This is a creativity-promoting Meetup centered around a book called "The Artist's Way". The book outlines a 12-week series of exercises to promote your creativity, of whatever flavor it might be, and to help you over whatever bumps you might be having with it. We add to the book by meeting in small groups to go through the sequence together, to congratulate each other on work accomplished, to commiserate on work not accomplished, to nudge each other a little from day to day, and to generally giv …

Founded in June 2002, The San Francisco Euchre Club is the largest of its kind on the West Coast. We're a laid-back and diverse group brought together by our love of Euchre. Most of us are transplants, mainly from the Great Lakes, Midwest & Canada - with a growing contingent of Locals, too! We're Guys & Girls, a wide age range (21+), Gays & Straights, and a neat mix of occupations and playing levels. We have 4 regularly scheduled Euchre nights each month at conveniently located bar/restaurants …

Meet other sushi and sake addicts in your area! We'll try different sushi places around the peninsula, attack the fish, drink up some sake, and then rattle our blah blah of what we think about the restaurant - or life in general.... The event limit is 15 people (occasionally more if venue capacity allows), depending on the place, we might have to sit in separate tables (hardly any sushi place can accommodate 15 people in one table). We order a few things and share with our table mates. I will s …

If you are you are a small business owner, have a business idea, are an experienced entrepreneur, free-lancer, home based business, marketing professional, sales person, non-profit manager, or anyone else who is trying to embrace the power of networking, then this Meetup group for you! This Meetup group is dedicated to providing you with an environment that’s supportive, productive and fun. Meet other entrepreneurs, free-lancers, professionals, bloggers, and everyone in between. Talk with other …

Voted BEST RUNNING CLUB in the Bay AREA!* Go WOW Team! Meet weekdays and weekends to walk or run 3 miles or more at various locations throughout the Bay Area. Our group is social but fitness is our goal. Minimum requirement is that you can move for 60 minutes already. The pace doesn't matter. Some of us walk for fitness. Some of us mix walking/running. Some of us are pretty serious runners and are training to improve our times. Most of us participate in a race once in a while. I encourage wome …

A collective of the Bay Area Poly Groups. A place for poly people to have ONE source for all poly happenings in Marin, North Bay, San Francisco, Peninsula, East Bay, San Jose and Santa Cruz. Each group represented here is a separate entity. To learn about each group, please visit our ABOUT pages (menu bar on left hand side of this page). THIS IS NOT A SWINGER GROUP AND NONE OF OUR EVENTS WILL EVER INCLUDE SEXUAL CONTACT If you are unsure of what poly is, please spend some time here: www.lovemore …

This group is for Koreans  to meet other fellow Koreans. If you are new to the group or are interested in joining the group please make sure you read the following to make sure you understand what is required of you before you join and after you join the group. Pre-requisite for this group: You must be ethnically Korean (full, half, a quarter, an eighth... however much if you have Korean blood in you you are ethnically Korean). I didn't want to discriminate anyone from joining this group howe …

Are you interested in exploring the all the great park lands around the Bay Area? We're a group of physically fit people interested in exploring hikes from 4 to 10 miles all around the SF Bay. Our hikes usually alternate between North Bay, East Bay and Peninsula, with an occasional SF city hike thrown in.

The purpose of this group is to create a community of Russian-speaking entrepreneurs and business owners located  on the Peninsula, to share marketing ideas and exchange business leads. We meet every FIRST FRIDAY of the month for a breakfast. Come prepared with your business cards and other promotional materials and be ready to introduce yourself and your business to the group.

The SF Bay Area User Group (SF-AUG) serves the San Francisco Bay Area with the following objectives: * Share and learn Atlassian product knowledge, best practices, and case studies with fellow current and prospective users. * Address the needs of both Atlassian product system administrators as well as novice and experienced product users. * Network and socialize with fellow Atlassian product users. * Meet 4 times a year on Wednesday or Thursday evenings in locations throughout San Francisco, th …

SF Peninsula SD meetup, monthly networking and talks on JVM-based Languages and Agile or Test-Driven Development

SF Scala is a group for Scala programmers who may also be interested in frameworks such as Play and Lift. We meet to discuss best practices and how the technology is being used successfully by organizations. SF Scala covers San Francisco, and events are coordinated with BASE, which covers the peninsula and south bay. We ask speakers to present their talks at both user groups, if they can. If you would like to present a technical talk about Scala, or how Scala is used in your organization, please …

There seem to be a lot of software-related learning/coworking/entrepreneuring groups in San Francisco and the Peninsula. What about those of us on this side of the BART tube? Are you starting a new programming or web project, and looking for someone to bounce ideas off of, or maybe chip in? Are you taking a break (voluntary or otherwise) from wage slavery, and want to hang around some other people who are upgrading their skill sets? Do you want to contribute to someone else's project? Or are yo …

Dinner & Movie at Home for 20's-30's Peninsula Ladies. Do you love dinner parties with girlfriends, cooking, socializing, and ending the night relaxing to a nice movie? Then this group is for you! Who we are. We are a group of twentysometing to thirtysomething ladies. We meet to have dinner potlucks rotating at different person's homes on the Peninsula -- as far North as Millbrae to as far down as Mt.view. -- that way we get to prepare something each time to contribute. And after enjoying our me …

