What food inspires passion and excitement in your? If you say, "chocolate," then this is the Meetup group for you. Meet with people who love chocolate? eating it, tasting it, trying it, cooking with it, and living with really great chocolate. Come to chocolate salons, chocolate tastings, wine events, cooking classes, chef demos, book signings (The Chocolate Guide, 2008), and other tasty stuff.

The Red Lantern: Bay Area Asian Cinephiles, based in San Francisco, is the world's largest Meetup for Asian films.  In theaters and in private venues, we explore the high, the low and the everything-in-between of Asian cinema, from Woo to wuxia, from Ozu to "Zatoichi."

Meet other Bay Area Belly dance fans who share an interest in Classic Egyptian Dance Meet-ups will include the following: 1. Classic Egyptian movies from the "Golden Age of Egypt" 2. Classic Egyptian dancing to Egyptian Pop Music 3. Classic Egyptian dancing to Classic Egyptian Music 4. The study of Egyptian dancers and musicians of the past and present 5. Traditional cuisine of Egypt 6. Music scales and rhythms of Egypt 7. And much more! Come to a local Bellydancing Meetup to …

We invite you to meet vibrant, ambitious and fun 20- and 30-somethings at events in San Francisco or San Francisco Bay Area ranging from casual hang-outs at bars to professional business networking events. We provide a place to meet new people and make connections while having fun! Explore San Francisco, check out restaurants and bars, network with other young professionals and more! Join the group to get on our mailing list and be invited to our next event. Our members include new people to San …

Meet other local developers using Sencha/ExtJS to share knowledge, to review the state of the art, or to dream up new applications. Let's talk about the various topics surrounding AJAX development such as application design, performance, usability, memory management or whatever you want.

This group is the largest Law of Attraction Meetup Group in Northern Calfornia and is a solid community where people can connect and participate in really fun, high vibrational, feel good activities based around the teachings of the Law of Attraction. If you have watched The Secret and/or have read books by Abraham-Hicks and want to connect with others on this path join us. The Law of Attraction and Abraham have totally changed my life and I am so happy that my intention to create this amazing c …

The National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR) is a non-profit member organization that supports education and research exploring the relationship between cosmic patterns, earthly events and human affairs. We have one of the most active and accomplished astrological group in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our Meetup Group is for the purpose of exploring a wide range of topics, practices and methods of Astrology. We are also dedicated to exchange ideas, discuss and learn Astrology. Topics …

Located in San Francisco, we're diehard Eagles fans who cheer on our team week in and week out, all while eating a cheesesteak, drinking a cold one, yelling out E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!!, singing FLY EAGLES FLY, while green jello shots flying over our heads. You don't want to miss all the fun and game action with so many fellow fans! And if you're a Phillies and Flyers fan as well, don't worry we got red jello shots as well! Each spring, summer, and fall we get together for those games a few times a …

While San Francisco and the South Bay are known for their tech scene, Marin County and areas north have all kinds of cool innovation happening. I want to meet tech entrepreneurs who are doing really awesome stuff and I don't want to travel an hour to do it! Let's meet up and talk about what we're working on, trade ideas and support, and jumpstart the scene up here. Whether you're an engineer, a UI/UX, a business type or just an entrepreneur groupie - come hang out!

This group is for African-American women in their 20s and early 30s living in San Francisco who want to meet up for drinks, dinner, outdoor events, concerts... and everything in between.

This group was created to give all the singles  (20-30 year old young professionals )in the Bay Area a place to meet and mingle with people who are also single, so I'll keep you posted on awesome activities, mixers and events coming up that we can do together. Ideas? I wanna hear them. Cheers, Jeremi www.jeremimcmanus.com

I know many people in the San Francisco area are struggling with divorce in all its difficult phases and have personally found it hard to find the support needed without paying lots of money to a lawyer, coach or therapist who is whose business it is to "supporting us". As a result, I have decided to start a free group for real people who to help each other by meeting and discussing their challenges in a convenient, safe and neutral space with good and free street parking. Whether you have decid …

Azaya Ranch Sanctuary is a non-profit animal rescue and sanctuary in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. What started out over twenty years ago as one woman’s passion, has now grown into a full-fledged rescue and sanctuary that exists to save animals from euthanasia and find them loving, forever homes. Our animals come from shelters from all over California, including Bakersfield, Lake County, Ukiah, and, of course, San Francisco. Many of the animals we rescue have been abused, neglected, an …

We hike in Marin, an outdoor paradise; where every hike may become your new favorite hike. With over 600 miles of trails, it's a hikers dream and local to the San Francisco Bay Area. An informative description of hikes will be posted when scheduled. Many hikes are chosen from "Hiking Marin" by Don and Kathy Martin. "Marin Hiking Meditation" is a hiking group in Marin California that combines hiking with meditation. Some of us have meditated for years, but most of us have little or no experience …

