What we’re about
Dynamic Professionals (Age 50 + We are a SINGLES group)
**Please have a photo on your profile to be accepted as a Dynamic Professional member** I request this for the safety and security of all of our members. If, for some reason you don't feel comfortable posting a photo, email me and I'll provide my phone number to speak to you personally prior to acceptance with our group.
Membership fees - No membership fees at this time.
Removal from group - As the Organizer, it is my sole discretion to remove a member from the group. If I don't feel the member is a "fit", if a member doesn't get along with others, if a member causes undo hostility, if more than one complaint has been voiced about a specific member, just to name a few.
As you can see from our wide variety of past meetups - we have events and adventures for everyone. Favorite places to visit for daytrips and weekend trips, favorite local restaurants-both new and old, group dinners and more intimate dinners, dancing, sporting events, mystery theatres, boat trips, wine tastings, museums, historical sites, movies, theatre, cabarets, musical events (from new age to classical), visits to parks, hiking, skating, go carting, zip lining, paint ball, and the list keeps going. Many more activities to be had in the warmer months. Be sure to hit SEE ALL as our events and trips go out more then 12 months.
Check out past events & adventures to wet your appetite and show you what a wonderful group this is. Read the reviews and comments and don't forget to check the photo's from previous events.
RSVPs go fast within this group.
Members should be 50+ years of age (or close to it) and SINGLE, but those numbers aren't set in stone, had to start and end somewhere. Once you're a member, you WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THIS GROUP and are welcome at any event even if you become a "couple" with someone in or outside the group.
You must be an individual that cares about their appearance, has a zest for life, has an ACTIVE and healthy lifestyle and the means to join us for some of our events. Those that enjoy getting together with and being respectful of others. Inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated in anyway. Inappropriate comments and/or other harassment of any member will be grounds for removal from our group.
At times you will be asked to participate in bringing a dish or your beverage of choice. Posts will always give plenty of info and/or suggestions as to the nature of our event and what is needed.
Please share your questions or comments. If anyone has an idea, please share with me and I’ll post and put it out there to see if there’s any interest.
Let your friends know about Dynamic Professionals 50 +, we hope to make this a very popular meet up with a new concept and twists on old concepts. Thanks for your interest!
Warm regards,
Ellen Foster, Organizer
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Sicily - March 16-24, 2024 $2,699 R/T air, ins & added excursionsSicily, Sicily
If you followed my travels over the past couple of weeks, here's your chance to get to Sicily for UNDER $3,000. Check out my facebook page for all the photo's from my trip May 20 - 28th. https://www.facebook.com/ellen.b.foster/
9 Day Affordable Sicily - Escorted Package Includes
$2,699.00 full price includes HALF OFF COMPANION so you need roommateDon't miss out, call me today. 561-262-2800 This is a LIMITED OFFER.
March begins to see the mercury rise in Sicily, with temperatures averaging between lows of 43˚F and highs of 59˚F, marking the end of the short winter season, though the sea is not yet warm enough for a swim 59˚F.
Call 561-262-2800 or email efoster@dreamvacations.com
Invite family, friends or co-workers. This is an amazing price.
- Deposit $1,210 PP (includes Prepaid "instant" air and deposit)
- Final payment due 12/1/23
- March 16 – 24, 2024
- ALL INCLUDED excursions included
- Round trip flights JFK-Rome-Palermo, Palermo-Rome-JFK
- FLIGHTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED UNTIL RESERVED but will be ticketed immediately as this is an INSTANT PURCHASE for air
- 7 nights First Class accommodations
- 3 nights Palermo - Mercure Palermo (I just stayed here)
- 1 night Agrigento - Hotel Dioscuri Bay Palace (I just stayed here)
- 3 nights Catania – Palace Catania (Stayed in 2019)
- Italian city hotel taxes, fees & service charges & Hotel porterage
- All transfers included only with airfare purchase on package arrival & departure dates
- 11 meals: 7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners with wine
- Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned motor coach
- Services of English-speaking tour manager throughout
- Services of local guides in all major cities & Entrance fees per itinerary
- Comfortable wireless earphones for enhanced touring
For full details and itinerary click here:
https://efoster.dreamvacations.com/travel/cruise_articles/CMSStandardPage.html?edOid=1613185906 - Fiction Addiction ~ Book Club: 1st Tues each month EXCEPT JAN, JUL & SEPCafe Fiore - Cromwell, Cromwell, CT
Viewing on a smart phone? Click on "read more" for book list. Three months titles are listed.
