Share the pleasures of food, wine, and friends! Events will be mostly around SF,  These events will include wine sailings, local wine tastings, winery release parties, private tastings, wine blending/pairing classes, cooking lessons, music festivals, and travelling! Imagine going to the France to go wine tasting and being able to tour the wineries and even help crush the grapes in the French tradition! Closer to home, we can always schedule shorter trips up or down the coast to the wealth of win …

Interested in multi-day bike excursions? From over-nighters, to multi-week tours, this meetup is the place to meet others and get the plans rolling. This is also a great place to exchange bicycle touring tips, knowledge, and tales from the road.

Welcome!  This group is all about making new friends and supporting each other to not only achieve healthier weight, but also move to greater strength and self understanding. Are you a foodie living in the bay area? Are you looking to eat healthier, but could use some guidance?Are you looking to get into better shape and overall health in a healthy way?  Then let's meet up and network! Many of us may have tried weight loss and healthy lifestyle change tactics and not gotten the results we wanted …

The Bay Area Meetup group for folks enthusiastic about kayaking.  A mixture of events that will offer something for every skill level.  This Meetup group does not charge fees or dues.  Just participate, have fun and expand your skills. Safety first, an opportunity for everyone to get out on the water and enjoy the many great paddle locations the Bay Area has to offer. Different Meetups are planned for all levels of experience.  Some will launch from areas where rentals are available.  Other tr …

This Meetup group is for photographers interested in learning more about posing, lighting, boudoir, pinup and photographing fine art female nudes. The group shoots will range in fee costs. Deborah teaches workshops and classes; and photographers of all levels are welcome. Her intention is to inspire and help with the creative process of photography. At the studio, bringing together like-minded people to share ideas and learn from each other the art of photography. There will also be product shoo …

From the founder: Upon graduation, I promised myself I would never wear a suit, nor would I work in an office. Fate threw me suited up into an office for seven years. This was my tour of duty in the illusory world of hierarchical control, greed, fear and systemic hypnosis. I was living a half-life, and no-one was more aware of this fact than I was. There were, of course, moments of stunning humanity in my time in “the office” working as a financial adviser and all round salesman for the corpor …

Welcome to the World Travelers Club! I began this group because of my love for traveling and my desire to see the world with other like minded individuals. I am neither a travel agent nor a tour operator or a member of the industry, I am just someone like you who loves to travel and desires a positive and fun travel experience. After being stuck in tours where I knew no one and/or having to pay the huge single supplemental fees, I decided to start this group. If you love to travel internatio …

Welcome to the Meetup group for TEDxConstitutionDrive! You are Invited – May 4 – The Theme is TIME.Auto-Vino, Menlo Park, CA “Time is the coin of your life.  It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.  Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” Carl Sandburg A limited-capacity event in a phenomenal classic car warehouse and fully working winery, with live speakers on the theme of TIME ranging from a pickling expert to a venture capitalist invento …

Are you a home brewer that wants to meet other home brewers? Or, would you like to learn how to brew your own beer? This group's for you! The San Francisco Homebrewers Guild was established to serve as an organizing force for the local homebrewer community. Our goal is to encourage the art and craft of homebrewing and to bring local brewers together. Join us for monthly events including homebrew shares, brew days, commercial and home brewery tours, meet-the-brewer parties, style classes by pro b …

To connect Africans and non-African friends living in the San Francisco Bay Area or just visiting the Bay area. Are you looking to expand your network, just to hangout, have a drink, dance, go for parties, explore the greater Northern California area or just have a good time??...this is the group for you!...Meetups to include but not limited to special events, music, arts & culture, recreational sports, short/single/weekend tours/trips, watch movies & ofcourse BBQs/dining out..any other activity …

[color=green][b]WELCOME![/b][/color] Our events are for all us singles who want to GET OUT and have some FUN! Not that we don't love our couple friends too, but they always have to leave early (or can't come at all) because of the kids, the house, etc.  This group is for those of us who have more free time and want to make some new friends while having some FUN! There are more of us single people in the bay area than you think, so leave all your friends who are couples at home and come out to …

Hi! Welcome to Bay Area Women's Riding Group. Mainly sportbikes but all motorcycles are welcome as long as you want to Ride! Scooters are also welcome, as long as they're at least 250cc. This is a place for women to ride with no egos present or male testosterone to get in the way. Head-to-Toe gear is strongly preferred. And if you need gear, then ask me to help you find some. :D All skill levels welcome. We don't allow crashing - so please ride within your limits. We will never leave anyone behi …

San Francisco Worldwide Travelers travel to various destinations in the USA and Overseas. In 2013 we have the following trips planned: March 2013-New Orleans April 2013-New York City July 2013- Jamaica August 2013-Ireland September 2013- Italy

