geek couples

**Featured Speaker: Giorgi Iukuridze, Founder of Shabo Winery**, will join us to share the story behind one of Ukraine’s most important and forward-thinking producers. With vision, resilience, and a deep commitment to quality, Giorgi has helped shape Shabo into a modern standard-bearer for Ukrainian wine — combining international expertise with a profound respect for local terroir and tradition. Located near the Black Sea, Shabo benefits from a unique climate that balances sunshine with cooling maritime influence, creating wines that are both expressive and beautifully structured. The winery is known for its exploration of both international varietals and indigenous grapes — offering a perspective that feels at once familiar and entirely new. We’ll enjoy **five wines that showcase the range and identity of Shabo**, from lively sparkling to distinctive regional expressions and structured reds: * **Primo Secco Brut NV** * **Reserve Telti Kuruk 2023** * **Original Dry Rosé 2023** * **Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2023** * **Limited Edition Kakhetian Saperavi / Merlot 2023** The wines will be served with **five small cheese bites designed for pairing**, creating an intimate, educational, and truly memorable evening — and a rare chance to hear directly from the founder of a winery helping define the future of Ukrainian wine. This event can only accommodate a small group, so if you are interested, you should purchase your ticket soon. These "Meet the Winemaker" events are very nice, I highly recommend. To pre-order your tickets, go [HERE](https://cheesetique.square.site/product/-/5AYQ5VGHYISSCC73MNEZNSJC?utm_source=sqmktg_email) . **Tickets are $55 (not including tax).** Park on the street or in the lot behind Cheesetique (they validate during paid hours).

Let's get together to play some fun BB level Double games at Bluemont. **Format**: Doubles **COST**: FREE **Court Type**: Outdoor grass **Minimum Skill Requirements**: Intermediate-BB (click [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PojSi4qdlRsv1msCHhvpQ43iDc4FfzQwpWCc3kafVMY/mobilebasic) for details) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Smiley Social documents:** 1. [Group Rules ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HrG35p_0M08leRvCp8XWG3CMkr_GL928XFabl5T6Dvg) 1. [Liability Waiver ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W2mq-7m99lmvd7gdWYaSUFtvVg4UGnzV6koafAbHmco) 1. [Volleyball Levels](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PojSi4qdlRsv1msCHhvpQ43iDc4FfzQwpWCc3kafVMY/)

**Please Note:** This game has limited slots, and you must RSVP. If the event is full, please signup for the Waitlist, and you will be moved up as people update their RSVPs. Clank! In! Space! is built on the same game system as Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure, with players building a personal deck of cards throughout the course of the game, with the cards allowing them to move through the spaceship, attack things, acquire new cards, and — oh yeah — make noise to attract Lord Eradikus and potentially seal their own doom. Light Refreshments are provided. Please RSVP so we can account for Snacks.

New season means new events! The DMV D&D is proud to kick off our first (and certainly not our last!) Tavern Board Game Night! Come join us at Fat Pete’s BBQ (our new partners!) on 7/22 for a fun night filled with board games, drinks and good fun! So come on by and bring your friends and your favorite board games! Can't make any of the events? Want to stay in the loop? No worries! Join the [DMV D&D Group ](https://discord.gg/xhEJ7V3uvu)to stay aware of all future events!

**Description:** Join us for an evening of board games and fellowship at Davis’ house in Rockville, MD. No experience needed — all games will be explained before we play. **Parking:** Plenty of free street parking is available on both sides of the street. **What to Bring:** A snack or drink to share is appreciated but not required. Feel free to bring a favorite game if you’d like. Looking forward to seeing both new and familiar faces. — Davis (Text 240-372-0513)

Hello, gaming friends! It's been a while! Join us for an evening of social board gaming, "artistry", and a sprinkle of mischief. We'll be meeting in Kingstowne's bright new library space come check it out with us! No previous experience is required. Come as you are, all the game rules will be explained before we start. The evening's main event will be **Telestrations**, a delightfully silly party game that's what happens when **Pictionary** and **Telephone** are thrown into a blender. Time permitting, we'll also play a few rounds of **One Night Ultimate Werewolf**. Ever wanted to lie to friends and strangers? Here's your chance! Game explanations will begin promptly at **6:00 PM**, so please arrive on time. Look forward to seeing you there ! \~Alexandra

