Welcome to the Washington DC International Adventure Travel Club! Simply put, this group is for people who want to make friends and travel the world. The group tries to Meetup locally in the Washington DC area to bring adventurous people together to talk about where we’ve been and where we dream of going… with the ultimate goal of traveling to amazing and adventurous places around the world with a group of other liked-minded people (see our events). As much as we are looking to find other …

Adventuring is the outdoor club for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered community in the Washington DC area. Our volunteers lead hikes year-round, and in the warmer months we do recreational bike rides too, some shorter and others longer. That's not everything though. Camping, backpacking, and canoeing are examples of some of the other things we do when we have volunteers to lead them. We're all about enjoying the outdoors and being physically active. Not sure whether an activity will …

See our message board for information accessible to nonmembers here. The Mycological Association of Washington's meetup group (the "MAWDC Meetup group") is a group for people interested in wild mushroom collecting in and around Washington DC. This group is operated by members of the Mycological Association of Washington (“MAW”), a Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed and operated to support public education about mycological interests. See http://www.mawdc.org/.  In addition to wild …

This group is for Women only- single or married- who will be wingwoman to each other- be there for each other. We are located in Washington,, D.C.-and the surrounding area (including Montgomery County, Arlington, etc. and you are from the late 20s to your 40s- but open to enjoying oneselves and laughter. I've heard from many women that it's more difficult to make friends as adults and this group is to make, nurture, and maintain real friendships with other women whether you are new to the area o …

If you have an adventurous little dog who likes to get out and about, you have come to the right place!  The Small Dog Bark & Sniff Club is specifically for toy breed and small dogs under 20 lbs. who enjoy hanging out with dogs their own size.  We meet once a month for easy on-leash walks to explore neighborhoods and parks in Bethesda or upper northwest DC.  The walks will often include visits to coffee shops, pet stores and dining at dog friendly restaurants.  We also have occasional field trip …

Like that old, soulful U2 rock anthem, do you sometimes find yourself singing "I still haven't found what I'm looking for," and somehow the song's sentiment connects with your spiritual journey?  Perhaps you feel emotionally distant from the Christian spirituality and Sunday worship you grew up with.  Curious to find out why you’re having these feelings/thoughts/disconnect?  But more importantly, curious if there is a better way to think about, experiment with, and practice faith in the 21st Cen …

This group is for women (25+) who want companionship and conversation during walking exercise.  NO PRESSURE!  Leg length and fitness level will determine your comfortable walking speed. Speed walkers, feel free to move ahead and set the pace. Strollers, feel free to take your time and enjoy the scenery! I try to organize at least one walk a week, most often on weekends.  Week-day walks usually start at 5:30 and almost always meeting at Battery Park. Walks are automatically cancelled when tempera …

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Meet usually once or twice per week to walk/hike Rock Creek Park in DC. Beginner to Intermediate pace, mostly flat gentle trails but mix in intermediate hiking. Mostly 45 minutes to an hour. After may meet somewhere for food or drink depending on interest.  International and U.S. Visitors to DC welcome - a chance to see a local outdoor treasure and meet people in and near DC.

Come ride the Capital Hiking Club's bus for day hike adventures to area hiking areas!  Experience the outdoors 52 weeks a year with the Capital Hiking Club, a non-profit hiking group who welcomes the public to join us on all hikes. We specialize in hiking options that challenge all skill levels and fulfilling the varied interests of our hikers. Saturday weekly hikes: Long hikes of 9-12 miles and shorter hikes of 5-9 miles and social time with post hike refreshments.  The club's bus picks up all  …

I spent an amazing year in Edinburgh, Scotland. While there, I was a member of a creative writing group where I met some fantastic writers. I want to start a similar group in the DC area because I know we have many great writers in the area as well. So here we are. The group brings together writers of all ages and from all walks of life. Whether you are a new writer or have published, all are welcome.  If writing is your life, search for a group no longer.  The format is writers will bring no mo …

Sewing-Classes: It's about Inspiration, Creativity, Laughter! Sewing-Classes! Sewing is one of the most rewarding skills one can have. It changes even the way we walk when wearing our Sewing creations. Sewing enthusiasts, Let's meet!! Share! Create! have FUN!  All levels. Sewing Classes. Learn to sew. Beginner / Basic Sewing class. Advanced Sewing Class. Sewing Instruction. Sewing Training. Sewing Education.  At your fingertips!!  ALL LEVELS WELCOMED!! Sewing-classes-md-Maryland-Silver Spring-Ro …

Have you foregone your gym membership because you feel too guilty to be out exercising while your dog sits at home after he's already been home all day when you're at work? Is your waist-line suffering for it? This is a friendly, supportive community of people who want to get out with their dogs, get some exercise, make friends and hep each other reach their fitness and weight goals. We're encouraging, non-judgemental and have a leave no (wo)man behind attitude. Don't be embarrassed if you're ou …

We are daughters, mothers, and sisters. More so, we are girlfriends who are interesting in supporting and uplifting each other in our various walks of life. We are students, homemakers, lawyers, doctors, etc., who are interesting in making lasting, nurturing friendships. This Meetup is all about having fun, meeting new people, socializing, networking and unwinding from the work week. We get together for networking and social happy hours. Events are meant to provide a venue for the broad purpose …