Tennis Player, We're connecting players on the tennis courts throughout San Francisco from East Bay to North San Francisco, South San Francisco and North Peninsula. We allow players to put post meetups. So feel that it is acceptable to promote an event that you will take ownership of and we'll let the meetup group know about it. We'll be running certain tennis socials, weekend tournaments and get togethers for the passionate tennis players who want to play competitive tennis. If you want to m …

Stand up paddle around San Francisco, Peninsula and beyond! We have group meetups and casual meetups listed on the "Discussions" tab's bulletin board.  Kevin, the organizer, is available to help people find info about SUP gear too.  Just shoot him a message.  We have, different manufacturers, such as Everpaddle, who bring demo gear out to the paddle events and give discounts to SF SUP members, including a free carbon paddle with a custom Everpaddle board order.

gas·tron·o·mer (ga-stron-uh-mer), noun A connoisseur of good food and drink; a gourmet. Also known as bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet. WHAT WE DO: Our group brings food lovers together in the San Francisco Bay Area to enjoy cuisines from all over the world, including but not limited to: Ethiopian, Moroccan, Jamaican, Singaporean, Malaysian, French, Jordanian, Lebanese, Israeli, German, Russian, Turkish, Arab, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Creole, Swedish, Polish, Jewish, Desi, Indi …

We are nutrition experts who are looking to connect with others who value their health. We love to help others have more energy, feel better, look better, resist disease, and for some, lose weight . We have resources and suggestions to share with the group. The purpose of this group is to create an environment in which we all learn from each other. Idea sharing will be a primary focus and recurring theme. There will be a different theme each week, which we will rotate. It will be both leader-dri …

We are a fun group who love to watch the newest movies at the theater. Meet other movie buffs and have dinner or drinks before or after the movie. Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends! You like light comedies, a little bit of drama, action, ridiculous  romance or the latest sifi. Come join us... We'll watch the latest Flicks on weeknights around 7pm at theaters from San Bruno to Redwood city. If you have any movie suggestions, let us know! Just a few things... Please be respectful …

Events for an ELITE group of Pleasure Seekers! San Francisco 'Italian themed' social parties. FUN singles and fabulous couples, beautiful people. Wine tasting, dance, clubs, music, dining, cocktails, networking, and mingling. We plan exclusive Bay Area events at luxe San Francisco venues. Members are invited to attend our elegant parties, and cocktail soirees. Professional men and women, formal attire requested. Complimentary admission for members who RSVP. Your passport to mingling. Sponsors pr …

Alate Meaning: Winged Like, the word is comprised of the Latin roots āla meaning "wing" and the suffix -ate which was used in Latin to make a word an adjective. Joining Alate Events & Adventures will allow you to Spread your Wings and try activities you have always wanted to, but maybe just did not have anyone to do them with or you did not know how to plan it out and make it happen. The planning will be done for you! So Come out of your shell, come out of yourself, Spread Your Wings and Grow. C …

Friendship Circle is about real women developing real friendships. We are fun loving, down-to-earth, upbeat, and want to develop and maintain long lasting bonds. Our goal is to host 3 to 4 events per month. Most events will be for smaller groups up to 10 people in order to provide a more comfortable setting to get to know each other. About 4 to 6 times per year we will host a larger event so we can all come together. The majority of events will take place in the East Bay, from Oakland on down to …

This is a group for 1st time moms and dads living on the Peninsula who want to come together and explore this new chapter in life with other new moms and dads. Let's be honest, finding and making friends is not as easy as it was on the playground years ago. Wouldn't it be nice to surround yourself with some friends that know what the heck you are going through? Notes/Criteria: 1. My wife and are starting this not knowing what to expect so be patient :) 2. Your child should be born 8/2012-4/2013 …

We are interested in trying many of the fine dining in the Peninsula. Dining is once a month at a selected restaurant. RSVP is limited to either to one or two table of six with equal numbers of male and female. Separate bill, RSVP, and confirmation are required. Topics at dining are open, but travel experiences and topics are encouraged.

Find greater peace, focus and energy in the ancient practice of meditation. Meditation sharpens the mind, adding greater consciousness and power to everything else in your life. Various ancient and modern meditation techniques will be taught by Buddhist monks with an American style. Literature, music and movie recommendations will be provided for a well-rounded and entertaining education and as a basis for exposition and discussion.

Big Data is in vogue, its the new buzzword. But what is Big Data? Do we know all the pieces of the Big Data puzzle? This group will cover all the five pieces of Big Data - Infrastructure, Data Storage/Management, Data Sciences, Visualization and one missing piece. We will cover one piece of the puzzle in every meetup. The idea is to have a holistic view of Big Data.

Calling all tech entrepreneurs, founders, CxOs, investors and leaders in the South Marin area! South Marin DrinkTank is  the latest off-shoot of the highly successful DrinkTank series of tech meet-ups run in London, New York and San Francisco by Huddle and its partners. This latest event is brought to you by Huddle (Alastair Mitchell, CEO & Founder) and Ping Identity (Mike Desai, VP Global Channels & Business  Development) – both of whom are new arrivals to Tiburon! The event is a high quality, …

Welcome to 20's-30's Peninsula Ladies weight loss Group! We are a group of women looking to Lose weight by Healthy living. We will attend exercise classes, learn how to cook healthy meals, keep active with fun activities, attend cooking classes, hikes, and support one another on our weight loss journey. If you are looking for a support team to finally get and keep the weight off (at least 30lbs.), then this group is for you. Most Meetups will be Monday-Thursday after 6 pm with some weekend activ …