North County San Diego's professional Creative Photography Group See my personal work at http://www.MichaelRobertHartman.com Hello and thanks for taking the 1st step into the lighting world. For the past 15 years I have been working as a top professional lighting tech to professional Fashion, Catalog, Music, and Celebrity photographers from around the world, while also shooting as a professional editorial and advertising photographer. Top mag and print advertising my lighting has been in over …

This group is for women who would like to get together during the day on weekdays for fun and friendship.   On rare occasions, we'll do a weekend event.  Our activities include meeting for coffee every Tuesday, lunches, cultural activities like art festivals and exhibits, movies, wine tasting, shopping excursions and just exploring the great area we live in and making new friendships.  Our ages range from 30-somethings to 60+ - old enough and young enough to be able to mix with all ages. If you …

Meet other locals in your area to socialize and make new friends. Hi welcome to North County Singles. We do all sorts of activities that include getting fun people together. We will have nights for happy hours, parties, poker nights, game nights, movie nights, theatre nights, days at the park, beach, Disneyland. We will go to concerts, events, shows. We will bowl, play pool, softball, touch football, soccer, ski, skydive. We will do wine tasting, dine out, have dinner parties and just about anyt …

Welcome~ Benevenuti! (Previously Italy Traveler) This group has been re-christened Italian Culture & Social Club. The group and it's events are open to all San Diego North County Italophiles and beyond. The group is for everyone enamored with enjoying and exploring Italy's culture, history, art, language and culinary arts while having fun with others of similar interests. Events will include playing bocce, watching Italian movies, eating Italian food (picnics, potlucks, restaurants, cooking d …

Come join the Soul Community to deepen your connection with spirit and connect with like minded souls coming together for Peace and Love. Events include, Yoga, metaphyical workshops and events, concerts, meditation, Soul Circles, guided visualization, chanting, and stillness. Sunday Soul Awakening Service - An inspirational talk on a relevant topic, chanting and ComUNITY! By donation. Meet Tom Kelly At the age of 24, Tom Kelly entered the Self-Realization Fellowship monastic Order in California …

United Colleges of Martial Arts™. Cross-Discipline(sm); Martial Arts Training; Taekwondo, Shotokan Karate, Hapkido, Traditional Korean Archery, Bo Staff, Bokken, Grappling, Defensive Tactics and Women's Self-Defense. Beginning and experienced students welcome. Foundation instruction for new students in basic martial arts techniques, forms and self-defense. Opportunities for advanced study as well as national and international sport competitions for experienced students. Leadership training and m …

Thousands of women and children are assaulted and abducted every year. Many of these tragedies could have been avoided. More Importantly YOU CAN KEEP THEM FROM HAPPENING TO YOU. This meetup focuses on simple, safe and effective self defense techniques that WILL work for you. You don't need a black belt or years of martial arts training to make it work. In just a couple of hours we can show you exactly what you need to know in order survive and escape the vast majority of dangerous situations y …

Progressive Therapeutic Healing Circle consists of the integration of hands on energy healing, and intuitive healing techniques to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual awakening and awareness. The two healing arts combined, facilitate to open the body, mind and spirit within oneself. Clarity, physical and emotional blocks are recognized, acknowledged, opened and released. A higher energy source is embraced for healing of the soul. Reclaim lost parts of the inner child and/or true nature fr …

Bridge the gap between traditional martial arts such as Karate, Kung Fu, Aikido, Judo and the progressive martial arts like Krav Maga, Jeet Kun Do and hybrids like MMA. Understand your art better by learning the underlying principles of "martial movement". Understand your kata and its reason for being. Learn how to use the movements for practical self-defense. This group is for intermediate and advanced level martial artists who are serious about breaking down their art to their bare bone compon …

Our Encinitas Belly Dance Meetup has six weekly classes to choose from. Starting with Beginner to intermediate, please check out calendar to find a class and time that best suits you. Location: Dilley's Dance Studio 830 S. Coast Hwy. 101 Suite E-1 Encinitas CA 92024 Just below Yoga Tropics. Classes are $12 for drop-ins, $40 for pre-pay package of 4 classes, $90 for prepay package of 10 classes. Or you may enroll in our $100 monthly unlimited program. Classes are ongoing, so you may join in at an …

Digital Photo Exchange - A place to share and expand your knowledge of digital photography. We provide an open, friendly, and honest environment to participate in the critique process. Make the DPX your place to exchange creative energy with other creative photographers. NOTE: All photographs,graphics, logos and written material on this site are copyright protected - ©Copyright 2011

Club 55 is a group for singles 55 years old or better living in Coastal and Inland North County. Club 55 offers a number of activities to promote socializing and friendship! Activities include dining, dancing, happy hours, movies, theater, music, karaoke, museum and art gallery tours, travel, walking/hiking, bicycling, and more! Bring ideas of what you would like to do! We will do our best to make it happen! Welcome!

