Do you feel lost in the kitchen? Does perusing a wine list make you dizzy? Come to my kitchen and make new friends while learning to make easy meals and wine basics. Each cooking demo will provide you with  cooking tips and strategies you can use at home. Additionally, each meal will include an overview of wine pairing with each course of the meal. No fees to join the group, though there will be a charge for attending cooking demos.  Fees will include a cooking demo, a meal with recipes to take …

Join us monthly to delve into the exotic spice and flavor of India. Each class explores a different region and aspect of the vibrant culture and cuisine of India. Held at the Garden Patch Indian Market, 13230 Jamboree Rd (in the Market Place), Irvine. This is a fun and interactive way to learn new recipes and create culinary masterpieces! Regardless of your skill level, this is fun way to learn quick and easy recipes!

This is a group for all the mom's out there that are on a path to create a healthy homemade environment for their families. I would love to get together with other mom's and babies and talk about traditional recipes, health and wellness topics, gardening ect... I would love to share the information I have gathered through the years as well as learn some more! All skill levels welcome!

If American diet trends continue, it is predicted that by the year 2015, 2 in every 5 adults will be obese. Hundreds of nutritional studies have demonstrated a strong and undeniable link between malnourishment and chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes, Heart Disease, and Cancer. By providing our members with the opportunity to attend FREE nutrition lectures in addition to special diet cooking classes, healthy eating store tours, fitness assessments, a nutrition book club, and consultations w …

It is GuardaHeart’s mission to raise awareness at the community level and to promote heart-healthy lifestyle changes in the key areas of diet/nutrition, fitness, stress management, smoking cessation and medical compliance. This is a group for anyone interested in "Heart Healthy Lifestyle Modification" while having fun, meeting new friends, learning various ways of reducing stress through exercise, hiking, tai chi, yoga, dancing, mediation, breathing, cooking and much more. All skills levels are …

This group is for fun girls in their 20s and 30s who love to read, eat, and drink wine :) Back in NJ, I belonged to a meetup group that was set up just like this one. It was so successful and so much fun and I met some great people through it, so I really wanted to start one out here in my new home! Each month, we read a book and meet to discuss it (and other things :). Food themes are inspired by the book of the month. Everyone brings a dish and a bottle of wine to share with the group. And don …

SocialMixin.com is THE place for Orange County’s up n’ comers, established scenemakers and top professionals to gather, catch a breather from the hectic pace, chill out in a comfortable scene and enjoy a classy evening with friends - with an emphasis on good times and good conversation accompanied by good food and good drink. Our goal is to be able to spend quality time with the people we have met and want to meet, on both a professional and/or personal level. Too often we are all so extremely …

SoCal Wine Group, Welcome fellow SoCal Wine enthusiasts! You have found our social network dedicated to the enjoyment of fine wine shared over great conversation in premier venues--classic and time tested tradition for good times! Rest assured, it does not matter if you are a casual enthusiast looking to expand your knowledge and enjoyment of wine, a wine aficionado looking to make new like-minded friends, or a seasoned wine taster with a trained palate on the quest to experience a new disco …

I'm in the midst of moving to Irvine from NYC....are you in the same boat? Or just looking to meet a few new people? 20's to 40's, professional, busy, interesting, fun should join! I'm coming from a super active life, playing social sports, going out all the time, always on the go. Hard to get up and running in a new, unfamiliar city. I plan on organizing relatively small, low key events ranging from happy hour to movies to dinner parties. I also want this group to serve as a forum for last minu …

Spice offers invitation-only lifestyle mixers for those of us in and around Orange, San Diego, Los Angeles Counties and the Inland Empire who are looking to get a little more flavor out of life. We believe that chemistry can’t be felt from pictures or chat on a computer, so we offer intimate, elegant, sexy and discreet mixers where attendees can get together and meet new Lifestyle couples, visit old friends, flirt, test sensual chemistry and take things further when a match is made. We are all a …