🥂 **DMV Professionals Singles Mixer** **Real People. Real Conversations. Real Connections.** **Ages 30–49** Looking to meet other successful, interesting, and relationship-minded singles in the DMV? **RSVP here for Confirmation** : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup Join us for an evening of great conversations, new connections, and a refreshing alternative to dating apps. Whether you're new to the area, recently single, focused on your career, or simply tired of endless swiping, this event is designed to help you meet local professionals in a fun, relaxed, and welcoming environment. No pressure. No awkward pickup lines. No endless texting that never turns into a real date. Just authentic conversations with real people who are looking to connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Location Astro Beer Hall 1306 G Street NW Washington, DC 20005 🚇 Metro Access Conveniently located just a short walk from: • Metro Center Station (Red, Orange, Blue, Silver Lines) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎟️ Reserve Early & Save ❤️ Early Bird Admission — $15 Limited quantity available. ❤️ General Admission — $20 Available after Early Bird tickets sell out. ❤️ Last Chance / Door Admission — $25 Available only if space remains. ⚠️ Most events sell out before the event date. Reserve early and save. **RSVP here for Confirmation** : [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ Why Attend? Let's be honest. Dating apps can be exhausting. You match. You message. You wait. Sometimes you meet. Most of the time, you don't. At Spark Vibe, we're bringing dating back to real life. This is your opportunity to step away from the screen and meet local singles face-to-face. Many attendees arrive on their own. Everyone is there to meet new people. You'll quickly discover that meeting people in person is far more enjoyable than spending another night scrolling through profiles. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ What Makes This Event Different? Most singles events feel forced. This one doesn't. We've created a comfortable and social environment where conversations happen naturally. Meet local professionals from a variety of industries including: • Government • Healthcare • Technology • Education • Business • Finance • Consulting • Nonprofits • Entrepreneurship Whether you're looking for a relationship, friendship, dating opportunities, or simply want to expand your social circle, you'll be surrounded by people who are open to making genuine connections. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌟 What To Expect 🍸 Social Mixer Start the evening by mingling and meeting fellow attendees in a relaxed atmosphere. 💬 Easy Conversations Conversation starters and optional icebreakers help keep introductions natural and enjoyable. 🤝 Meet New People Connect with local singles from across DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. 🎤 Friendly Host Our host will welcome guests, help facilitate introductions, and ensure everyone feels comfortable. ✨ Good Energy Expect a positive, welcoming crowd of professionals looking to connect and have a great evening. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ Perfect For Singles Who Are ✅ Tired of dating apps ✅ Looking for meaningful connections ✅ New to the DMV area ✅ Busy professionals ✅ Interested in meeting people face-to-face ✅ Open to friendship, dating, or a serious relationship ✅ Looking to expand their social circle ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌟 Why People Love Our Events Many attendees tell us they meet more quality people in one evening than they have in months online. The atmosphere is welcoming. The conversations are genuine. And the experience feels natural. Some attendees leave with a date. Others leave with new friends. Everyone leaves having made new connections. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏰ Important Information • Please arrive 10–15 minutes early. • Check-in closes 15 minutes after the event start time. • Most attendees come solo. • Dress casually stylish or business casual. • Tickets are limited to maintain a comfortable experience. • Must be 21+ to attend. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ About The Age Range This event is designed primarily for singles ages 30–49. The age range serves as a guideline rather than a strict requirement. If you feel you would connect well with this group, you're welcome to join us. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ Stop Swiping. Start Connecting. The best connections happen face-to-face. Reserve your spot today and join us for an evening of conversation, connection, and possibility. Spark Vibe Where Strangers Become Stories. **RSVP here for Confirmation** : [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup)

