Meet other single food lovers (most in their 30's and 40's) at restaurants in all price ranges that are rated the "Best In LA." We notice outstanding food reviews from LA Magazine, LA Weekly, LA Times and Zagat and make reservations at those restaurants for our Meetup group. We also enjoy temples appearing in Bon Appetit, Food & Wine and Gourmet, as well as gourmet food trucks and brand new restaurants that are wonderful enough to be swooned over in the food press and blogosphere. Being able to …

Are you LGBT and a foodie? Have you always wanted to join a dining club that will try out a wide variety of restaurants - from street food, all the way to fine dining, from American cuisine, to all types of ethnic cuisine Southern California has to offer? Then this is the group for you. We have a wide variety of events to fit everyone's budget - from $10 to $15 at street food and certain ethnic restaurants, all the way to $100 plus for fine dining. Its up to you what event you want to sign up f …

Make no mistake, no matter your chronological age, this is not for "old folks"! This is a group for active, friendly, playful vegans, vegetarians, "veg-friendly" and "veg-curious" folks who have gained much experience along with the gray hair and wrinkles. We are passionate about compassion, healthy food choices, and the environment. And we are passionate about having fun! Los Angeles Vegans and Vegetarians Over Forty will meet up for movies, hikes, potlucks, restaurant outings, drinks, and othe …

We are a friendly, fun-loving couple that are incredibly passionate about good food and wine. We are looking for other couples who share this love so we can explore new restaurants together, have dinner parties, and conduct private wine tastings from our collections. Or maybe plan trips to wine country. How to tell if this is the right group for you: 1) You think nothing of driving across town to try out the latest restaurant opening. Even a weeknight is ok because you don't need a sitter and wh …

I'm the new Organizer, March 20, 2011, re-organizing for 30-60 days. GROUP IS SEASONAL:  Late Spring, Summer, Early Fall Open to Ideas about Walking, Hiking, San Vincente Stairs, always working as a TEAM.  In this group, we listen to IDEAS & SUGGESTIONS. Your family members, husband, boyfriend, co-workers, neighbors, doggies, children are always WELCOME!! Let's walk, hike, or San Vincente Stairs, then remaining group members visit the local Health Food Bar, WINE BAR, Whole Foods, or whatever M …

After learning cooking in France, working in England, Belgium of course in France and for the last 3 years in Los Angeles, many of my friends and relations keep asking me about doing some cooking classes, and i done already a bunch of it in France and Belgium and it was always fun, so here I am. So let's cook, sip some wine, have fun, meet each other and make some new friend! ;-) Chef Laurent Elmerich

The Santa Monica Wine & Cheese meetup is a place to explore wines and cheeses of the world in friendly company and a low-key setting. Whether wine/cheese and education or wine and conversation, you'll learn something about wines and cheeses and leave having met some new friends.

Bosom Buddy is a women social group where the emphasis is on being a nurturing and supporting friend in the midst of all our busy lives. Bosom Buddy's emphasis is on quality of friendships, not quantity. The concept was taken from Anne Shirley in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and anyone who is looking for their Anne/Diana should join! Besides our regular monthly book club, we also hike, host tea parties, see live theater, catch flicks, and enjoy happy hours. Our April 2013 book is Taiye …

Come join this organized weekly pick-up group that welcomes Flag Football enthusiasts of ALL SKILL LEVELS. We cater to both young and old, guy's and gal's who are looking to get some exercise, while having having fun and meeting / networking with new people from all over Los Angeles. Our group just celebrated it's 2 year anniversary and the membership is growing like crazy. While other flag football groups have recently sprung up and have tried to copy our style, we are the original recipe and …

Santa Monica Young Women's Cooking Club is a hybrid of a book club, a dinner party, and girl's night out! We are a group of young ladies in the Santa Monica area who like to cook, want to experiment with new recipes, and like sharing our food! We are a group of young women mostly in our 20s and 30s. Sorry guys, but this group is for the ladies only. Join us if you want to meet other fun, friendly women in the Westside area who enjoy cooking (especially healthy cooking). Whether you are new to th …

Poker Sharks Club is one of the fastest growing poker meetups in Los Angeles. Why, you ask?  It's simple - we play A LOT and often. Plus, we are a non-grumpy bunch of poker players and we like it that way. Here, we all love poker and believe that you can play good poker AND have a lot of fun at the same time. You won't find grumpy people at our tables like you often do in a casino or even some home games. If you're a woman, don't even think of leaving this page! ;-) Being  a female organizer of …

Santa Monica Food Swap celebrates good food + good community. We believe in the importance of the handmade and meeting our neighbors. Our events bring Santa Monica cooks, bakers, gardeners, and foragers together to swap their edible creations, share stories, and develop new friendships.

