Our mission is to promote an appreciation of Italian language and culture through Italian language lessons, cooking lessons, film, art, music, literature, wine tastings, sports, travel and social engagement. We help people with a strong interest in Italy connect with one another, both online and in person.  Membership is FREE and we're open to all levels of Italian language from zero to native fluency. We're the original Italian language meetup group in our area, the largest, and still the faste …

This Meetup is for fellow backpackers and outdoor enthusiasts to meet and greet while engaging in day hikes, backpacking trips and outdoor adventures with other people in your town. Talk about locations, equipment, recipes, etc., and find people to take trips with. Trips will range from beginner to advanced to accommodate all levels of backpackers/hikers/adventurers and to encourage those who wish to grow with the sport. There is always new gear to discuss, dream about and oogle over so come on …

This international group is open to ALL nationalities. You CAN be a native English speaker and still join!! It is a wonderful group of internationals living in and around Washington DC (DC/MD/VA) who speak different languages but whose common language is English. There is a small, annual fee of $5.00 for membership. The meetup is for internationals and native English speakers. We want to meet like-minded DC professionals in social, cultural, charitable events and practice English! FEEL FREE TO B …

Once upon a time… in the realm of business and referral networking, ten business professionals found themselves unhappy. These ten men and women (let’s just call them the Ten) had developed trusted relationships with one another through their participation in other networking groups and couldn’t help but feel as though something was missing. So much so, that one day, whilst sitting at a somewhat ...roundish table, the Ten decided to try and name these culprits that were causing feelings of great …

Welcome!  We look forward to meeting you!  Anything or anyone in the Real Estate industry, marketing, technology, or Business Owners/Innovators/Entrepreneurs.  This is for you!  For the past 5 years, we were all Richmond Women In Real Estate, however, when we got together and combined our passions with others...not only did our businesses grow, but we realized that marketing and technology ruled our industry.  It's taken over.  So, there is no more Richmond WIRE.  It's now Connect 804.  A group …

This group was created primarily for Christ-followers who are passionate about God and the outdoors, though non-Christians are certainly welcome as well! All skill levels are welcome, as one of the main missions of this group is to educate and bring city slickers into a better understanding and appreciation of the outdoors and all it has to offer. For information, training, and other online resources visit: http://www.facebook.com/ripleysventures and click "like" Generally, it is expected tha …

We are a family who inadvertently started a New Non-Profit Organization {NPO} { *(501)(c)(3) pending *} trying to raise support, awareness and assistance in several different areas for disabled Veterans, the D/deaf community and service animals in the Anne Arundel County area of Maryland and reaching out to other communities as your donations and sponsorships allow. We offer our talents in Elementary Tutoring; Basic/Conversational American Sign Language for the D/deaf; Engineering services for t …

Okay, you asked for it, so here we go! Mamistad I is for First-time Pregnant Moms - go here if that's you: http://www.meetup.com/Mamistad/.  :)  Now MAMISTAD II, is for ALL OTHER MOMS. Fairfax to DC has been our usual range but I'm open to all locations.  Please be patient if it takes me a while to find connections for you in areas outside that range. We call ourselves Mamis (Spanish spelling of mommy-pronounced the same way) just because it's cute-speaking Spanish is NOT required!  :) So, if y …