(1-8-2013) あけましておめでとうございます！ 早いもので新しい年になってもう一週間もたってしまいましたが、お元気でお過ごしですか？ ２０１３年は巳年、金運が開けるといいですね。 今年もどうもよろしくお願いいたします！ Sally (8-12-2012) 毎日（まいにち everyday）暑い（あつい hot）ですね。 中国（ちゅうごく China）の詩（し poem）を日本では漢詩（かんし）と言いますが、今（いま）の時期（じき）にふさわしい漢詩があります。 12世紀（せいき Century　）の宋（そう）の時代の詩人（しじん poet）楊万里（ようばんり）の作（さく　written by)です。以下（いか following）のサイト（さいと site）より： http://www.k2.dion.ne.jp/~osafune/kansi/natunoyo/yanetu.htm http://www.epochtimes.jp/jp/2011/08/html/d90659.html 夏夜追涼 楊万里 夜熱依然午熱同 開門小立月明中 竹深樹密蟲鳴処 時有微涼不 …

Welcome to the LA Beach Volleyball (LABV) Meetup - now in our 4th year! There is no charge to join and we play every Saturday (year-round). Our secret (Marina Del Rey-ish) location has free parking, many nets, good music, and nice bathrooms close by. We get approximately 40 to 100 people on any given weekend, so you can play volleyball at skill levels ranging from beginner 4s to advanced 2s. Unlike other groups- we absolutely do not discriminate! All skill levels are welcome! We are often descri …

*Note: As of 3/28/13, this group is closed to new members and is merging with The Entrepreneur Connection. Please join that meetup to see our events: http://bit.ly/aGmbh3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calling all ASPIRING & CURRENT ENTREPRENEURS! Are you ready to take your business to the next level? Are you ready for Massive Success? If so, then this is the Meetup for you...#1 Entrepreneur Meetup!! Meet an expansive network of success …

SSTT-PEG(San Shen Tan Tien-Paranormal Exploration Group) will demystify Spirits and Ghost as portrayed by Hollywood and Ghost Trackers who often try to promote ghost tracking as a form of goulish, frightening, gothic experiences. SSTT-PEG is the only Paranormal Exploration Group that has been in existance for over 2000 years. SSTT-PEG is a professional specialized group with years of experience, utilizing a diverse group of people, educating the public with regard to ghostly activity. We c …

Do you like live Rock and Roll? Would you like discounts and even back stage passes to the best Rock shows in and around Los Angeles? Meet other local fans of Rock music for concerts and live music events. See your favorite bands up-close. Genre is 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. Includes discounts to Rock, Pop, Grunge, or Metal shows with independent and major artists. Come out and cut loose with us! P.S. If you know of an event you'd like to bring the Group to, consider being our "Host" for the nigh …

Welcome to all you 40+ singles! We are an eclectic social group who get together for conversation and comraderie with people close to our own age. The group is designed to meet and to get to know other 40’s and 50’s young single people doing different exciting and fun community, social, and musical events available to us in and around Los Angeles and Orange Counties. We do breakfast, lunch and dinners, go to movies, art events, sporting events, wine tastings, and theatre, go on vacations, clubb …

We can all use more Girl Friends! This group is for active, upbeat, ladies in their 40s, who primarily live or work in the West Los Angeles area and want to have fun and make friends in the process. We'll schedule brunches, lunches, HAPPY HOURS, High Tea, coffee time, bike rides, movie nights, bowling, wine trips, beach parties, and other fun activities, all with the goal of making new friends. This is NOT a business networking group, but as you make friends, a business opportunities may develo …

Entrepreneurs do better when they work together. Most of us are too busy to network enough. Most of us don't feel we have time to get the kind of training we need. Most of us need ad hoc support from other entrepreneurs in order to make big leaps forward. This group helps solve all these issues for Entrepreneurs on the West Side. We will meet at least twice a month to discuss topics like: How to start a successful business quickly How to sell and deliver products and services effectively online …

Co-founded by TechZulu and the Entrepreneurship Association at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, Spotlight: LA Tech is a showcase for new technology homegrown in our region. It’s a toast to those who build and innovate and a gathering of students, professionals and tech enthusiasts of all stripes. This quarterly series consists of 5-6 five-minute stage demonstrations by passionate tech innovators, followed by a closing SuperDemo given by a thought leader in the community. The program is gu …

I provide FREE MeetUps from time to time where I give (at no charge) a taste of the WOW training so you get to experience what's possible with the WOW approach and come away with transformation literally that night. (you can find out even more here: www.wowlivepreviewevent.com) Our last one had 55 people show up and was POWERFUL! I also provide other resources with some new meetups coming up - one on proper marketing of yourself with David Fagan (co-author of "Guerilla Marketing" with Jay …

The Tasty Book Club pairs good books with good food. We read a variety of genres: silly books, smart books, memoirs, literary fiction and, yes, we even once read a book about werewolves. We pair the book with food or countries that appear in the book. If a book takes place in Greece, we eat Greek food. If we read a book that takes place in the American South, we go for BBQ. And so on. We aim for diversity among our book choices. Everyone is welcome to suggest books, but preference is given to b …

GO! (Gethsemane Outdoors) hiking and outdoors group heads into the beautiful Southern California land and seascapes once a month to re-energize our spirits, re-engage with others and restore that balance that traffic, stress and cubicles have stripped away. Hiking, kayaking, sledding and more are all practically (if not literally) at our doorstep, so we should get out there! Originally started as the outdoors group at our church (Gethsemane Lutheran in Mar Vista) with members and close friends, …

