Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Happiness comes from deep within, and not from people, situations, or circumstances. According to Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego: “When an individual becomes happy, the network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his frien …

Welcome to NorCal Women's Clothing Exchange Group (NCWCEG)! We love clothing and get together several times a year to share and exchange the best of the clothing we have but don't wear. Exchanges are centrally located in Sonoma and Marin Counties and hosted by members. Here's the deal: 1) check out your closet(s)  2) Bring the absolute best clean, nice clothes, shoes, costume jewelery, hats, scarves, yoga clothes, jackets, vests, dresses of all types, in nice, clean bags. Have things folded and …

Welcome! San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the East Bay have meetups for Ruby on Rails but until now there has been nothing north of the Golden Gate. Whether you are new to Ruby on Rails or a long-time practitioner, we hope you will find something useful in this group. We will host events in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties. Our plan is to follow the offerings of the Silicon Valley Meetup: 1. Variety of Ruby on Rails classes. These classes will be offered for beginning RoR developers or int …

Whether you’re a woman who owns her own business or a professional with an entrepreneurial spirit, lets support each other! Do you want to develop a business network, share goals, meet other interesting women in business, create friendships, or get away from your home office to socialize? Then you're a winner: join us. (This is a newly forming group. We will set up our first meeting as soon as there are a few sign-ups.)

Hi, I would love to make new friends. If you enjoy walking, hiking, biking, camping. tennis, drives, movies, eating out, dances and LGBT events..Please reply! If you live in Vallejo, Sonoma or up valley that's great. Look forward to hearing from you all!

We're all busy these days. Wine is social, but as a busy professional, how often do you get the chance to hit multiple wineries? This is a casual and relaxed group for those who love wine and meeting interesting, engaging individuals -- but don't get the chance to venture out and explore. Bring a bottle of wine to share with the group (generally in the mid $20-$36 range.) We'll focus on local, California wines as well as national and international varieties. We'll do a combination of blind tasti …

This group is for people who love to live life to the fullest! Group members are those people who enjoy socializing, food, wine, traveling, cultural events, and more. I visualize members gathering to talk about these subjects and more. For us who are new to the area, this group will also be a great "Meet and Greet" venue. I will select a new venue each month where we will meet to enjoy the food and wine, as well as each other's company. I look forward to developing a great meetup group!

I am new in town and wanting to meet other fabulous and fun 50+ girlfriends to hang out with in Petaluma ! I am hoping to make new women friends. My moto "Girls just wanna have fun". I hope to create a circle of genuine mature women, who would like to gather once a month for an inexpensive evening of laughs, good conversation over dinner/drinks ! I am a married 57 year old women who's heart is filled with passion and love! I am a lady with a great sense of humor, who enjoys a good glass of wine/ …

THIS GROUP WILL BE CLOSING...IF YOUR NOT A MEMBER OF MY MAIN GROUP "FRIENDLY PASSIONATE CHEF" PLEASE JOIN THAT GROUP ASAP. AS ALL MY EVENTS ARE ONLY POSTED ON THAT GROUP! THIS IS WHERE TO CLICK TO JOIN: http://www.meetup.com/napachef/ Sean 415-722-4585 Please feel free to call me anytime if you have any questions.:)

****THESE HOUSE DINNER PARTIES ARE FOR BOTH COUPLES AND SINGLES OF ALL AGES AND BACKROUNDS...THE ONLY DISCRIMINATION HERE IS FOR YOU TO BE A MOST DISCRIMINATING FOODIE AND GOURMAND YOURSELF!:)**** Moved to this unique home in Napa just over 3 years ago and after hosting many unique food theme gathering with the locals, they have convinced me to give this a try, If you're looking to spend a day in Napa, a friendly passionate Chef is inviting you to his home for a very special menu each time. He i …

Have you ever longed to be a contestant on one of those TV competitive cooking shows? Or do you think you can’t cook (or cook well), but you want to learn?  Your Friendly Passionate Chef Sean is inviting you to his beautiful home in Napa to challenge and battle your way to culinary glory. About once a month, always on a Saturday, will start these evening events with a Welcome Reception Party with hors d'oeuvres while you'll be introduced to the rest of your team and your judges and Chef, before …

This group is open to anyone wanting to learn more about personal finance, managing cashflow to build a business, and investing with greater confidence. To achieve this we use Robert Kiyosaki's game Cashflow. The group typically plays on the first Friday of the Month at the Sonoma Library from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. All are welcome. 755West Napa St. Sonoma, CA 95476 For Questions Call : Daren Blonski 530.219.2981

This group is for business professionals who are interested or involved in finance, accounting, internal or external audit. CPAs, CEOs, CFOs, BOD/Audit Committee Members, Accountants, Bookkeepers, Accounting Professionals or Students, Auditors, or anyone interested in current financial and business events, internal controls, and fraud prevention education.

Networking site for businesses, entrepreneurs, tech experts and digital artists who live and/or work in Sonoma Valley.

An independent user group for Ping Identity customers and other interested parties. This group is driven by customers; supported by Ping Identity. If you are interested in federation identity, identity and access management, or Internet-scale identity, this might be the group for you. The Worldwide Ping User Group in particular is intended to serve as a discussion, networking and meeting planning platform for members of all local User Group and also users who geographically do not fit into a lo …

MUFON MARIN SONOMA is a Chapter of the Mutual UFO Network, Inc. :: The scientific study of UFO's for the benefit of humanity... The San Francisco North Bay Chapter of MUFON, known as Marin Sonoma MUFON, has been born out of the need for open-minded and like-minded people to network, study and learn about the phenomenon of UFOs, Aliens and other related paranormal, or scientific studies. MONTHLY MEETING HELD THE 1st SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 1pm - 3pm 11 MONTHS OF THE YEAR (No September Mee …

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Green Drinks is an informal networking event where anyone involved in sustainability or “green” issues, whether academically, professionally or personally meets over a beer or 2 (or none). Green Drinkers mingle and share insights and provoke and inspire each other. It is held every 2nd Thursday of the month at Taps Restaurant and Brewery on Kentucky Street from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. We do have occasional speakers as well. See you then!

Welcome to the SocialBiz Meetup group! This Meetup group is for those who want to learn about and grow their business through online marketing and social media. Our focus is on helping small businesses but anyone who is trying to learn how to leverage the internet to create and grow a strong online presence is welcome. We meet at least twice a month on Tuesdays at 4:30 pm in Petaluma, California, about 30 minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge on Hwy 101, and is led by Roohi Moolla, CEO/Founder …