I started this group because "Scientific Organic Veganism" frames the cause and effect relationship of human behavior to ourselves, to one another, to animal species, and to the planet. The purpose of the group is: 1) To explore our relationship to our individual and collective life goals and purposes for being alive in relation to what we eat 2) To listen to one another on successes, failures, tips, hints, foods, recipes, gardens, farms, food preparation methods, and more. 3) To support events …

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.

Feel rejuvenated and cleanse the mind, body and spirit! Join Dr. Jennifer Strider (ND) and Amy Griffith, certified Health Coach and Nutrition Consultant, as we take you through a 21-day food and juice cleanse. Learn to prepare simple, delicious meals as you allow your body time and space to get rid of unwanted toxins and eliminate your need for sugar and other processed foods.

Hey Everyone! Meet people who are interested in organic, raw, whole foods, and conscious fitness (pilates, yoga and dance)! Come to a Meetup to have fun, share recipes, discuss food, sweat, breathe, smile, make new friends, get inspired and motivated! Anyone interested in living a conscious organic life and meeting others who are passionate about food, health and fitness are welcome! I am deeply dedicated to the mission of helping people transform their health, while treading light on the planet …

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 …

‘’If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly. From my own experience and from working with patients, I have come to believe that proper breathing is the master key to good health.’’ - Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Natural Health, Natural Medicine This  group is created to support breathing ( and eating) practice that helps us to breathe (and Eat) properly and deepen the nurturing and healing aspect of breath. Breath is l …

If you like to cook or want to learn and want to have fun doing it with like-minded people; then this is the meetup for you. If you watch the Cooking Channel, Food Network, America's Test Kitchen, Julia, Jacques...you are a Culinary Addict, If you read Food and Wine, Bon Appétit, Food Arts, Cooks Illustrated you are a Culinary Addict...If those magazine pages, worn recipes torn from newspapers, and pages of your cookbooks are stained and smeared from use...then this group is for you. If you want …

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 …

This Meet Up group is a place for Slow Food Bay Area supporters to gather and organize events for the community that promote the values behind Slow Food.  We hope to see everything from group pickling events to seasonally themed dinners all based on the three pillars of Good, Clean and Fair food. The local Slow Food Bay Area Chapters will also post gatherings here, with the hope of seeing new faces at their events!

We love to drink wine that matches our food interests (local, organically grown). If you want to explore this, please join us! Check out the blog at www.winecountrygeographic.com for more info.

Brrr... it's cold out there. Come join like minded foodies for Sunday dinner. Whereas Sunday is often leftovers night, join us for a home cooked meal and make new friends. Comfort food will be the theme as the cold weather leaves us craving heavier dishes and warmer food. The emphasis will be on fresh, locally grown and organic produce, free-range meats and California wines. Think sinful desserts made with Calebaut Chocolate, sweet berries, or Creme Brulee if you're game. If you like cooking wit …

Intro: We explore East Bay’s mid-scale restaurants, happy hour locations, fun places and occasionally we’ll take trips to San Francisco and Oakland. We have other fun too. We mostly do activities on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Our aim is to be an easy, pressure free way to have a good time, socialize, indulge. Instead of staying in, why not go out, meet new people, make new friends, try new things, and see new places? Events: Dining Out/Restaurants Happy Hours/Beer Socials/Wine Bars & Tastings …

Our group based in Whole Foods Market Potrero Hill will provide an inviting environment where members are empowered to make educated and positive lifestyle choices that promote their long-term health and well-being through coaching, delicious food and a supportive community.

This local wine tasting group is dedicated to blind-tasting high-end red wines at shared cost in an elegant and relaxed dinner setting, for everyone classy in San Francisco who likes wine, wants to learn more and wishes to meet like-minded friends and knowledgeable wine drinkers. The organizer is a Certified Sommelier from Los Angeles. Our focus is really only wine, wine, wine, wine, wine, wine, wine, wine, wine, and we're good at sucking you into the next level of excelling in blind-tastings of …

We are having our first "Raw Delight" gathering in a beautiful house in San Francisco. ‎2011 is starting off yummy! This is a potluck party hosted by Sherry Huggi-Ma and Sharka Holy Strawberry with master chef Tali Clavijo as a special guest..delicious times ahead..come to play in Raw style! ~ From 7pm-11pm, bring some ingredients, your instruments, a towel for the hot tub, and your organic, yummy self. Call 510-410-8876 for more details. looking forward to seeing you there!

