Welcome all boomers, single or couple, from their mid-40s who love to travel, are  looking for travel buddies for specific travel dates and destinations. If you have always had a desire to travel - join us and make new friends - learn from each other and maybe find a travel buddy. Share ideas, travel experiences and suggest ideas for future trips - day trips, short trips, some longer in time and culturally-focused adventures too. If you are single or solo and hate paying single supplement fees …

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 …

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 …

Bay Area Mountaineering Meetup (BAMM) Meet people who are interested in mountaineering, backcountry skiing/snowboarding, alpine climbing, rock climbing, trekking, backpacking, or simply day-hiking in the mountains. Whether you are currently training for a climb, planning your next one, or just looking to get into the sport, this is a great way to meet people of all experience levels. We do a mix of local meetups as well as trips all around the Sierra, California and the world. We are 100% non-co …

This group is for all ages.Hike anywhere around the Bay Area (from San Francisco to Santa Barbara).We offer local hikes that meet on the weekends. These hikes are generally from 6-8 miles and easy to moderate. Some of our hikes will be longer. FOR THIS GROUP ONLY: We will plan longer hikes(10-15 miles) and backpacking, camping, ATV.....moreMembers are encouraged to have social events for the group as well. If you have a location or event you would like to suggest for members please contact the …

When we started several years ago, our goal was to explore Silicon Valley (aka "The Valley of Heart's Delight"), in part to show people there was more to the Bay Area than San Francisco.  Now we've visited just about every local museum from Gilroy to Santa Cruz to Millbrae, so we tend to journey farther afield for cultural/historical walks and day trips.  Our events include mundane after-work "well, it's better than just sitting on the couch" walks in local neighborhoods as well as more ambitiou …

How about having one group where you see your startup dreams coming true? How about meeting the Gurus/Mentors for entrepreneurship/legal/marketing/internet marketing/technology at one stop? And How about not spending a penny for all above? NOPAY is the place for you, whether you are an inventor or designer with product idea or if you have just re-engineered some ideas and you feel you can do better with a start up or if you are a thinker with an idea for startup or if you are a developer/comput …

I enjoy walking, hiking and meeting new people and am looking for some folks (both female and male between the ages of 35-65) who enjoy the same things. If you'd like to make some new friends while getting a little exercise, this group is for you. As of now, I plan on scheduling walks for at least once a week (early enough in the day to end before dark). This schedule could expand to additional days or short weekend hikes (probably on Sunday afternoons) if there is enough interest and participat …

Dajia hao! Welcome to our social, Mandarin-speaking group. We have monthly mixers where you can meet other people in the area and chat in Mandarin. We welcome Cantonese assistants, who can help us plan Cantonese events (just let us know). Our group will hold events with our sister group in SF (http://www.meetup.com/Mandarin-Mixer-Meetup/) and other local Chinese language and Chinese culture groups. Help out by becoming an assistant organizer! This is a member lead group and we welcome your ideas …

Calling all happy singles 40 plus. Summer is almost here and it's time to come out and meet other singles. We will be getting together to share food and drink, hike, dance, movie nights or just hang out at a members house for a night of good food (pot luck), or just socializing. We will plan trips to the wine country and other Bay Area attractions, and welcome members input. See you soon. Organizer, Pat

Let's hike all of the great parks and open space preserves in the bay area. I love to hike in the early mornings when it's cool and maybe even foggy. And to get back and have the whole rest of the day ahead of me. I've looked for like-minded people who want to challenge themselves in the early mornings everywhere and am hoping that I will finally find them with this group. I plan to organize two hikes every week, one on Sunday and one on a weekday. We will focus on the south bay and the peninsul …

I started this group to meet like minded folks in the South Bay with the hopes of having more group riding opportunities.  There are other rider groups that sponsor social events that may or may not have anything to do with riding. We will not do sponsored club rides, charity rides, poker runs, movie nights, bowling, karaoke, etc.  This group's primary focus is the ride, the event or destination associated with the ride is secondary.  Group riding itself creates the opportunity to socialize. A f …

Are you a hacker, coder, or engineer who actually wants to SELL the cool stuff you build? Then Marketing Nerds is for you! We're a growing network of technology startup entrepreneurs who have actually sold many millions of dollars worth of our technology and software products in the real world. Here are some of the topics we love to talk about: What Should I Build, and Who Will Buy It? - A specific technique you can use so you know exactly what to build, before you build it, that guarantees the …

Join award winning UX designer Phil Dupré and team for a small, informal discussion at Maprehend about managing and collaborating on projects visually. Often times managing projects is too complex to depend on just words for communicating. We learn visually very easily so why can't we have a way to visually communicate easily? Especially when it comes to some of the most difficult things to manage? Like projects involving several complex facets with several complex people. Even if you’re sitting …

Dear All, The Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvement meetup is a social learning initiative designed to bring together SMEs, Quality practitioners, Business owners, Technologists, Business Analysts, Managers, Decision Makers, Product Owners, Product Managers; to plan, learn, discuss and share experiences, implementations, best practices, body of knowledge, metrics, methodologies, tools and techniques as applicable; to take an enterprise through a journey of Continuous Improvement with an end …