This group is for moms, dads, and caregivers with babies born late 2010 to early 2012 (siblings are definitely welcomed to attend our meet-ups).  Although the majority of the members are moms, we do have several dads in the group.  We meet primarily during the week, but we also have a lot of weekend meet-ups and late afternoon meet-ups for working moms and dads. If you are looking for long lasting friendships for yourselves and for your 2011 munchkin in a relaxed environment, then this is the gr …

Why Charity Wings? Charity Wings Art Center has offered us a 6,000 sq ft industrial building filled with every creative supply imaginable. It is open to all for a small fee anyone can use the supplies for FREE and create! www.CharityWings.org can explain it all. That's why we moved, more creative freedom to the family. Why Life Drawing? The human form is one of the hardest things for an artist to master. It is incredibly complex—the hundreds of bones and muscles in the body can twist and pull in …

Maximum Exposure was created to provide a unique environment where photographers and models can network and build their portfolios. Our goal is to connect models and photographers by organizing Meetups in North San Diego County. Our Meetups will specialize in glamour, pin-up, bikini and figure model photography and are ideal for first time photographers as well as amateur or seasoned photographers to meet and work together in semi- professional environments to improve their skills in working and …

This Group is an Open and Fun Practice GROUP for Anyone with an Interest, Love or Passion for The Martial Arts and Especially The modern and traditional martial arts of Russian and Eastern Europe. Our group is open to all skill levels and all ages of people with a sincere desire to meet and practice the Slavic martial arts. Never Heard of Systema? No Problem. Here's what you need to know. Systema - Russian Martial Art - is a phenomenal full-spectrum martial system, and is rooted in ancient w …

Extend your community! Family friendly mingling, healthy lifestyles, food made with love, free community events, weekly social events. Keeping our bodies and lives in progressive motion!

North County needed a yarn group; so here we are! All skill levels of knitters and crocheters are welcome. If you do a different fiber-craft, please join on in: embroidery, tat, cross-stitch, etc. We have meet-ups in various locations throughout the week, at local coffee shops and cafes.  Our Friday morning group changes locations each month, bouncing around North County, to accommodate our many members who live throughout the large North County area.  :-)  Don't see what you're looking for, vol …

Fab Gaps! A group for building friendships with couples who have a significant age gap. As an age-gap couple, The Vans are interested in forging friendships with couples in similar situations. We will organize a monthly meet up we call, "Friday Night Cocktails," as a comfortable way to get together and enjoy an upscale venue. Also, there will be occasional meet ups/parties at both our Rancho Santa Fe Estate and Ocean View Carlsbad Home. Couples should be interested in fine dining, travel, partie …

This is a group for women who are childless either by choice or by nature. Many of us have, at one time or another, felt alienated by others who talk about PTA meetings, kid soccer games, carpooling, senior proms, college applications, etc.   This group was formed to get together, have good conversation, form lasting friendships, have a good time, and relate to others of like-mindedness who share a common thread...no children. Whether you are married, single, or in a relationship, this is the gr …

We're a group of nerdy/geeky types with diverse interests. We enjoy board games, live trivia, comic books, movies, and lots of other things. Lets get together to enjoy all these things. Please note that the organizers of this group tend to be on the progressive/liberal side of the political spectrum, and some meetups may include community events that promote those values. Anyone is welcome to join, but political debate is discouraged (we'll be there to hang out, not argue about politics). In oth …

Perrietta Hester is the founder of the San Diego Portrait Society and started teaching for Palomar College 40 years ago. Do to budget cuts, we are no longer affiliated with the college. We are in the same location: Trinity Church 845 Chestnut, Escondido Tuesday 9-Noon- Portraiture, 12:30- 3:30 Oil Painting, Landscapes, Still Life Cadman Recreation Center, 4280 Avati Drive 92117 Wednesday 12:00 - 2pm Oil Painting, Landscapes, Still Life, 2:00- 4:00 Portraiture Thursday 12:00 - 2pm Beginning Oil …

Aloha everyone!! I just set up this Meetup Group and we'll be scheduling some super cool get-togethers for Summer - such a great way to meet like-minded people who are on the same wave length... Let's all step our of our comfort zones together and meet new people who already have common interests; so we're not trying to convince our friends or family to do things with us that they're not excited about (like I used to do)... why not make the effort to meet new kindred spirits who already have the …

This is a group for anyone interested in Botanical Gardens, Gardening, Herb Gardens (including medicinal herbs), cooking with herbs, propagating, Garden design, etc. All skills levels are welcome. I started this group to meet other outdoor enthusiasts and Garden enthusiasts. Looking forward to exploring the outdoors and building this wonderful Botanical Garden with all of you. There is lots more information about us on our web site at http://www.altavistagardens.org/

Hey everyone. Welcome to North County Single Professional Cloud9 Speed Dating. We started the group so that singles and the "soon to be singles" would have a venue for meeting other singles in an interesting, friendly and warm environment. The purpose of the group is for you have fun and enjoy the art of dating. If you are single, or soon to be single and would like to meet other singles with similar interests and enjoy the process...then you should join. With Speed Dating, you meet up to 10 (an …

This fanclub's main purpose is to get together a large group of MMA fans at a specific restaurant/bar location in Encinitas to socialize and watch highly anticipated pay-per-view fights. Whether you consider yourself a casual fan or an MMA enthusiast, you are welcomed to join us as we relish the opportunity to talk MMA with other fight fans of any level of interest. This club captures the thrilling experience of watching combat sports live as a group, while giving everyone involved the opportuni …

I learned a secret! Relaxation is good for both health/wellness AND solving the "unsolvable". Stress is a cycle. Problems that can't be solved quickly cause stress. Stress wears us out and takes the fun out of life. Co-directing a Stress Disorders Clinic for 20 years taught me we need "biofeedback". Concrete ways to know what is going on inside. Art making (not products) is a perfect way to express yourself, get "feedback" on what you like and don't like. This is a big part of creative problem-s …

I am a devoted Tai Chi and Chi Chung practitioner and a teacher of 25 years. Join me on a breath-taking beach deck in Encinitas to practice Tai Chi by the Sea. Chi Gung is an ancient Chinese form of exercise which means 'Breath Work'. These simple and easy-to-learn meditative movements actually circulate the body's vital force. Some of the benefits of Chi Qung are: Reduces stress, promotes relaxation, Balances mind and emotions, Lowers blood pressure, Strengthens internal organs and immune syste …