I started a very successful singles group in Silicon Valley with over 2,000 members. http://www.meetup.com/lovelyhappysingles/. I want to spread the fun and happiness to LA, Orange County, San Diego and all other surrounding cities in Southern California. This is a nice group of singles who want to expand their social circle. It is where you will meet other professional, well-mannered and happy singles. We are chill, we love to laugh and have fun. We like to do activities that focus on volunte …

This is a group for moms that want support, resources, activities etc. to help them be the healthiest they can be for themselves and their families. We started this group because health is more than eating fruits and vegetables or exercising. Health is a combination of happiness, career, relationships, creativity, cooking, education etc...All moms are welcome! Looking forward to supporting eachother on a journey to raising happy, healthy, amazing kids while being our best!

Have an Etsy shop? Want an Etsy shop? Like to craft or bake or design or create? Need some help taking your hobby or business to the next level?  Me too! So much about marketing, SEO, legalities of owning a business, and other skills for selling on Etsy are much better learned when we can chat over martinis...or brownies....or chips and salsa...right? This is NOT a promotional group to be used to advertise your shop. This group is intended to get some 'groupthink', critique, best practices, and …

This is a group for Palestinian parents, parents who have multiracial/ethnic kids, expecting parents or any parents who want to expose their kids to different cultures. If you're interested in teaching your kids Arabic, telling them about Palestine, cooking yummy maftoul, msakhan, or maqloubeh, making ma'moul for the holidays, dancing dabke or discussing and organizing around Palestinian affairs, this is the group for you! While the focus is on parents in Orange County, the group welcomes those …

If you are a CdM local and would like to expand your circle of quality friends, join us! High quality, fun-loving, interesting singles and couples in their 40's and 50's.  New to town or long-time locals are welcomed. We meet locally for Happy Hour, Wine Tastings, Progressive Dinners, BBQs, Fireside Chats, Tennis, Hiking, Kayaking, Sailing and many other interesting activities. We also attend concerts, cultural and sporting events throughout Southern California. "If a man does not make new acqua …

Lets get together for any type of local rides, canyons, coastal, ...etc. All riders welcome, super bike, cruisers. We'll have some safe rides and have fun.

Hello everyone! This meetup was formed for ladies who live here in the OC and want to meet new friends who share similar interests. This group is for down-to-earth, professional women who are in their 20's or 30's, looking for genuine and lasting friendships, that enjoy fun things like dinning, shopping, watching movies, hosting fabulous parties, wine tastings, reading, cooking, working out, traveling, etc. Most of our meetups are in Irvine, Costa Mesa, Tustin, Santa Ana, Laguna Beach, Newport B …

This is a group for moms (preferably in the 20-40 year old range) interested in meeting monthly to discuss books and share wine & dinner. I want to keep it open and breezy. This is NOT a serious book discussion group. It is more for moms to meet and have something in common to talk about....besides just how cute our kids are;0) I belong to a meetup group just like this one, but for girls without kids. It was so successful and so much fun I thought I would set one up with other moms so my  friend …

We are two graduate students of Traditional Chinese Medicine looking to foster a community of like-minded individuals who have an interest in holistic medicine, organic gardening, healthy diet , nutrition, herbs, balanced exercise, spiritual and therapeutic practices, meditation, nature, yoga, qi gong, tai chi and other wellness modalities. Some event ideas include; movie & discussion, potlucks, nature walks, qi gong, bike rides, cooking parties, garden talks & canning events. The purpose of our …

Founded 2008  *  Welcoming all races  *  300+ Members,mostly Orange & LA-County Asians in their 20s & 30s For SoCal surrounding OC, we're a social group for friendly local adults (esp. young adults) both Asian & Asian-involved/curious: Per our name, we're about making & being friends —the most core of all human relationships (even the core of best romance). We're for adults of all ages especially adults looking and/or thinking 20s & 30s (young adult & college student events/discussions/activiti …