Our group is co-ed and has been meeting for nearly 13 years. We enjoy chatting with each other, eating good food and discussing interesting books. Every meeting is fun! Newcomers are always welcome!
Please RSVP on our Meetup website. The next books will be posted every 2 months.
UPCOMING DISCUSSION:
April 2, 2024 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - Reviewer, Nancy Sheehan
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.A Gentleman in Moscow immerses us in another elegantly drawn era with the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.
****Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2016)
Note: A Gentleman in Moscow will be streaming on Paramount+ and Showtime beginning March 29th.
Here's the trailer on YouTube.
Also "Don't Make the Same Foolish Mistake that I did." a commentary.
Here's a 6 minute Interview of Ewan on CBS Morning NewsMay 7, 2024 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - reviewer, Carol Cranston
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.
****Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Fiction (2023)June 4, 2024 The Red Book by James Patterson and David Ellis Reviewer, Doug Losty
For Detective Billy Harney, the distance from hero to statistic is one false move.To Harney, the newest member of Chicago PD's elite strike force -- Special Operations Section (SOS) -- getting shot in the head, stalked by a state's attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is all part of breaking a case.
So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts -- his father was once chief of detectives and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force -- run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only ones.
When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going ... until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to the one place he vowed never to return: his own troubled past.
- 12 Day Crown of Egypt w/4 Day First Class Nile Cruise $3,913.95Egypt, Egypt
12 Day Crown of Egypt with 4 Day First Class Nile Cruise
$3,913.95 Dbl occupancy Add $900 SingleApril 16 – 27, 2024
Members that booked previously got a $570 discount and Cabin A. This is a new sale price, only B Cabin available.
Egypt's history and culture have not changed but current political and cultural events have left their mark on daily life. Security is of primary importance and you may see more armed guards and police vehicle presence. We encourage you to travel in groups and not alone. Many domestic flights within Egypt depart in the early morning, requiring waking before dawn. Early morning touring is done when possible in order to avoid mid-day sun and humidity and to ensure there is ample time to visit the destination highlights. Local dress code, hygiene and diet recommendations are provided. Due to Egypt's proximity to the Sahara Desert, local hot winds bring sand and dust everywhere.
The best time to visit Egypt is between October and April as temperatures are cooler, but you're still guaranteed sun. This is when the weather is most comfortable, which is perfect for exploring Cairo and the Pyramids.
- Price includes discount of $500 PP, Cabin upgrade (Category A), travel insurance, r/t air, transfers, meals shown and full itinerary shown. Cabin B inclusion based on availability, upper deck, outside deluxe cabin.
- This NEW SALE PRICE WITH INCLUDED DISCOUNT GOOD THRU Thurssday, June 15 or until sold out ONLY 2 SPOTS OPEN
- Optional excursions – Choose from 6 additional excursions, choose 1 or all
- Deposit $399.95 PP Final Payment* due January 2, 2024
- *Additional 5% discount ($175) if paid with electronic check
- Round trip flights New York-Cairo, Cairo-New York
Check out the full details, itinerary, optional excursions and more
https://efoster.dreamvacations.com/travel/cruise_articles/CMSStandardPage.html?edOid=1613180715Summary itinerary below, full details by clicking link above.
DAY 1, Tuesday - Depart for Egypt
DAY 2, Wednesday - Arrive in Cairo
DAY 3, Thursday - The Pyramids & Sphinx of Giza
DAY 4, Friday - Flight to Luxor, Half Day Luxor
DAY 5, Saturday - Temples of Karnak, Nile Cruise Embarkation
DAY 6, Sunday - Full Day Luxor
DAY 7, Monday - Edfu Temples & Kom Ombo
DAY 8, Tuesday - Cruise to Aswan
DAY 9, Wednesday - Disembarkation, Aswan High Dam, Philae Temple
DAY 10, Thursday - Flight to Cairo
DAY 11, Friday - Full Day Cairo
DAY 12, Saturday - Depart Egypt