This group is for people who have recently moved to the Bay Area to meet, learn from those who have lived here for a while what there is to do, and generally, just enjoy one another's company. We hope to bring together people who aren't yet familiar with the area with those who know and love it.  For those of you that have lived here for some time, please make suggestions for fun, friendly places to meet up. Our members include new people to San Francisco, recent college graduates, young profess …

Welcome Tall Peeps of San Francisco and the Bay! I am a native tall person who grew up in Los Altos and now reside in Mt. View. I love the bay area and all the great things to do here. Many call it paradise.  I would like to do a monthly activity around the area, and maybe a monthly "hangout" as well at at chilled-out bars, restaurants, maybe the park when it's nice out, perhaps festivals, who knows? I'm not fussy about height requirements, because anyone is short compared to me, haha.  If you " …

This is a group for those who are interested in the 5Rhythms movement meditation/dance practice. Stacey Butcher is a certified 5Rhythms teacher and holds classes and workshops throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and abroad.

Who Should Join: Any current or aspiring project manager should join this community to learn, share, and have fun. There are project managers from broad section of industries that meet to share best practices, horror stories, and all that comes with managing people, deadlines, and budgets. We meet monthly to meet new friends, connect with colleagues, and to share our experiences. Why Members Should Join: You should join not only for fun and camaraderie but to learn. Have you just been assigned …

Saluton! This is a meetup for those interested in the international language, Esperanto. Novices are more than welcome. Bonvenu!

San Francisco skaters are rollin' all over the San Francisco Bay Area. We're a group of inline skaters and roller skaters that love to have wheels on our feet. We skate on Sundays at Skatin' Place, 6th Ave. and Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park. We have a weekly rolling skate party skate every Friday Night on the Friday Night Skate. We run the Black Rock Roller Disco theme camp at Burning Man each year. We present roller disco parties, events, races, competitions and anything that shows skating …

We started this group to get San Francisco and Bay Area Rhodesian Ridgeback owners and their dogs together for a fun filled play day once a month at Chrissy Field. Please join us!

Weekend hiking with the canine companion(s) and socializing with other hikers in the community. One doesn't have to be a dog owner to be a member; just someone who likes hanging around dogs and the outdoors. Since I'm still learning the area, I will be posting dog-friendly hiking trails from www.bahiker.com, but other suggestions are welcome and encouraged. My partner and I have a senior Corgi, so most hikes will be low-key and fall within beginner-to-intermediate levels. The majority of the hi …

It's great to start the weekend with a relaxing hike. The North Bay Area has so many exciting and beautiful hiking opportunities. The hikes will usually start in the morning of either saturday or sunday and should be suited for everyone with a bit of hiking experience. On an average 4 to 6 miles, and 3 to 4 hrs. These are moderate hikes, with the focus being on our enjoyment, and the restorative quality of the beauty and vitality of nature. Bring a water bottle, and a bagged lunch, and enjoy a p …

We're connecting the Bay Area community to leading social and educational events. Events are hosted at Gathering Thyme in Marin and other venues. The goal is to educate and support the health and wellness of our diverse Bay Area community. We are committed to helping you discover your natural ability to care for your health and the health of your family, friends and community. We do this through our high quality FREE weekly events as well as affordable educational programs. We host speakers from …

We're inviting Corona SDK developers (and future developers) in the San Francisco North Bay area to get together and discuss mobile development and technology (for iOS and Android), Corona tips and tricks, and the Lua programming language. Experienced Corona developers and newcomers are equally welcome!

This MeetUp is for all lenders, borrowers, and trustees that work with Kiva Zip in the Bay Area. It is our hope that we can create connectedness and community through bi-monthly social networking events.

The Quantified Self North Bay Meetup Group is inspired by the Bay Area Quantified Self Meetup and the Quantified Self blog. Based in California's stunning North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area and encompassing Marin, Napa, Sonoma, and Solano counties, it is a regular show and tell for people who are tracking data about their body and conducting their own personal investigations and research into their bodies, minds, and selves. Anything is game -- from personal genetics to ways to digit …

Group for anyone looking for a starting point and doing some real time interaction with Hadoop. In particular with Hue, a Web application providing access to MapReduce, Hive, HDFS, Oozie, Impala, Pig, Sqoop. Also interested in hearing about use cases, pain-points... about using Hadoop and how getting familiar with and exploring different angles of the platform for a better exploring and analyzing data could be improved. Hue open source project: http://cloudera.github.com/hue/