Join us for the Founders Space Roundtables, where founders gather to share knowledge and work together to solve problems. Roundtables are geared to founders and C-level executives of growth-oriented companies for exploring critical issues and business opportunities with peers and subject matter experts. Each Roundtable tackles a specific subject, such as negotiating a term sheet, creating a marketing plan, filing patents, raising venture capital, etc. The session begins with industry experts, wh …

Meeting other fabulous and fun girlfriends to hang out with! New in town, make new friends. Happy Bay Area girlfriends, women's social. Girls just wanna have fun. Join our circle of genuine 20s and 30s females, and let's have a good time! We are fun loving girlfriends. We have big hearts filled with passion and love! We are ladies who enjoy cocktails, girls night out, dancing, music, happy hour, and having fun in life! We are professional women with substance Who are willing to make a difference …

My name is Sundown Hazen. I am passionate about growing food and contributing to health and sustainability of his local community. I am using my backyard to grow fruits and vegatables traditionally, raise chickens, and raise fish and produce in an aquaponics system. I am also in the process of starting Pirate Produce, a business providing consulting services to home owners and small community groups and schools in sustainable food production. This group is a way for me to share my experiences an …

This group focuses on futurist issues involving the Silicon Valley area, such as long term planning and development. Silicon Valley is unique in its position as leading the way into the future, with top level futurist resources at Stanford University, the Singularity Institute, and in our vast technology industry. We discuss how new technologies affect social, economic, cultural, and political systems in our geographic area.

Disability doesn't come with a How-To Manual...even if it did, most of us wouldn't even know what questions to ask. This is a group for people with disabilities of all types to network and learn from one another. I'm not looking to create a support group, more like a social group full of fun people that happen to have something fairly specific in common. My experience: My doctors don't have my disability, so they can be pretty useless. My friends don't use wheelchairs, so they usually suggest I …

I am planning to form this group to have hands on all Distributed Databases technologies and build our own hadoop cluster and use various hadoop flavors including Hadoop,HDFS,Hive,Pig,HQL. Also have hands on all Nosql Technologies like Cassandra,MongoDB etc. We would also like to go over R programming tool as part of Haddop Analysis. We would like to compare Hadoop vs any Relational DB and MPP Dbs to find some of the use cases where it could really helpful . Also we would like to solve some Indu …

We are a community of Slackliners here in the Bay Area. Our aim is to promote and get more people involved in this great sport! It can be very meditative and relaxing and challenging and fun. We plan to hold weekly sessions in the Bay Area. We're currently re-energizing to meet at various locations in and around the Bay Area hoping to hold regular events in the South Bay, East Bay and North Bay areas. The beauty of slacklining is, we can setup on beaches, in parks, at events or just about anywhe …

Meet with those wanting to practice their Turkish language speaking skills (all abilities) or just enjoy Turkish food and/or Turkish coffee (You might also get a traditional coffee cup fortune reading). Ability to speak Turkish is not mandatory, so you are still welcome if - You want to learn more about Turkish culture. - You are Turkish and want to practice your English. - You like the planned event and just want to be a part of it. We'll do different activities as we are practicing our langu …

This is a group for developers, designers, entrepreneurs and investors who are interested in creating, making, hacking, funding wearable devices, accessories and applications. Examples include Google Glass-based apps and devices, Pebble watch. Initially, we will focus on talks and demos. As the ecosystem grew, we plan to bring hackathons and contests. Ideas are welcome, so are volunteers.

Bring people together to share how to make best use of Google+ and learn as it scales and grows. Wired's " Inside Google+ — How the Search Giant Plans to Go Social " plusheadlines.com/silicon-valley-google-plus-meetup-kickoff-with-mashables-ben-parr-500-startups From Google Plus Develop Relations Team to the developer community: To stay updated as the Google+ project develops and get a heads up when we have more details to share about Google+ developer opportunities, sign up here. Your emai …

Some think that teaching isn't fun until you learn. Others say that learning isn't fun until you teach. And we embrace both. One without the other does not make sense. because it is a cycle. The more you know, the more you can share and the more you share, the more you learn. So let's have fun doing both. We will cover various topics and various ages. The more diverse, the better.  Or you can suggest and we will plan and organize it and by doing so, we will uncover the beauty in research and dev …

Please come and join discourse of Swami Mukundananda in Sunnyvale temple (450 Persian Drive, Sunnyvale CA 94089) starting from 27th April to 3rd May,Time:6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. All the sessions are free. So please RSVP if you are planning to attend.

Silicon Valley Impact & Influential Leaders! What’s your next step? Starting a new business? Finding a new career that give you a sense of meaning, value and fulfillment? A new relationship? Thinking about personal life improvement? Or about to give birth to the project that near and dear to your heart but it’s been sitting around in your head far too long? How can you get yourself through the transitional stage smoothly, with ease and peace as possible? Let’s get you clear, ignite your passion, …