Are you new to the Bay Area? Have you been here forever but want to learn more? Then let's meetup and figure out this bay together. Where are some of the places that make this the great place it is? What do the locals know that will give you the inside track? Are there places here, that locals have not even visited? Join us and have fun exploring, learning, visiting, hiking, eating and meeting other wonderful people from around the world. This is the group to join when you are new in town or …

Hi everyone! Do you like trying new teas? Do you have a big stock of tea that you can't get through by yourself? Do you like meeting new people in a cozy, low-key setting? If any of those sound like you, then let's make a fun meetup out of it! Every Sunday we'll meet to try different tea that members bring from around the world. Tea, snacks, and socializing for all!   Hi, my name is Brian, and I just moved here a few months ago. I also still have a lot of tea from my trip to China last year that …

A class for beginners that will be learning specific ensemble pieces using drums, bells and shakers and also xylophones. The curriculum is called World Music Drumming. It draws on traditional rhythms from West Africa and Afro-Latin America as well as other cultures. It is a great place for adults and children (age 9 and older) to make music as equals. Of course, you don't have to be a family member to join.

This group is for people who love learning and practicing languages. Come meet cool language aficionados, share your native language, practice any language you are learning, and mingle and meet interesting, worldly people. Our events will focus on mingling or attending fun language events in the Peninsula.

If you are looking for co-founders or want to join super-early-stage startups, this is the group to be in. Our goal is to organize face-to-face meetings. We are starting with Silicon Valley, but we intend to conquer the world and spread entrepreneurship everywhere!

Would you want to meet up with foreigners from other countries and enjoy sharing similarities and differences as a foreigner? It is true that we meet people from all over the world at regular basis, but do you really meet people from varieties of countries or just a few specific countries all the time? I am hoping that this group have people from varieties of countries and we enjoy conversation over group activities. Typical foreigners are people who were born and grew up in their own countries …

Taiwanese language, also known as "Tâigí" or "Hōlóoē", is the 22nd most popular language in the world. Want to learn Taiwanese? Want to brush up your Taiwanese? Want to know how to read and write proper Taiwanese? This will be a great place for you. Join us and let's meet! :) Tâi-gí sī sè-kài siōng tē-22 tsē-lâng sú-iōng ê gí-giân. Kám siūⁿ-beh óh Tâi-gí? Siūnn-beh liān Tâi-gí? Siūnn-beh tsai-iánn án-tsuánn thák-siá Tâi-bûn? Lâi tsia tóh tióh ah! Tsò-hué lâi tsiáh-tê khai-káng!

Are you curious about life on the other side of the world? Do you want to open your minds to learn a new culture? Would you like to chat in Mandarin with your Chinese friends? Are you willing to master a new language? Here is your opportunity! Join our Chinese Mandarin Meetup Group in San Francisco Bay Area and learn Chinese today!!!

Ethical Culture is a humanistic religion that seeks to inspire ethical living and to create a more just, loving and sustainable world for all.

… . - Despite the different languages, our members should be the people who understand one another most in terms of the challenging experience everyone has to go through coming to the US from all over the world. - This group is based on a democratic bottom-up structure. Every member is a potential sponsor for one another.    

… Then we will of course have social events, pitch in and get snacks, go to korean restaurants, watch korean movies (with subtitles of course), learn about korean customs together, have rice and kimchi nights together, go on hiking and camping trips.. and well the world will be our oyster, and if you don't like oyster, then put whatever word you like in its place, like "the world will be our ice cream". We are open to men and women, gay, straight, trans, lesbian, confused.. hehe, well just about a …

  Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. The advent of the Digital Age has democratized innovation and entrepreneurship. Never before has it been more possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big, and in the process, change the world in a relatively short period of time. HP, Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Yahoo,  eBay, Amazon, Google, Facebook and many, many, many other i …

… , brain waves therapy, life energy, indigo children, meditation, the social sciences, postmodernism, numerology, neuro-linguistic programming, the occult, religion, atheism, agnosticism, science fiction, fantasy, role playing, altered state, virtual world, or any other inward-,  self-, or species- centric avocation. Also, if you must know, I am embarrassed by the childish and paranoid tantrum that is the libertarian platform so popular among hackers and video game addicts. I find Ayn Rand's bran …

… We are an open network of geeks, artists, experience designers, social scientists and other fellow travelers interested in answering the question "If the world is our platform, then what is our creative medium?" No experience necessary, other than genuine interest, positive attitude and beginner's mind. You might have noticed that we're called a studio. That means we get excited about doing creative projects, not just talking about them. It means we are into learning how to use new tools, and sh …

There are over 100 different types of cuisines offered by Bay Area restaurants alone. How many have you tried so far? We sponsor a "Taste Of The World" where members can sample dishes from around the world in our own neighborhood held in restaurants or at private venues. This private membership group is about cultural exploration, making conversation and sharing what we know about food, wine, cultural cuisine and choice restaurants to others.  And we take it one step further we also develop publ …

Chef Steve facilitates and organizes theme cooking parties at members homes and businesses from San Jose to San Francisco. Everybody participates in the cooking and enjoyment of good food. The sessions are both informative and entertaining. As a restaurateur and educator world traveler Chef Steve introduces the culture of the cuisine along with the gastronomy.  He has taught classes at Sur La Table, Byington Winery, Thomas Fogarty Winery, and is a guest chef at Apple Computers and Stanford Unive …