❤️ Dating With Purpose Meet, Mix & Mingle with Singles Seeking Marriage, Family & Long-Term Commitment (Ages 30–45) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dating-with-purpose-3045-singles-seeking-marriage-family-commitment-tickets-1991951742283?aff=meetup 💍 MARRIAGE-MINDED SINGLES MIXER (AGES 30–45) Dating With Purpose: Meet Relationship-Focused Professionals Seeking Long-Term Commitment ❤️ Looking for Something Real? If you're tired of endless swiping, casual dating, and conversations that never lead anywhere, you're not alone. This event is designed for singles who know what they want and are ready to meet others who feel the same. Join us for an evening of meaningful conversations, genuine connections, and the opportunity to meet local professionals who are interested in building a lasting relationship. No games. No mixed signals. No situationships. Just real people seeking real connections. Whether you're hoping to find a life partner, build a future with someone special, start a family, or simply meet people who share your values and relationship goals, this event was created with you in mind. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Location: Public Bar Live \| Sports Bar Dupont Circle 🚇 Metro Access Conveniently located near major Metro lines with nearby parking available. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎟️ RESERVE EARLY & SAVE ❤️ Early Bird Admission — $15 Limited quantity available. ❤️ General Admission — $20 Available after Early Bird tickets sell out. ❤️ Last Chance / Door Admission — $25 Only available if space remains. ⚠️ Attendance is intentionally limited to create a balanced and meaningful experience. Most Spark Vibe events sell out before the event date. Reserve your spot early and save. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💍 WHY THIS EVENT IS DIFFERENT Most dating events focus on meeting as many people as possible. This event focuses on meeting the right people. Everyone attending is looking beyond casual dating and is open to meaningful relationships, long-term commitment, marriage, and building a future with the right person. Many attendees are interested in: ❤️ Long-term relationships 💍 Marriage 👶 Starting a family 🤝 Intentional partnerships ✨ Shared values and life goals You won't have to guess what people are looking for. You'll already know you're surrounded by singles who are dating with purpose. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌟 WHAT TO EXPECT 🍸 Relaxed Social Mixer Meet local singles in a welcoming, low-pressure environment designed to make connecting easy. 💬 Guided Conversations Fun icebreakers and conversation prompts help conversations flow naturally. ⚡ Meet Multiple Relationship-Minded Singles Connect with professionals who value commitment, communication, and genuine connection. 🎤 Friendly Event Host Our host will welcome guests, facilitate introductions, and ensure everyone feels comfortable throughout the event. 🤝 Real Conversations Skip the endless texting and discover chemistry face-to-face. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ PERFECT FOR SINGLES WHO ARE ✅ Seeking a serious relationship ✅ Interested in marriage and long-term commitment ✅ Tired of dating apps and casual dating culture ✅ Looking for compatible, relationship-focused partners ✅ Interested in building a family or planning for the future ✅ Ready to meet people in person ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌟 WHY PEOPLE LOVE PURPOSE-DRIVEN EVENTS When everyone shares similar intentions, conversations become easier and connections happen more naturally. Instead of wondering what someone wants, you'll meet people who are clear about their goals and open to building something meaningful. Many attendees arrive solo. Most leave having made new connections. Some leave with a date. Others leave with new friendships and renewed optimism. Everyone leaves knowing they took a step toward something real. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ ABOUT THE AGE RANGE This event is designed primarily for singles ages 30–45. The age range is intended as a guideline rather than a strict requirement. If you feel you'd connect well with this group, you're welcome to join us. Our goal is always to create a balanced environment where meaningful connections can happen naturally. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏰ IMPORTANT INFORMATION • Please arrive 10–15 minutes early. • Check-in closes 15 minutes after the event start time. • Most attendees come solo. • Dress code: Smart casual or business casual. • Tickets are limited and often sell out in advance. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ STOP SWIPING. START BUILDING SOMETHING REAL. The best relationships don't begin with an algorithm. They begin with a conversation. Reserve your spot today. Spark Vibe Where Strangers Become Stories.

**Notice the new time. We are now 2-5pm.** Bring your own board games! The Center has a few games as well. Newcomers welcome! You don't need to know anything, we will teach you how to play! We do not serve food. Note that you can bring drinks and food, but plan to leave the place tidy. Some of us may also get food together afterwards. Location Info: The [MoCo Pride Center](https://www.mocopridefamily.org/pride-center-home) is close to the **Bethesda Metro Station**. It is on the 2nd floor of the **Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center**. Look for the **blue awning** that says Geste Beer at the cross of Old Georgetown Road -- the front entrance is directly to the left of this awning. The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Service Center has an attached garage, which is accessible on Edgemoor. Go past the Center, then turn right at the stop sign across from the Metro stop. The garage is your first right. Payment is mobile using the ParkMobile app. INHERENT RISK AND LIABILITY: Organizers carefully plan events and check public sources for weather and safety. Common sense dictates that conditions may change and there is inherent risk associated with attendance. Organizers and the DC LGBTQ+ Community Center do not accept any liability for accidents/injuries or any other incidences that may occur in connection with the activities published herein or on linked sites.

Hello Everyone, Thank you so much for joining us for our **Valentine’s Mystery Social**! It was truly a pleasure to host such an intentional space for all of you to connect as "souls" rather than just titles and paychecks. We heard your feedback loud and clear: you all wanted more time to connect after the opening icebreakers! We have noted this and look forward to hosting several more of these sessions for our private clients throughout the year with even more space for deep discussion. ### **🔥 TODAY ONLY: Elite Match Alert** We have just added two profiles, a powerhouse Jack and Jill **brother and sister duo**—both exceptional catches: * **The Sports Agent (Male):** A high-achieving, family-oriented professional who embodies the values of our community and the legacy of his upbringing. * **The Powerhouse Attorney (Female):** A stunning attorney and active actress who is a true "Jack and Jill" legacy. She balances a high-stakes legal career with a passion for the arts. **Follow us on IG:** For our most up-to-date match alerts and event BTS, make sure you are following us on Instagram @helpmeetclub **Saturday Appointment Available:** We have **ONE** consultation opening available for this Saturday. This is first-come, first-served for anyone ready! **Consultation:** To celebrate these new additions, use code FRIENDS20 at checkout for an **[additional $55.55 off](https://thehelpmeetclub.com/join-our-database-of-singles-form/)**[ ](https://thehelpmeetclub.com/join-our-database-of-singles-form/)our current consult special. **This code is valid TODAY ONLY.** ### **Action Required: Selection Form** Please submit your final selections by the **end of today**. As a reminder, we only facilitate a "Double-Yes" match (where both parties select each other) or reach out if you have specifically marked that you are open to hearing from others. ### **Membership Updates** We are committed to the quality of our community. To that end, we have decided to make some adjustments to our membership structure: * **Database Services:** We will no longer allow women to join our database as a standalone service. * **The Reason:** It is undeniable that the women who complete our **Readiness Process** stand out and make exceptional partners. It is only fair that they are rewarded with exclusive access to our socials and curated community. On that note, if your database membership is currently expiring, please let us know and we will re-enroll you at 50% off your annual database membership fee.

