Bay Area Mahjong Meetup welcomes all mahjong enthusiasts in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you want to play casually or competitively, or if you just want to learn, come sign up! All of the meetups here are independent - the hosts have control over their own meetups. Our hope is to teach you the game and help you find a regular mahjong group in your area. If you would like to host a public game, you may advertise on this meetup group for free! Also, if you'd like us to host a meetup for beginner …

Dear Fellow Painter, Welcome to our Sacramento Plein Air Painters group! "Plein air" is French for painting in the open air, (outdoors), in the natural elements, which sometimes comes with braving the thick fog, or the blistering sun, wind, bugs, etc. Sometimes painting in public places all alone can feel awkward.  As painters meeting together, we find comfort in camaraderie, and often inspire each other. The best part about painting together is the friendships that grow from our times togeth …

There's always room for one more book enthusiast in the Fremont Ladies' Book Club! We are a group of ladies who love to read and love socializing with others who share our passion for books.  If this sounds like you, we'd love to have you join us. Everyone gets to contribute to the book selection process.  This allows us to read a wide variety of books that we may not have otherwise picked up in the book store.  Most of our books have been fiction, but we've also read non-fiction, a children's c …

We are a fun and friendly group of poker players. The event host will select what type of poker (limit-no limit- tournament etc.) we will be playing that night. Each event will give the details of that particular event and what type of poker to expect. Bring your own bev and snack; if you'd like to, bring a snack to share. Besides poker, focus is on fun and meeting new people.  We welcome beginners too!

Hello! Welcome to The Northern California Young Living Essential Oils Meetup Group. Here you will meet other people interested in alternative health and naturopathic healing via therapeutic grade essential oils. This is also a wonderful website for additional educational support. Please feel free to check out the "More" drop down menu, then click on "Files." An excellent resource is the file entitled "Supporting Websites." Such oils are the industry leaders in essential oils. In fact, they are t …

We're a group of mothers whose oldest children were born in 2005 or 2006. Most of us also have younger children, but our meetup schedule reflects that many of them are in some type of school most days. We love to get the kids together for park days whenever possible, especially on school breaks. Our activities for mothers include a weekly evening walk, monthly book group and monthly Mom's Night Out. We'd love to meet you!

Great dancers aren't great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion. If nothing makes you happier than dancing your ass off 'til dawn - under the spell of little more than a capable dj - we hope you'll join us for a few laughs and fun times. Dance Enthusiast / Maniacs is for everyone who values the music as much as the meetup - and who craves the rare place where you can dance without drama at the door or on the floor. We aren't a vip or singles group, and positive p …

Welcome  Scrapbookers, My name is Lori Lynch.  I can’t wait to meet you and scrapbook together.  I started my monthly scrapbooking crops years ago with just a few friends.  Our scrapbooking family has become large enough to add a second crop.  Our original crop in Roseville and our new crop in Folsom.  We have a great group of scrapbookers at each crop.    We love to scrap and get together each month. You will be amazed how organized you will become when you attend our monthly crops. You will b …

This group is a "sister" group to East Bay Walkers (run by my brother Mike). We're a group of 30's/40's/50's hikers who want to get some exercise and explore the Bay Area on moderate hikes that are 2 to 4 hours in length. Most of the hikes will be on well-developed trails, and will be geared-toward the novice to intermediate-level hiker. Experienced hikers are also welcome, and we'd enjoy learning about some of your experiences. Note that the main intent for the organizers of this group is to ge …

This group is created to be a local network for hoopers in Sacramento and the surrounding areas. Sacramento has a buzzing hooping scene, and I'd love to channel my passion and knowledge for hoopdance into a collaborative group to unify our hoopers in local community events! This group is organized and sponsored by www.SacramentoHoopDance.com . If you love to hoop, want to learn how to hoop, want to teach others and share your talents, and hoop with fellow hoopers, then you've found your group! P …

I love dogs! Actually, I love cats, too. In fact, I love animals. Dogs are just so easy to love, but they need special attention and some dogs need more activity than we can give them. I'd like to offer a venue for people to spend time with their furry friends and meet some others people, too. Hiking with our dogs benefits all of us. We'll try to invite a trainer now and then, and make it fun! See you on the trail. Tail wags and belly rubs, Debbie Barnett

L.A.D.I.E.S Lesbians (and friends of) Actively Doing Interesting Entertaining Socials for LGBT professionals who are 38+. We would like to start a social gathering of like-minded Professional People. Lots of fun and drama free! We would like to meet once a month in the Pittsburg, Ca. area to play cards (i.e. bid whist, poker, and spades), board games, karaoke and watch movies. This is an ADULT SOCIAL CLUB. Family events are up for discussion. Any inactive member or any no-show during a period of …

I'm Tom McCloud. My friends and I have been running D&D games since 1976, using the three volume set and my own variations. We also flirt with other game systems. Try our group at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/TomMcCloudsRpgGroup/ If you like original D&D, or want to learn, JOIN!

