Hello, Inspired by my best friend (Wendy's) meet-up group in NYC and her showing new/offbeat or classic independent/foreign films and discussing them with other film lovers where we instantly became friends I've decided to start a similar group here in Santa Monica! If you also enjoy trying new types of food and wine this group will focus on pot-luck "themed" meals also inspired by the films we select which I'll be picking based on your suggestions! This group is for young film, food & wine buff …

Seeking wine knowledgeable collectors to share great wines and even better conversation about other topics. If you feel that wine can open up the best in yourself, this may be the tasting group you have been looking for. It's not really about the wine. It's about sharing wine with people who contribute passion, intelligence, thoughtfulness, playfulness and personal accessibility. It's about life, with a lot of good wine added. Wine and food geeks welcome if properly socialized.  We start with wi …

I am a wine enthusiast and have verbal diarea when it comes to wine. Would love to meet up with people who enjoy wine and socializing over wine. If you have an interest in wine and love socializing, then join in!

Women & Wine on Wednesdays (WWW) connects women by building new relationships and re-connecting old ones, through a unique facilitated forum - an ideal opportunity for women who are striving to balance their own needs with those of their families, jobs, community involvement, as well as maintain their own personal overall well-being. The evening hopes to fulfill an ongoing and critical need for women to be able to share resources and discover new opportunities as they transition through the many …

Dining, Happy Hours, wine tastings and other activities in and around Venice. This is an group run group.  Any member can sponsor an event.  Simply click on the "Schedule a Meetup" on our page.  If there's something you'd like to do in the area but no one to go with put it here and find like minded souls.

What do you get when you mix and mingle Wine Lovers, Sexy Singles, Friends, and Business Professionals at an upscale venue? Find out by joining us at one of our next events and enjoy meeting fellow wine lovers, sexy sophisticated single women & men, network, make cool and fun friends and explore some of the more upscale venues in Brentwood, Santa Monica, Venice, & Marina Del Rey, culver city. etc. We are a fun group of singles in their 30's to 40's who love making new friends at our events from: …

What do you get when you mix and mingle Wine Lovers, Sexy Singles, Friends, and Business Professionals at an upscale venue? Check out our video @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QBlO8156Pw Find out by joining us at one of our next events and enjoy meeting fellow wine lovers, sexy sophisticated single women & men, network, make cool and fun friends, and explore some of the more upscale venues on the West side.

I decided to start this group because I am fairly new to the area and have always had a great group of girlfriends! I definitely miss that and looking forward to meeting new female friends here in the LA area. If you are a woman in your 30's or 40's and you like "girltime", going to dinner, wine tasting, brunch, happy hours, great conversation, being active, movies, music and doing other fun activities, then this group is for you! All welcome to join but most meetups will be located on the Wests …

Singles and friends meeting out for great wine and events is just the beginning. Social networking and date shopping best starts in the comfort of at least some familiar faces. Meet some new people, check out a fun place and enjoying the night life as we bar hop and dance with music lovers and lounge crawlers. Check out the best of LA.  Be part of the world around you. Enjoy the life you should lead.  Smiles are free! We can be also be contacted by phone and text at (818) 254-WINE

LA Dinner Club introduces an exciting new spin to the dining experience. Think the club promoter business model, but for restaurants. Therefore, instead of DJ’s featured as the centerpiece of the evening… it’s Chef’s. We assume full control of a participating restaurant, on their slowest night – typically Monday’s, select a bad ass culinary god and pair the feast with a local winemaker. To make it interesting for the our guest executive chef we challenge them to utilize the existing inventory  …

Meet other single food lovers (most in their 30's and 40's) at restaurants in all price ranges that are rated the "Best In LA." We notice outstanding food reviews from LA Magazine, LA Weekly, LA Times and Zagat and make reservations at those restaurants for our Meetup group. We also enjoy temples appearing in Bon Appetit, Food & Wine and Gourmet, as well as gourmet food trucks and brand new restaurants that are wonderful enough to be swooned over in the food press and blogosphere. Being able to …

Je veux, donc je peux! "Nous savons, nous savons que nous savons jamais" (We know, we know that we never know) When it comes to food, we can never know everything.  Would you like to join our never-ending food adventure? As food lovers, we cook and dine out together, trade recipes/tips/ideas and discuss all the food magic, maybe in French, too. http://youtu.be/_H3rvT8gVcc Video from "Southern Style BBQ Meetup by Heather" on August 2, 2009: http://www.meetup.com/LACooking/events/10808773/?act …

Santa Monica Young Women's Cooking Club is a hybrid of a book club, a dinner party, and girl's night out! We are a group of young ladies in the Santa Monica area who like to cook, want to experiment with new recipes, and like sharing our food! We are a group of young women mostly in our 20s and 30s. Sorry guys, but this group is for the ladies only. Join us if you want to meet other fun, friendly women in the Westside area who enjoy cooking (especially healthy cooking). Whether you are new to th …

SOCIALIZING WITH PET PARENTS and FURRY BABIES Group enjoys having FUN, PLAYDATES, HELPING SHELTER/RESCUES, FUNDRAISER, SOCIALIZING, CHILDREN READING TO OUR DOGGIES, Yappy Hour, Wine & Cheese Yappy Hour while our doggies eat doggie treats, Doggie Birthday Parties.  Group has numerous socializing events/activities, view 150+ Photo Albums Most important goals are our Furry Babies and helping dogs who are not so lucky. Please bring any ideas about future Meetups and bring your doggies to socialize a …

After learning cooking in France, working in England, Belgium of course in France and for the last 3 years in Los Angeles, many of my friends and relations keep asking me about doing some cooking classes, and i done already a bunch of it in France and Belgium and it was always fun, so here I am. So let's cook, sip some wine, have fun, meet each other and make some new friend! ;-) Chef Laurent Elmerich

Are you a Sales/Marketing rock star working in Los Angeles? Then join our monthly after work meet-up group in the Los Angeles area. Network and meet like-minded professionals and entrepreneurs at cool LA hotspots on a monthly basis. The first meet up is coming up soon!

This group is for young professional couples (20s & 30s) in Playa del Rey, CA. We'll plan meet-ups at restaurants in/near Playa del Rey, for events/activities in the LA area, and for whatever else the group wants to do! Members should be friendly, down to earth, and easy going. If you're looking for a group where you and your significant other can meet other couples in the area, this group is for you!

For those who are truly food obsessed. You've been and will go to the ends of the earth to find the perfect ramen, foie gras, reuben, gelato, sidecar... You love going to both 3 Michelin star restaurants as well as taco trucks to find that little bit of food epiphany. You love following new trends and ideas in food both in your own kitchen and restaurants. You'd consider yourself an advanced foodie. I'm one, are you one too? I'm hoping to go to restaurants together, have food related adventures, …

This group is for all those folks who want to learn more about photographing food. We will have meetups at local eateries about specific topics to help you learn more about shooting food with your digital camera. Please let us know what you would like to learn more about. Some topic suggestions could be, how to start a food shot, info about props and how important they are, camera settings, etc. I created this group to have fun gatherings to talk about what we love with food and also food photog …