people like me out there! In this book club, we choose a book and a thematically appropriate cuisine (e.g., …

Yosemite Campsite Share Getting camp sites in Yosemite is hard. So hard. So hard that you have to book 6 months in advance. And you have to do it right at 7:00am on the dot. At 7:01 sites are gone. And guess what, that sucks to do on a Sunday morning....... with a hangover. Yeah, that was my last Sunday. But Yosemite it where the good climbing is and dammit I'm going (and you can come to). So this group is about helping more people camp in Yosemite. How? Well sites allow up to 6 people, and you …

I am inspired and awestruck by listening to the first recordings of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes' "Dangerous Old Woman", an on-line series I purchased and downloaded from Sounds True. I would love to share these profound recordings in community with other 'wild women'. This collection is six recordings of an hour each. We can gather, listen, share some cheese, chocolate and wine. From there I have a vision of deciding together where our exploration of reading and story listening takes us, explorin …

We are a group of 20/30 Something's that will meet once a month to talk about a new book, fiction or non-fiction...anything goes! We will meet for dinner and drinks and talk about the book and anything else that interests us. In between meetings we will meet up for movies, drinks, walks or whatever we want. If you're new to town or just want to meet some new friends...join us!

About Kannon Do Bay Area Zen Meditation Group: We aim to bring the spiritual practice of mindfulness to the San Francisco Peninsula and the South Bay, emphasizing its relevance in the modern world. Our purpose is to bring balance to busy lives faced with constant distractions, work and family pressures, and demanding deadlines. Our practice goes beyond relief of stress or health concerns to benefit the whole person. It emphasizes living an authentic life and expressing our inherent true nature …

This is a group for anyone who has either watched either of Brene Brown's 20 minute Ted Talks on "vulnerability", or who have read any of her three books (latest two: Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly) and wants to take her insights from being proven data to on-the-ground application in our lives. The implications cut across families, the education of our children, organizations, intimate relationships and individual emotional and spiritual growth. But how do we "do" vulnerability? How to …

How mindful are you? Do you remember people's names when you meet them? Do you remember where you parked your car, your house keys? Are you able to learn, listen, read, think quickly? Do you know the law of attraction? Are you your own life's master? Are you someone who gathers insight directly from the universe? Let me introduce myself, I am Aditya Mittal, and I am the author of 'Let Your Mind See'. I have studied at Stanford, worked at NASA and as Business Intelligence Data team lead at a mobi …

This club is intended for those in the Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Cupertino areas who love literary criticism for fiction and creative nonfiction. Each month we'll choose a book to read for the next month. The group will not focus on a single type of literary criticism, but rather on the range of appropriate types. In addition there will be a time during the meeting to express what you took away from reading the book. Depending on the venue for the meeting, we will have different restrictions …