Bethesda Babies is a wonderful group of parents and little ones, dedicated to supporting each other and having fun! Parents and caregivers of babies and toddlers in the Bethesda area are welcome to join in on our many activities: playdates, walks in the neighborhoods, trips to the park, lunch out, library storytimes, etc. This group flourishes from everyone's ideas and participation. If you have a meet-up idea, please post it! The more the merrier! I hope to see the events flowing. :) Hope to se …

Miniature Pinschers love to have fun and what better way to have a good time than with other minpins!  Our group gets together once a month for meet and mingle social events, walks and other interesting activities. CLICK HERE for more details and information about our group. TO JOIN--Your introduction should tell us about your minpin and include his/her name.  Your photo should be of your minpin or you with your minpin. Our indoor meetups are graciously hosted by DOGTOPIA AT WHITE FLINT.

Do you occasionally feel inadequat at work or in a relationship? Do you want to talk about issues that face Chinese American women in this area over a glass of wine, or tea? Do you have a favourate book that is about women's work and relationship issues that you would like to share and discuss? Do you want to talk about a meaning movie or documentary that may inspire us al? ... Or do you like girls gathering laughing talking making delicious food together and enjoy it?...  if so, come and join u …

Karma Clearing is one of the most important things you can do to raise your Light and Vibration levels, further your Spiritual walk, and make your life easier. Karma will interfere with relationships, (Love, family, friends and business), advancement in work and monetary issues, to name a few areas. In our Karmic Clearing classes you will effectively clear your Karmic debt with the souls that are incarnate with you in this lifetime, (Your Soul Group), as well as any karmic debt brought forward …

Welcome to the Meetup group for the activities of the C&O Canal Association.  We sponsor hikes, canoe trips and bike rides along the 184-mile-long towpath between Georgetown and Cumberland. Our events are open to the public. C&O Canal Association is an all-volunteer citizens organization established in 1954 to help conserve of the natural and historical environment of the C&O Canal and the Potomac River Basin.  The association works with the National Park Service in its efforts to preserve and p …

Let's get together for fun activities with our little ones born in 2012. We can do storytime in libraries and malls, walks and picnics in parks, play dates at home etc... Also events just for us mommies would be great!

This is a way for members of Falkland Chase to share resources and talk about upcoming hiking events. Meetup is a great way to build a schedule as well. We'll decide if this is a good fit going forward. One are I'd like to explore would be getting together with some humans and canines that would be down for some more intense hikes and potentially backpacking. Also, I am putting everyone that joins from Falkland Chase as an organizer, so you can do everything except ask for money for events. Post …

Looking for Brunch buddies? Potluck? Super Suppers? Delicious Dinners? Mmmm beer. Two Amy's anyone? Kavanagh's? Bourbon? Rocklands? Walks in and out of the park? Silly games? Happy hour? Zombie Fluxx? All here in your very own neighborhood (or close by) with your very own neighbors? Join us for the fun.

The word pedestrian has been given a bad rap. It supposedly means "commonplace" or "mundane" or "boring." Well, I'm a pedestrian, and I'm not boring or mundane. And I'm sure you're not. So let's get together and do exciting and extraordinary things.

This group is for the people who just can’t fit in to the regular weight loss systems and routines. The weighing yourself once a week, the hundreds of weight loss programs that are offered, seeing people on television losing drastic weight, but never disclosing that they had surgery to become that size.... and none of them worked for you. This group is for the free spirit person that can not be put in a box. People who need fun and creative ways to release weight and still feel free of the routi …

Welcome Welcome Welcome.  The Get Up, Move, and Explore (Gum_E) the DMV meetup was created for men and women to keep each other motivated as we strive to increase our physical activity. I love my couch and TV but sometimes I need to love them a little bit less. I want to create a group of friends that get out and explorer different events around the Washington DC area.  These events will focus more on us putting one foot in front of the other than being sit down events. We sit down enough at wor …

This is a group for 50+ lesbian couples around Silver Spring, Maryland, interested in sharing friendship, time together, going to the movies, museums, and theater, walking, sightseeing, eating out, spirituality, and enjoying life. We started this group, because, as a lesbian couple we felt the need to expand our circle of friends, and meet other lesbian couples in longstanding relationships. This is not a dating group.

This meetup is for various activities that we can do on week evenings and weekends. Things like walking, hiking, festivals, billiards, bowling, tennis, cooking...etc. If you prefer quieter, more laid back environments or the outdoors to loud bars/clubs/happy hours, this meetup is for you. Also for the work-evening meetups, I'd like to set up hours that are a little past regular happy hour/rush time, e.g. instead of 5-6, prefer 7-8-9, both to avoid traffic and to allow those of us who work later …

There are many things that this group is NOT: It's not being critiqued by anyone who walks in off the street, It's not meandering conversations about kids, recipes, having a terrible job, or having no job at all. It's not about blogging, fanfic, children's books, or books that are written in an hour, a week, a month, or a year. What this group IS is meeting regularly with a professional writer and editor who will work on your book on all levels from genre choice to plot arcs to line-by-line edit …