We are the largest foodie group in Southern California. Meet People Interested in Dining Out, cooking, baking or drinking in L.A.! Enjoy & share culinary talents with our 4,000+ fellow foodies, gourmets, wine lovers, chefs and home cooks. Discover new restaurants, visit Food Festivals, grab some cheap eats, check out the latest foodie trucks, farmers markets, wine tastings & meet new friends. Learn about dining discounts too. Let's broaden our horizons and get together for some themed potluck di …

Welcome to the official site for a "Non-Profit" MeetUp: Dive Bar Adventures Inc. Each urban safari we take you to explore the weird, wild, and exotic bars of Los Angeles. Each trip we observe and mix with the local wildlife in the comfort of our Meetup Group. Make new friends & Discover the fun of finding new flora and fauna in the nooks and crannies of this City of Angels.. What to Expect: Each month we will have several Exotic Bar Scenes to Explore. Be prepared to dress incognito, appropriat …

Meet fellow bi /bi curious girls, Swingers and Polyamorists in L.A. and surrounding areas. Come to a meetup to meet other Lifestylers, bisexual and bicurious women. Talk about open relationships, polyamori, and alternate forms of commitment. For people to be friends, date, friends with benefits or whatever you are looking for. For people who are curious, new or have experience with swinging, bisexuality, threesomes, foursomes or as many somes you like. For couples and women only!

Time to tempt your palate with all the pleasurable flavors that LA has to offer. Join Pleasure Palate as we do some culinary exploring of restaurants (both high-end & holes-in-the-wall), food & beverage tastings, cooking classes and more. From savory to sweet, spicy to tangy, exotic to All-American, we'll taste it all, so come along and let us take your tastebuds on the ride of their life. Also keep an eye out for other events that will focus on various aspects of city life, ranging from archite …

Sporting a keen sense of adventure? An insatiable appetite for the outdoors?? A wicked craving something grilled??? Well then good thing you found your way to SoCAL Bikes, Boards & Bites – where the pavement ends, the adventure begins... Our goal is to meet other SoCal trail riders with a keen sense of adventure. Our mission is to promote, protect and preserve the California trail experience through advocacy, education and responsible recreational mountain biking. Our group will also feature p …

DON’T HIDE! Get out and meet other singles while go on adventures  of all sorts and international singles travel. Look through our upcoming selections and sign up. Single Nomad contributes to host countries non-profits that focus on children and environmental issues. I encourage while traveling that you buy local goods, learn local culture, refrain from aggressive bargaining and respect the environment of the country that we visit. To visit to get more information on upcoming Single Nomad Trave …

DUNGEON MASTER is a role playing game staged in a theatre using actors as monsters and characters. The show is totally improvised by both the cast and the audience. YOU ARE THE ADVENTURER! Each week, a new scenario is written which provides the framework for an adventure, but what is said and what happens on stage is often quite unexpected. The adventuring party is chosen from audience members who submit their name before the play starts. The current run is EIGHT YEARS in Los Angeles. D …

Join us as we investigate strange new places and people in the city of fallen angels! Usually involving Free Food, Free Drinks, and Free Admission. These are what we strive to find.  Read on for further details... Welcome Social Detectives and Sub-Culture Investigators! This is an "Advanced Professional Grade" MeetUp group where we strive to connect outside of MeetUp to MeetUp with others who have never heard of MeetUp... From Urban Vampires to Uber-Hollywood wannabes to Underground Swingers, we …

Join the Southern California Gay & Lesbian Club (and Friends) a club for gay men, lesbian women, and their friends. Your membership does not imply your sexual orientation - just an acceptance of people of different lifestyles - and the desire to get to know people. Welcome singles, couples, fun seekers and adventurers. Activities include going to theater and concert events, hiking, exploring, dining, dancing, skiing, and more. We enjoy entertainment, movies, indoor and outdoor activities. Let's …

Welcome to The Light Chasers photography meetup. If you love all things photography, then join us and expand your photographic horizons as we embark on many adventures photographing the urban environment and natural landscape in and around Los Angeles and the Long Beach area. We will also hit the road from time to time to explore the desert areas and the Sierras! Whether you are just starting out in photography and looking to learn as much as you can or are an experienced pro, come hang out with …

If you are friendly with a loving heart, want to meet new kindred friends and soul sisters and brothers, have fun adventures with great people that want to extend , enjoy volunteering to help others, are "spiritually minded" (meaning you have compassion for others and our planet), you have found the right spot! (This is not a religion-based group). You may even meet your soulmate! We will be planning outings mostly geared towards events with a spiritual flavor that put a smile on your face and o …

This meetup group is for everyone in LA who enjoy dancing, dining, pubs, clubs, outdoor activities, social networking, dinner parties, and other local activities.This group is for married people, single people, new-in-towners, and people who have been in the LA area for a while and are simply looking for a new group to go out with. You only have to be friendly and fun to join!

We welcomes all new friends who are Foodies, Explorers, Friends, Adventurers for  Entertainment, Laughs, Fun & more! Let's explore Los Angeles everywhere including  Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Hollywood, and all the surrounding areas. Join us for lunches and dinners at different restaurants, fun adventures, bicycle riding, hiking, outdoor activities, festivals, parties, concerts, theater and other fun events. Dim Sum meet ups, Outdoor adventures, Weekend trips, Art Gallery visits, Potlucks, Plays, …

What could your life be like tomorrow if you took a Leap of Faith today? Could you use exhilarating experiences, support and inspiration to build more courage to take a Leap of Faith -- personal, professional or relational? If so, you're not alone! Creating breakthroughs, fulfilling dreams or surviving life-challenges -- which we call Leaps of Faith -- takes support, practice and inspiration.  It helps to have like-minded friends to cheer you on. Stretching our comfort zones and building conf …