A fun, casual atmosphere where you can meet some new friends, and learn a few new recipes. I hold cooking class/dinner parties once or twice a month on Wednesday or Thursday evenings in the Mission district in San Francisco. I demonstrate and prepare a delicious meal, and afterwards you get to eat it! Lots of tips, techniques and secrets will be shared throughout. Classes are limited to 6 people. Fee is $40 - $50 per person depending on the menu, and includes a light appetizer, glass of wine, an …

This is a group for women who are looking for a space to embrace total wellness. I am a certified health coach with my own success story and I love to be a part of other's success stories. Having a support group is key to developing and maintaining healthy lifestyle habits and finding self-love!

To increase awareness and reveal scientific TRUTHS about nutrition as it relates to disease and health; and how making lifestyle changes is the only way to achieve optimal health, not only through nutrition but making smart choices about our environment, our personal products and even our mental and spiritual states. The group will focus on healthy living tips, optimal nutrition, functional and preventative medicine and a host of other ecological topics. You can get personalized consultations, …

Come join our fundraiser on Saturday, June 29 between 12-4pm at DogPatch Studios in Potrero Hill. All the proceeds from the event will be going to benefit a wonderful organization called Camfed (https://camfed.org/), a San Francisco based organization that provides education and opportunities to girls and women in Sub Saharan Africa. Since 1993, Camfed has educated girls and supported young women to help tackle poverty in rural communities. More than 1,940,700 children in the poorest areas of Gh …

Benvenuto, Italian Language Lovers!!!! Want to speak the Italian Language with other "passionati" della Bella Lingua"?  Make new friends and network with  native and non-native Italian speakers?  Looking to maintain or improve your Italian language skills? You've come to the right Meetup.  The San Francisco Italian Language meetup group offers you that opportunity.  We schedule a variety of events in San Francisco that provide our "soci" with the opportunity to speak Italian at an intermediate o …

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."You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?" 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 y …

This group started out as a meetup for gals who love wine in San Diego, and now that some of us have moved, we are starting this group here in San Francisco. We quickly discovered that we all have way more in common than just wine. We have expanded to become a group of gals who are primarily in their 20's and 30's, that love to drink vino, take wine trips and tours, enjoy dinner, happy hours, traveling, exploring, laughing, movies, dancing, camping, parties, football games, oh the list goes on! …

We have renamed our meetup to reflect a modest redirection of emphasis under the aegis of the Bay Area Wine Society. We are focusing on ranking wines for our fundraising program, PAIRINGS (pairing wines with philanthropy) which enables people to purchase at an event or online small production mostly sustainable/organic/natural wines.  Our gatherings consist mostly of evaluating wines and offering various discounts and other benefits to members.  Our goal is to enhance a broader appreciation of t …

This group started as an email list a few years ago, and now we're opening it up to more Bay Area women! These meet-ups are an opportunity to experience fantastic hiking in the company of other fabulous women! Most hikes (but not all) will be moderate to strenuous and more than 6-miles in length at locations throughout the Bay Area. Join us! Disclaimer: The Organizers in this group are volunteers. We are not professional guides. The sole role of the organizer is to organize the event. Joining …

Mango, dragonfruit, durian, jackfruit, melons, peaches, strawberries, and more! Calling all fruit lovers! Let's get together for Fruitlucks where we enjoy ripe fresh fruit! Organic and/or exotic fruit encouraged! Let's go on hikes and go fruit picking.

This group is for young women with one thing in common: a significant other. While there are some great groups on Meetup for single women, what about the attached ones? Doesn't mean we're boring or want to talk about our partners all the time, but our partners are a significant part of our lives, and we need some woman-to-woman time to talk about whatever we want and get away for a little bit. (With women who understand where you're coming from in terms of relationships) What do we do? Really an …

This group is the culmination of 1 Black Girl 20 Black Wines, Co. We specialize in wine tastings, tours, classes and events that exclusively feature wines from African Americans and/or female vintners! This is a co-ed, multicultural group that is open to wine novices and experts! The groups organizer and owner of 1 Black Girl 20 Black Wines, Co. is one of a handful of Black Certified Sommeliers in the the United States. Our goal is to cultivate and encourage sophisticated, casual, savvy, and fun …

We are an evening club for professionals who fundraise and do service projects locally and abroad.  We meet in a wine bar with food provided, and wine and beer at happy hour prices. Rotary International is the world's largest service organization with over 1.2 million members in over 160 different countries. Members of Rotary clubs, also known as "Rotarians", are established business professionals and community leaders. In more than 34,000 clubs worldwide, you'll find members volunteering in com …