Welcome! This meetup aims to be a "gaming clearinghouse" of sorts for the Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC area: We want to connect players to games and games to players. To that end, we want to create and maintain meetings that get roleplayers in the same place, trying different games, meeting different people, and doing the sort of networking that forms new groups, or gets fresh blood into established ones. Over the coming months, I'm going to be setting up some meetings; in ad …

WELCOME to OUR CIRCLE of AVID WORLD TRAVELERS and CULTURE LOVERS!!  "LIFE is a JOURNEY, not a DESTINATION! It is NOT measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the PEOPLES, PLACES and AWESOME MOMENTS that take our breath away!! Be an AVID WORLD TRAVELER (NOT a TOURIST) - internationally and domestically - with an insightful GLOBAL view of our WORLD!! As World Travelers and Culture Lovers, bloom where we are planted and commit ourselves to make a positive difference!" As a World Culture Lo …

Welcome to The DC Maryland Virginia Metro Area Monopoly Group! I have been playing Monopoly since I was a child and started collecting Monopoly Games in the 1980's. I currently have over 275 different sets from all over the world (different countries, different cities, themed editions, you name it). My goal is to share my love of this great game with others. I often bring different versions to the meetups to play. Most countries and cities have localized the properties. And I think it's much mor …

We invite you to support Mayor Vince Gray's vision for Washington D.C. and join us for Conversations for One City to bridge cultural, digital and other divides. We are allies and friends for "ONE CITY, ONE LOVE, ONE WORLD"!  Let's engage in conversations for friendship to strengthen harmony and unity of purpose among people from different groups and backgrounds. Let's get to know each other better for mutual understanding and support! Also sign up at www.meetup.com/ONECITY/  EXPECT THE UNEXPECTE …

Do you enjoy, value, appreciate and respect cultural diversity? Women of Diversity is a group made up of extraordinary, friendly and forward-thinking young women from different nationalities around the globe! We strive to support each other in our endeavors while enjoying each other socially and appreciating our diversity. We enjoy meeting people from different countries and enjoy sharing our cultural differences. Our MeetUps will range from themed dinners to book discussions, cultural movie nig …

Love those social boardgames that ends with people screaming and laughing till it hurts? Need to mix it up with the bar scene and just want to hang out? Come and join us!! Once or twice a month we'll get together and play different games (Taboo, Cranium, Pictionary, Apples to Apples, etc) at a different members house or at one of the great venues around town that have game nights. We'll have food and drinks and just hang out and meet new people. If you have any suggestions of games or differen …

BrainRelief is for Teens: Underachieving Gifted and/or Talented Creative, non-traditional Right-Brained learning style May have Executive Function concerns. May have ADD/ADHD or other Twice-Exceptional characteristics   BrainRelief features: Individual coaching Educational consulting Workshops for small groups of teens Presentations for parents, teachers, or students Resources for Gifted Teens, Right-Brained "Different Drummer" Teens, Teens with                  Executive Function Disorde …

Gild the Lily Art Studio offers kid tested visual art workshops and parties to children of all ages. We are a traveling art studio that offers introduction to art workshops to kids and their parents. Exploring different mediums and sharing different craft projects. We travel to different libraries in the DC Metro area (PG Co., Montgomery Co., Anne Arundel Co., parts of Howard Co.)Gild the Lily Art Studio offers kid tested visual art workshops and parties to children of all ages. www.gildthelily …

Gold Star, DC Metro Business Builders is dedicated to building it members business via referral marketing.   The Difference   Why is Gold Star different from other business networking groups?   We have breakfast AND lunch referral group meetings available.   Our referral meetings are not overly long.  Lunch starts at 11:45 and ends promptly at 1:00 PM. Breakfast starts at 7:15 and ends right at 8:30. They're all about business. No boring business reports or long lectures.   We have an intentiona …

If you are a fan of beer, wine and spirits, and you like to sample different kinds of them, then this meet-up is for you. We will meet other like minded enthusiast and sample brews from around the world. We will also sample different liquors and a variety of wines. We have many different local wineries and breweries in the area and we will tour many of them and sample their products. We will try to find the best places to drink and eat, great pubs and bar food. We will also explore beer parings, …

Let a REALTOR take you on a no-pressure, guided tour of Open Houses in a different DC neighborhood each weekend. We do all the preliminary work for you. Just meet up on Sunday afternoons at a local coffee shop in the selected neighborhood to cover a bit of information about the homebuying process, then walk around to view 5 or 6 different properties. We're always done by 4:00 pm. There's no fee for this service.  I love my job, I love where I live, and I want you to, also.

If you are interested in learning or sharing anything about designing, developing and supporting a great web site, service, app or online social network community, this group will not just explore, but we will discuss and possibly build, together.  This includes Javascript, HTML5, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, mobile web support, CakePHP, WordPress and other content management systems.  But it does not stop there.  This group will identify and explore the use of technologies, content, media and social …

First Thursday @ First Church is a monthly music and performance art series in downtown Washington, DC,  open to the entire community and visitors to our city.   This is a different kind of happy hour.  We think you'll find our new building to be a work of art in itself. Each month we'll offer a different musical or performance art group selected from the local DC area. We offer light refreshments and nonalcoholic beverages.  There is no cost to attend. Come for the art, the food and drinks, or …

Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of GOD and, according to I John 2:2, "...he is the propitiation for our sins..."? Have you accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal saviour? Do you also believe that GOD made all nations from just one man (Acts 17:26) and that race should not play a prohibiting factor in friendships and/or relationships? Are you open to meeting and dating a member of another race/ethnicity and believe that blended couples and families can be a blessing from GOD? …

Religion is a very important part of people's lives, but is often overlooked by our schools and mishandled by the media. This, then, leaves us at a loss for how to understand ourselves and each other. By informing ourselves and sharing with others, we can help to reduce religious ignorance and increase religious tolerance. The purpose of this group is to break down religious barriers through exposure and dialogue. It is important that we understand the differences along with the similarities. Th …

The Jaycees have been shaping future leaders in the United States since 1920! The Jaycees stands for "Junior Chamber." Our purpose is to give our young adult members (ages 21-40) opportunities to learn how to be civic and business leaders with the end result of improving their lives and the community of DC, too. And we have fun while doing it! We offer our members social opportunities, community service opportunities and chances for networking and personal growth. We do so many different kin …