Boot camp, fitness and other fun outdoor activities. I started the Show Me The Fitness Boot Camp about six months ago and it took off like a rocket! Check out our website: www.showmethefitness.com So now I want more! With the Show Me The Fitness meetup group I’m not only going to do boot camps, but also fitness events, hikes and different events related to fitness, health and weight loss. I’ll also be posting my hikes as well. I’m the organizer of Adventure-Us, where we do A LOT of  fun, …

Hello ladies! I know how hard it is to find true CONSISTENT friendships in LA instead of just having acquaintances. This group is focusing on women in their 20's and 30's for true friendships while doing a VARIETY of FUN and ADVENTUROUS activities in LA and surrounding areas. Some of the activities will be happy hours, dining out, fun day at the beach, trip to Laguna Beach for the weekend, Catalina, Hawaii, movies, concerts, balloon ride, bowling, playing pool. I love variety and any idea th …

Jewish Outdoor Adventures (JOA) Los Angeles is a community based, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to create an alternate social arena for single members of the Jewish community in the Los Angeles Area. Activities include day hikes, moonlight hikes, and other outdoor activities.

We love to go on group motorcycle rides but always want to stop to take pictures while everyone else wants to keep going. We decided to create this special group so people who love to ride AND take photos can do both at the same time. It doesn't matter what you ride (all types of bikes/trikes are welcome, from Harleys to Vespas and everything in between) and it doesn't matter what you shoot with (all types of cameras are welcome, from high-end DSLRs to iPhones and everything in between), as long …

In October the Organizer stepped down and the group merged with a similar one. You'll now find additional Activities and Trips for people throughout Southern CA and around the world. To join us go to www.meetup.com/TravelAndCultures ________________________________________________ [center][b]EXPERIENCE "TRAVEL & CULTURES" WITH US! [/b][/center][color=blue][b]TRAVEL stems from a passion, and a curiosity about the next town over, the world and its many cultures. This group was formed out of that p …

Welcome to Black Outdoors - Los Angeles! Black Outdoors is a community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through recreational activities such as camping, hiking, biking, gardening, skiing, sports, concerts, outdoor movies, film festivals, seasonal festivals, bowling, volunteering, game nights, BBQ picnics, — and more! Our group is about connecting with people who share your outdoor interests and nurturing your adventurous spirit. While our meetups will be gear …

Hi Hikers! We are 2 personal trainers that thought to do something fun and free for our community! We have an up and running Hiking/Fit Club every Saturday and Sunday. Starting time is 8am sharp. If you are looking for a way to get active and have fun, we do hiking and stretching that pretty much anyone can handle. Everybody are welcome! If you want to live healthy and active lifestyle, lose weight and also have fun then join our group and bring your friends and family!! Bring water and positive …

Hello and Welcome to Long Lasting Hang Out Friends. This Group Is part of Enter Your Mind Center, INC. Non-Profit. This group is all about creating a supportive and long lasting hang out friends. ( This is not a singles group, but it is part of learning, growing and supporting true friends who are vital to a fulfilling life). True friends help us distress, and challenge us to follow our dreams, while we cheer each other on when times get tough or when we need an extra push. Although true friend …

This is a friendly and calm Sport-Touring / Adventure-Touring Motorcycle Group. Most rides are somewhat local, 300 to 400 mile single-day rides are the norm. Bigger, long distance, comfortable bikes such as Sport-Touring and Adventure-Touring bikes are highly recommended. This is a bit of a spirited paced group mostly intended as a Private, By-Invite group for 400cc+ Motorcycles and Scooters, experienced  Riders (5+ years), as well as those who can prove to be experienced, fast, safe riders are …

This is a group for lovers of life, those who aspire to be and even for those who don't!  We will inspire each other to live vibrant, fulfilling lives while we explore and exploit the riches and beauties of the metropolitan LA area. We will commune in trains, planes, automobiles, bars, nightclubs and movie theaters, elevators, cars and the great out doors We will partake in activities ranging from anything to everything and we will discuss anything and everything but we will never be rude or d …

My girlfriend and I met last summer at a Meetup in Big Sur. Since then we have had great adventures Beach Camping near LA, Backpacking at Catalina, Wine Tasting in Paso Robles, Camping in the Sierras, and hiking all over Southern California with various Meetup groups. We've loved meeting great people and sharing adventures with them. Now we are ready to start planning some of our own events. We are starting with trips to Mammoth for snowboarding and skiing this winter and look forward to beach c …

In simple terms, a "person of leisure" or “p.o.l.” is someone who isn’t defined by their 9 to 5, someone who may not even work a 9 to 5 (aka an entrepreneur), someone who lives life to the fullest and works to live (not lives to work). He or she is a person who consistently makes time to have fun, enjoy life and appreciate even the most simplest of life's pleasures! Sound interesting? Want to put the wheels in motion and become a p.o.l. yourself? Well you can - you need only have a desire to hav …

I don't sketch and draw nearly as much as I want, maybe there are a few people who feel the same and also have a nagging desire to crawl out of their dungeon. Maybe the group will flounder and collapse in days! Who knows. My plan is to meetup in unorthodox public places, interesting places, scary places? All with the goal of sitting down and sketching for a bit. Drawing buildings, drawing people, drawing signs, drawing dogs, drawing each other, drawing wheels, eating and drawing, drinking and dr …

Congratulations! You've stumbled across another Meetup group. Aren't there already hundreds of other groups with more members, better organizers, and cooler events? Some ideas: art walks, beach, board games, comedy club & improv shows, dining out, hiking, karaoke, magic shows, museums, photography, theatre, volleyball, and volunteering. Many other groups are already popular, well-established and successful.  This group has no intention of competing with any of them.  This small group is just a …