We read and discuss books that are rooted in or inspired by history in all its shapes and colors. Fiction and non-fiction, both scholarly and popular. Stories that re-create the past. Journalists who tell us "what happened". Interpreters who openly argue a point of view or seek to illuminate the present through the past. There are also many opportunities to leave our armchairs for fun history-focused field trips to museums, walking tours, films, theater, author lectures, etc. For our book discus …

We’re an open training group for the Arthritis Foundation's California Coast Classic Bicycle Tour – an unforgettable 8-day, 525 mile fully supported cycling adventure from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Our training rides are open to all cyclists of all levels. We’re a wonderful group of friendly bike lovers who can accommodate cyclists of all experience levels and happily adhere to a no-drop policy. Join us for our wonderful weekly training rides, visit us online at www.CaliforniaCoastClassic.or …

The San Francisco Project Reboot Group is a group of production companies and production services vendors working together to revitalize the Bay Area Film, Television and Digital Media production community. Upcoming event on Thursday June 13, 2013 from 2:00pm-9:30pm.  See our Meetup page for more details. The Second Annual Project Reboot extravaganza “reboots” the San Francisco film production community on June 13th, bringing together industry professionals and clients to venture out and network …

We are San Francisco’s premiere destination for learning how to become a great photographer while touring San Francisco’s incredible neighborhoods. Walk San Francisco and learn about its iconic history, and the culture behind each neighborhood. Are you tired of not having your photos turn out? Then get the five basic techniques for taking awesome photographs. In just two short hours, you will not only be visually inspired to learn the history of San Francisco and the beauty of each neighborhood, …

Our group meets regularly to tour the Coworking spaces of San Francisco. If you're new to town, or just interested in coworking, join us to get exposure to all the great spaces San Francisco has to offer - where coworking began.

This is a group for Genuine Buddy owners who want to cruise around the city together.

Welcome to Pro-Am Tennis Connect - the place where tennis enthusiasts can meet and play with players who have played professional tennis! This is a group for tennis players of all ages and abilities.  This unique group was started in order to allow the passionate tennis player to directly participate in tennis activities/discussions with former touring pros that have played at the highest levels in the sport. Events to be scheduled are clinics, demonstrations, and interactive Q & A sessions. Thi …

Welcome, all those who appreciate the wonderful architecture of the past! Anything from Victorian, Queen Anne, Edwardian, Shingle Style, to early 20th Century styles like Craftsman Bungalows, Mission, Storybook, all the way up to Mid-Century, Eichlers, and everything in between. We are blessed to have plenty of these beautiful old buildings here in the Bay Area, so let's get out and SEE them and learn about them. We can do anything you can imagine around this topic, from going on a House Tour …

This is a group for seeing and being part of the city! Meeting young women and friends with simiar interests. The events will be anything and everything from rock climbing, running, cooking, dining, girls night, museums, and beyond. There are so many fun and exciting neighborhoods around to be expored with fun people. Looking forward to meeting you!

Sociality Rocks!2013 - San Francisco - is actually the first Eastern European-friendly event in Silicon Valley, dedicated to social and mobile games. Truly unique structure of the event: 2 conference days of speeches and discussion panels with top experts of social and mobile market (Facebook, Wooga, Chillingo, AppAnnie, PopCap, Playtika, Kerosene Games, GREE etc) + 1 day of welcoming tours to the gaming offices in Silicon Valley (Zynga, PlayHeaven, Paymentwall). What will we discuss?Trends and …

Piston & Chain is first and foremost a motorcycle club. We gather in the evenings, use community tools to maintain (and improve!) our motorcycles. We also organize group rides and adventures. We favor all sorts of motorcycles, but have a soft spot for classic bikes of the 70’s as well as Adventure and dirt bikes. Anyone may join our club. We are also a retailer. We sell curated products, endorsed by club members for the San Francisco motorcycle lifestyle. Come in and check us out!

We create and participate in immersive live experiences in physical environments. If you’re interested in this growing craft that blends fiction and reality with a mix of games, high-tech and low-tech, tours, puzzle hunts, and participatory theater, join us! We feature monthly speakers who have created amazing experiences, and host a fun happy hour for mingling and chatting before and after the talks and QA.

This is the place for folks that live in the SF Bay Area but like to go a long way on their motorcycle. 1000 miles in a day was a start, but we are always looking to go further and see the world.

Hey everyone! Welcome to Fun People of SF! The premise of this group is very simple: to establish a network of quality individuals who want to attend awesome events we'll be planning/hosting in the San Francisco area. If you're in your 20's or 30's and live in SF or visit regularly, please feel free to join.  People without pictures will be held to a higher standard before being admitted so put some effort into your answers. We'll have our first event coming up in early May, and depending on t …

Manufacturing is awesome! Join us as we tour manufacturing facilities around the Bay Area. Starting a hardware company or developing a product and want to learn more about manufacturing? Just curious about how the products you use are made? Want to see industrial robots in action? Love the Science Channel's 'How It's Made'? Join us!