I started this meetup over a year ago and haven't looked back since. I'm in my late 30's (gulp), and am SO not into the bar/club scene or crazy meetups with tons of people. I love board games (U.S.) and pop-culture trivia so I thought I'd start my own meetup group and host regular smaller-scaled game nights in my home. The smaller groups definitely make it easier and more fun in getting to know each other better. We get together once a month or so, play games ranging from DVD Trivia/Pop Culture …

LA Dinner Club introduces an exciting new spin to the dining experience. Think the club promoter business model, but for restaurants. Therefore, instead of DJ’s featured as the centerpiece of the evening… it’s Chef’s. We assume full control of a participating restaurant, on their slowest night – typically Monday’s, select a bad ass culinary god and pair the feast with a local winemaker. To make it interesting for the our guest executive chef we challenge them to utilize the existing inventory  …

This group is all about making new friends and having a great time. The purpose of this group is creating a place where new friendships can be made. After all why did we all join Meetup to begin with? So we hope you will join our group and come to the events. We have some very simple rules we ask people to follow. Our rules are very simple and really just common sense (then again common sense to one isn't the same to everyone else so here we are having to spell it out). RSVP'ing for an event - …

I started this group because I love music, people and I enjoy giving back to the community as do some of my musician friends and spectator friends. If you enjoy listening to music , like to meet new friends, meet other musicians, like to have fun, play an instrument, sing  or both, this group is for you. Come join our music mixers  and gatherings in a relaxed fun social music environment. The location and venue's change depending on the event and how many people RSVP. But the events usually are …

This is a group designed for sailors who would interested in small craft sailing ( 26 ' and above) to Santa Catalina Island on a regular basis. The first trip will be held Sunday, August 12- Friday, August 17 and will be a circumnavigation of the island beginning in Two Harbors with anchorages in Cat Harbor, Little Harbor and Avalon before returning to Two Harbors on the 17th. All hands must be experienced crewmen or women, able to handle a jib and assorted jobs such as anchoring and reefi …

Speakeasy Singles provides great locations and activities for singles to meet while they pursue great food, good conversation, entertainment, and Social Network.

For People 23-40 Years Old.  Every week we pick one restaurant in Santa Monica to dine at until we've been to every restaurant in town.  We DO NOT include national fast food chains, but will include smaller Mom and Pop type places and local chains when appropriate;  choosing 1 dive restaurant a month, at least 1 ethnic restaurant a month, and 1 high end ($$$$). Because reservations are often required and out of respect for the restaurants that save us the tables,  only people who show up after R …

This group is for anyone looking to explore Los Angeles' restaurants and meet new people over delicious food! We'll aim for at least two meals a month and will be working with restaurants to offer special pre-fix and family-style tasting menus for our members.

COME ON LA!!   Let's Get Offline and Get Going!! We're all about fun and adventure!! Come here to meet other adventure seekers and new friends with common interests...while enjoying what life has to offer!! And "Adventure" doesn't just mean outdoor sporty stuff...This is about meeting fun new people to do all the things you keep putting off doing because you can never find that friend to do them with. WeGottaGo! can mean seeing an exhibit you've been wanting to see, trying a new restaurant, gett …

A young Asian American guy in his 20s moves to Los Angeles. He's a young professional who's excited about his new job and new chapter in life. He left everything behind. Family. Close friends. Relationships. Everything that's familiar to him. It's okay because he's gonna find a new group of friends and community out here to go hiking with, take a road trip up to Yosemite, learn to surf with, go to a club and be someone's Barney Stimson. He's gonna find a new group of friends to kick back with a …

This group is for young professional couples (20s & 30s) in Playa del Rey, CA. We'll plan meet-ups at restaurants in/near Playa del Rey, for events/activities in the LA area, and for whatever else the group wants to do! Members should be friendly, down to earth, and easy going. If you're looking for a group where you and your significant other can meet other couples in the area, this group is for you!

"Raising Up Moms" It's easy to get overwhelmed as a mom, so it's really important for moms to have support, encouragement, friendships, parenting instruction, and some adult time without their kids around! We are a group of moms that meet weekly on Wednesdays from 10am - 12 noon, with an optional "picnic with the kids" until 1:00 (allows for more mom chatting time!) Childcare is available from 10:00-noon. We meet at a church, so the childcare facility is excellent, as is the children’s program! …

Maybe you’re in school, maybe working, maybe just trying to figure out what you want to do with your life. The question is are you living? Take advantage of the opportunities and moments you have now. Every day I want to learn something new and cool, experience life to the fullest, meet fun people, and enjoy the communities around me. If you agree with me this is the meetup to join. Playa 20s is about providing these opportunities, as an informal social network and by connecting people in thei …

Hello, Inspired by my best friend (Wendy's) meet-up group in NYC and her showing new/offbeat or classic independent/foreign films and discussing them with other film lovers where we instantly became friends I've decided to start a similar group here in Santa Monica! If you also enjoy trying new types of food and wine this group will focus on pot-luck "themed" meals also inspired by the films we select which I'll be picking based on your suggestions! This group is for young film, food & wine buff …

Newly forming group of vital married couples who may be recent transplants, retirees or still working who seek to broaden their social horizons. If you're a married couple new to the Santa Monica area or feeling you need to establish connections to other couples of your age, consider joining us. We are about making lasting friends of fellow nice, unpretentious, gracious, interesting, liberal-minded and other-oriented pairs who like to get together in small groups, share and learn from each other …

Hello future friends and socialites! This group was inspired by one lonely night at a bar where I was eating and minding my own business, when suddenly droves of people (droves!) walked in, filling the place. This happened in a matter of 10 minutes. And it made me realize- I need to be in one of these groups. Taking a quick step back, I'm new to Santa Monica (and CA) as of March 2013. Hopefully we'll all make some new friends and explore this awesome city! About YOU- this group is primarily inte …