Please note:  As of April, 2013 this meetup is not scheduling meetings for now due to declining demand. (We had a great run of 121 meetings!) If you are interested in future meetings, we are open to resuming at a later date.  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to let us know. Debra Moore, Ph.D., Organizer Iris Pachler, M.S., Facilitator This is a professionally led weekly group that offers support and skills for getting through the breakup of a significant relationship or marriage. We wi …

Have you ever wanted to start an internet marketing business? Or perhaps you already have a business and are looking for a way to better way to market to your current customer base through email? Maybe you're interested in creating an information product, such as how to train your dogs, how to play guitar, or whatever else you already know how to do! Essentially: selling information. That's what this group is all about, a mastermind group of fellow entrepreneurs looking to meet up with like mind …

We are so excited to share our activities with new parents and families in cities from Hercules/Oakley to Dublin, from Berkeley/Oakland to San Francisco!  If you are looking for a vast variety of themed Playdates, from Cultural, Cooking, Educational, Exploratory, Book Club and more! We offer a FREE newsletter which offers organized events, lists local events and provides savings with local businesses for play spaces, children's products, coupons for activities and for members, continued savings …

My wife and I just moved from the North Bay where I had a weekly D&D group to the East Bay (Concord) where we don't know anyone. I'm not interested in starting another D&D/RPG group, as it just eats up too much of my time/energy and my work schedule has become too unpredictable to allow me to play steady at a D&D table right now. I work at a Hotel and work some weird hours (swings and graveyards) and my days off can shift around. That's why I'm looking to start a more casual gaming group. This w …

Hi! This is a Nonviolent Communication Practice Group which meets bi-weekly. We study from Marshall Rosenberg's book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language for life. Nonviolent Communication is a method of communicating which aims to develop honest and empathetic connection by avoiding triggering our own and other's fight-flight-freeze reactions. We begin and end each meeting by practicing giving and receiving empathy; and we practice our self-expression skills by doing activities, games, role-pl …

Welcome to the Motoring Enthusiast Group for Meetup. We are a group of driving enthusiast that loves nimble sports cars that put an emphasis on handling ability. We are the guys and gals that actually go out and enjoy driving, whether it be a track day, autocross events, HPDE, or just enjoying some spirited back-road drives. So, lets set off to find some of the greatest driving roads in the area, grab some local grub, meetup and discuss anything about sports cars, advance driving techniques, and …

We are a culturally diverse, mature, fun and down to earth group, with a mission to provide fun adventures and great learning to our children and also provide support and build solid friendships for us adults and learn from each other. "It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynar …

I am organizing a group for single mothers who have the desire to travel abroad but have limited resources in the way of childcare and possibly funds. My intention is to organize small travel groups for interesting and exotic destinations that may be intimidating price or logistics wise for mothers traveling with their kids. I'd generally prefer to stay away from cruises and all inclusives as those tend to be doable with/without a network like mine. I will be organizing trips to Europe, Africa, …

The "Dancing with the Stars" series has sprouted new and enduring interest in ballroom dancing; health practitioners are promoting dancing as a healthy exercise for physical fitness as well as prevention of dementia and Alzheimers.  I remember the joy at age 11 learning the 2-step (poor man's fox trot?) to "You Belong to Me" and the hesitation waltz to "Tennessee Waltz" at Francisco Jr. High in San Francisco; later the thrill of "getting it" after learning to jitterbug, and still later the mambo …

This is a group for anybody looking to make new friends in the bay area. Would love to get a group together and share dinner nights, cocktails, games, etc.

Attention AfroLatinos in SacTown! I'd like to create a community or group of afrolatinos (latinos of african descent) or those who appreciate our culture from all walks of life. I'm a proud afrolatina trying to drum up a bit of pride and celebrate our culture in an environment where the two worlds seem to be misunderstood! I'd love to attend art, musical, cultural events, perhaps connect with other organizations and host a few ourselves! Join me and lets get this started!

I 'm a senior. I'd like to meet with women my age, or near it. It's all about, friendship, walking, interesting conversations, story telling. Maybe we could create a walking group. Meeting for coffee? Exchange recipes- I have been so pleased with  results, I am finding it hard to reply to all now, but I will . Thank you~~

Welcome to the Fremont, Union City, Newark (F.U.N.) community of people who refuse to let our weight or size get in the way of living physically active lives. We're a team! We are NOT a weight loss group nor are we weight loss whiners. We are good health advocates for all sized people. We already know a major key to being healthy is exercise. Doing it together means greater success. You've probably already experienced that feeling of being the last one to cross the finish line because your weig …

Do you want to cosplay but are running into one of the following problems? No experience, no skill, no confidence, no one to cosplay with or not a whole lot of cash? Well, I noticed that there weren't any cosplay groups in the East/North Bay and I thought that it would be fun to start one myself! I'd love to get together with some like-minded people who love to cosplay! I like to work with all kinds of materials and try new things. We would be able to have crafting parties, create cosplay troupe …

Maybe you've had a really long week. And maybe nothing would make you happier than to hang out with awesome people who are around your age while having that Shirley Temple you've been craving all day. That's where we come in. The Center for Good Times embraces those decades of our lives right before we turn 40. Perhaps you're new to Sacramento and hope to meet new people. Or perhaps you've been here for a while and are still hoping to find that group of people you can connect with. If you're lik …