This group is here to connect you to other tennis players that play on a similar skill level and live close enough to get a match in, even with your busy schedule. This is not a group for finding personal lessons or instructors, it's a group for people that are looking for a good singles or doubles match up. How this works: 1. Create or Join a Meetup: Specify if looking for doubles/singles and your skill level (see below) 2. Once you have enough people for a game, coordinate with them on ti …

Meetup for Quality Assurance Engineers interested in automation. Taking the QA automation engineer to the next level. If you have a passion for QA and want to grow, teach, learn - this is the group for you! (Note: This group is closed to recruiters)

Are you a former Millionaire Entrepreneur/ Business owner who has lost everything or close to it, in the recent down-turned economy? Are you the type that says okay, that was a lesson well learned and it is time for me to get back in the game? No crying or blaming someone else, just a realization that the rules changed mid-game and you got caught with a chair when the music stopped. Are you tired of going to other Entrepreneur meetings where the speaker is selling a product to a few hundred s …

Working Village is all about the local community. We are a co-working space in Santa Monica close by the beach! We started our space to help freelancers, start ups, small businesses and others have a place to work that isn't their home or a coffee shop. We also use our space to hold events for the local community. We host a monthly networking mixer, "Taste of the Town" which is sponsored by a local Santa Monica restaurant. This is a great opportunity for people from all fields to come together, …

I decided to start this group to see who's available during the week, M-F on the Westside of LA. If you work in the office 9-5, this group doesn't really appeal to you. This is for the screenwriters, filmmakers, actors, actresses, bartender, server, web designer, graphic designer, personal trainer, tennis instructor, yoga instructor, model, even the unemployed and/or poor students. Help meet others in your area with the same kind of schedule/hobbies/interests. Hang out at the beach, explore LA, …

I decided to start this group because I really wanted to connect with other first time expecting mothers. Most of my close friends in LA don't have kids and this will be my first. I think its important to have an opportunity to share your experiences with other first time expecting mothers. Our meet ups are casual just an opportunity to meet other expectant moms, share resources (!!!) and make new friends. Once our little ones are born - I am hoping that everyone will stay connected. It will be …

The purpose of this group is to spread awareness and tools to prepare use for the great shift in consciousness that is occurring as we move through and beyond 2012. Many of us are experiencing extremely stressful and difficult life challenges because of the changing consciousness of the Earth. We see this both in our personal lives, and in society at large in the various political, financial, and social crises happening around the world. It is critically important that we spread awareness of wha …

Events are based on the incredibly hot, new, exciting way for singles to meet other singles. Meet other singles all over the city as we hold these events all around LA in a wide variety of venues. Come on out to Mingle, Meet Someone Special and Win Prizes!! Lock and Key Events are the fun, new interactive dating event for singles. Men get keys, women get locks. As soon as you check in and get your first lock or key, set off to try and find its match. Every key matches at least 2-3 locks, so depe …

Meditation Sitting Group. A Retreat-level experience every Tuesday evening which includes: 45-minute silent sit recorded dharma talk & discussion closing metta or loving kindness meditation dana for rent only ~ $5 suggested

My wife and I are both in our early 30's, we have 2 kids, and we still love to go out (dinners, movies, bars, brunch, art galleries, bike ride, special events,concerts, etc). Most our friends that have had kids have disappeared and don't leave the house. This group is meant for PARENTS that are still young (or young at heart), and still enjoy having a social life, and like to go out (sometimes with the kids, sometimes without). People ages late 20's-early 40's, live in or close to the West LA ar …

This is an invitation to those who are attracted to the Healing Power of Sound & Vibration from majestic PAISTE PLANETARY GONGS, sacred TIBETAN SINGING BOWLS and other divine vibrational instruments that will touch our hearts & spirits and help align us on a cellular level... WELCOME to our "SOUND BATH" - a Sound & Vibrational Healing Meditation Journey... An otherworldly sound experience - many describe the feeling of a sound bath as traveling through outer space, deep sea or the womb... It' …

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 …

Looking for other fun social parents to share toddler adventures with? This is a gathering group for social outdoor enthusiast 2 parent families in the 35+ phase of life with only one child. We are building a community that offers enjoyable social time for the parents as well as the toddlers. If bonding over hikes and outings instead of plastic toys and the latest app sounds good then you’ll be right at home. We have at least 2 family outings a month to adventure into nature or explore some of t …

If you've trained in martial arts for many years, you know the symptom of finding too much comfort in your own dojo. You become so familiar with your training partners' energies that training drifts further and further away from real life and almost becomes a sort of cooperative dance. You may feel very good and confident in your own style, but want to measure yourself against different ones. So this group is a chance for like minded souls on a quest for martial betterment to practice with other …

When a City determined to eliminate low-cost housing aims the development bulldozer at occupied homes, ignoring the legal rights of the occupants of those homes to quiet enjoyment, it is time for all Santa Monica's homeowners to waken up to the danger afoot. This group is an educational one to provide members with information on why city government in Santa Monica has recently made changes in the way Development Agreements are being processed.  This process has been designed by investors to excl …

This Meetup is designed for folks that want to learn certain functions of the digital / mobile / new media / entrepreneur and technology fields but haven't. Many people unsuccessfully enlist friends, take courses, read manuals or never pursue their passions or hobbies because they simply can't afford to, don't have time to or feel some sort of insecurity that holds them back. Apple has courses, there are plenty of great workshops, classes and online tutorials out there, however sometimes there a …