As a member of the Santa Cruz Mountain Wine Tasters group, you'll get advanced notice and special access to wine events and tasting opportunities from Santa Cruz Mountain Vintners!

Gam3r5 is for everyone who likes to play computer and console video games from Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay to the South Bay/San Francisco Metro area. We meet at least once a month for PC and Console LAN parties. Currently, we play a lot of Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, and Halo Reach, Starcraft 2, League of Legends - but it changes as we go. ALL SKILL LEVELS are welcomed and our LANs are always fun and friendly competition. For the hardcore players, we have our official tournaments at www.hardwi …

Santa Cruz Web Developers is an informal group of web designers, developers, appreciators and visionaries. Started in July 2008, the group is dedicated to the notion that we each have a unique angle and therefore something valuable to offer in this vast, ever-changing digital field. We take turns presenting topics of interest and value to the group, and occasionally bring in guest speakers to share their expertise. Topics range from color and design theory to xampp installation, debugging pag …

Green Body & Mind is a vibrant community of Green, Organic, Non-Toxic, Sustainable, Alternative Health Practitioners - Consumers and Professionals representing Santa Cruz's core values. We meetup every two weeks to share our expertise or familiarity - or anything we are passionate about in the world of cleaning up our bodies and minds and how that translates to helping to clean up planet earth! We are Body and Mind environmentalists. Everything from the best non-toxic products for babies, to org …

We are still looking for a full time girl player for the spring 2012 season. Part time guys and girls are welcome too! Come join us! ======================== Coed Softball Team - Teams play with 5 girls and 5 guys. Games start on Sunday March 25th and end June 10th. One game a week. All games will be Sunday night at DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz (6:30, 7:45, 9:00) 10 regular season games. No games on 4/8 and 5/27. $45 for Santa Cruz residents. $65 for non residents Spring 2012 Softb …

Karaoke, billiards, game nights, movies, beach parties, poker, pot lucks, bowling, happy hour, concerts, wine tasting, street fairs, submarine races, food fights... We are a social group of people who meet to make friends and have fun. This group is not limited to single people. There are no age restrictions. Like to walk or hike? Check out Take a Hike.

Welcome! We hike from a fraction of a mile to tens of miles, mostly in Santa Cruz County. Sometimes we will carpool up to one hour from Santa Cruz. Read the description carefully for each hike. Most hikes will have a steep and rugged part. Some hikes have shorter or flatter options. Children are welcome if they can keep up and sometimes dogs are welcome depending on local regulations. See the "Photos" section for pictures of past hikes. See the "About Us" section for frequently asked questions. …

This group is open to anyone and is devoted to encouraging knitters of all levels to pursue their goals. We meet to inspire each other with new ideas and strive to finish the projects we start.

Well, maybe you should. Philosophy wasn't originally about dry hair-splitting, it was an effort to discover the right way to live your life, every day, in the real world. I recently rediscovered Stoicism, a philosophy which was at the height of it's popularity perhaps 18 centuries ago in the weeks after I got laid off from my job of ten years, and I've learned (and relearned a lot of things)—not perfectly, but every day is a new day. I'm learning how to want what I have, rather than need …

A book is always better when you have others to share it with. This informal book group is designed to initiate lively discussion about a variety of fiction and non-fiction selections. If you want suggestions for interesting books and to get together with others in your community for a monthly gathering, this is the place for you. We meet the the 4th Wed. evening of the month at various locations in the Santa Cruz area

I have been living in Santa Cruz for 6 years now and one thing is so very apparent. It's not easy to build a network and community of friends in Santa Cruz if you did not grow up in Santa Cruz. I love living in this extremely beautiful part of the world but one also needs a community of friends at the same time. You don't have to be a transplant in Santa Cruz although that is what I am. All are welcome. There is no age range or requirement. If you live in the Santa Cruz area (including all surro …

I am starting this group for all the thirty something year old ladies who love to get out there and move to the music! I cherish living in Santa Cruz, my teaching career, my family and friends, but I am finding that as I approach my late thirties, girlfriends who are available to dance past bedtime to some infectious beats are challenging to find! ;) This group is to provide a space for positive-minded women to come together, laugh, get to know one another, and make some real, honest-to-goodness …

Welcome to the Santa Cruz Chapter of Leads Club. The Purpose of Ali Lassen's Leads Club is to assist you in getting good business referrals that will expand your business success. Leads Club is dedicated to maximizing the use of your time and resources to get good business referrals. To accomplish this goal, Leads Club uses a method of spaced, timed, repetition of information. We are not a social club. We are a business dedicated to your business success. Founded in 1978 by Ali Lassen, and curr …