🥂 **DMV Professionals Singles Mixer** **Real People. Real Conversations. Real Connections.** **Ages 30–49** Looking to meet other successful, interesting, and relationship-minded singles in the DMV? **RSVP here for Confirmation** : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup Join us for an evening of great conversations, new connections, and a refreshing alternative to dating apps. Whether you're new to the area, recently single, focused on your career, or simply tired of endless swiping, this event is designed to help you meet local professionals in a fun, relaxed, and welcoming environment. No pressure. No awkward pickup lines. No endless texting that never turns into a real date. Just authentic conversations with real people who are looking to connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Location Astro Beer Hall 1306 G Street NW Washington, DC 20005 🚇 Metro Access Conveniently located just a short walk from: • Metro Center Station (Red, Orange, Blue, Silver Lines) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎟️ Reserve Early & Save ❤️ Early Bird Admission — $15 Limited quantity available. ❤️ General Admission — $20 Available after Early Bird tickets sell out. ❤️ Last Chance / Door Admission — $25 Available only if space remains. ⚠️ Most events sell out before the event date. Reserve early and save. **RSVP here for Confirmation** : [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ Why Attend? Let's be honest. Dating apps can be exhausting. You match. You message. You wait. Sometimes you meet. Most of the time, you don't. At Spark Vibe, we're bringing dating back to real life. This is your opportunity to step away from the screen and meet local singles face-to-face. Many attendees arrive on their own. Everyone is there to meet new people. You'll quickly discover that meeting people in person is far more enjoyable than spending another night scrolling through profiles. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ What Makes This Event Different? Most singles events feel forced. This one doesn't. We've created a comfortable and social environment where conversations happen naturally. Meet local professionals from a variety of industries including: • Government • Healthcare • Technology • Education • Business • Finance • Consulting • Nonprofits • Entrepreneurship Whether you're looking for a relationship, friendship, dating opportunities, or simply want to expand your social circle, you'll be surrounded by people who are open to making genuine connections. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌟 What To Expect 🍸 Social Mixer Start the evening by mingling and meeting fellow attendees in a relaxed atmosphere. 💬 Easy Conversations Conversation starters and optional icebreakers help keep introductions natural and enjoyable. 🤝 Meet New People Connect with local singles from across DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. 🎤 Friendly Host Our host will welcome guests, help facilitate introductions, and ensure everyone feels comfortable. ✨ Good Energy Expect a positive, welcoming crowd of professionals looking to connect and have a great evening. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ Perfect For Singles Who Are ✅ Tired of dating apps ✅ Looking for meaningful connections ✅ New to the DMV area ✅ Busy professionals ✅ Interested in meeting people face-to-face ✅ Open to friendship, dating, or a serious relationship ✅ Looking to expand their social circle ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌟 Why People Love Our Events Many attendees tell us they meet more quality people in one evening than they have in months online. The atmosphere is welcoming. The conversations are genuine. And the experience feels natural. Some attendees leave with a date. Others leave with new friends. Everyone leaves having made new connections. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏰ Important Information • Please arrive 10–15 minutes early. • Check-in closes 15 minutes after the event start time. • Most attendees come solo. • Dress casually stylish or business casual. • Tickets are limited to maintain a comfortable experience. • Must be 21+ to attend. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ About The Age Range This event is designed primarily for singles ages 30–49. The age range serves as a guideline rather than a strict requirement. If you feel you would connect well with this group, you're welcome to join us. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ Stop Swiping. Start Connecting. The best connections happen face-to-face. Reserve your spot today and join us for an evening of conversation, connection, and possibility. Spark Vibe Where Strangers Become Stories. **RSVP here for Confirmation** : [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singles-and-dating-meet-mix-mingle-with-singles-in-dc-ages-3049-tickets-1991872473187?aff=meetup)

At this event ..