Westside Vibrant Women

Join us for Vibrant Women who Lunch Together at The Dragonfly Asian Bistro in Tigard.
*Locally owned - serving Modern Chinese Cuisine.
If you haven't eaten here yet, you will be glad you're trying it! The head chef from Hunan Pearl (Lake Oswego) opened Dragonfly Asian Bistro April 2025. Great food!

We have the private dining room reserved for 14 guests.
I'm looking forward to hosting our first Weside Lustrous Ladies who Lunch Together event at The Dragonfly Asian Bistro!

https://www.dragonflyasianbistro.com/
Good news: They accommodate individual checks!

Walk Name: Fanno Creek Trail – Tigard Library to Main St., and possibly beyond.

Note: The walk will begin promptly at 10:00 am with everyone who arrives on time. Please arrive on time. If you need to text me for any reason, my number is 503-702-5059.

Walk Description: We will walk for 1 hour or 2 miles. Whichever happens first. Then we'll turn around. I do like to walk a somewhat speedy 2.6 miles per hour on flat ground. So if you stroll or prefer to walk slowly, this might not be the walk for you. On the other hand, I'll never leave you in the dust. So if it turns out after one hour of walking we've only gone 1.5 miles, we'll turn around and head back anyway. Thus, this is a "4ish" mile walk.

Trail Type: Out-and-back
Start/End Point: Tigard Library
Estimated Time: 2 hours
Trail Surface: Paved, mostly flat
Route:
*Start at Fanno Creek Trail entrance at the Tigard library, and walk towards Main Street, which is in old downtown Tigard.

Features: Creekside views, shaded areas, benches, pedestrian bridge, access to library restrooms during open hours
Difficulty: Easy
Dogs are welcome on the Fanno Creek trail.

Please note: By signing up for this walk, you agree to take full responsibility for your well-being at all times, while also acting as a supportive member of the group. Supporting the group includes arriving on time, not leaving the group without telling someone, observing basic walking etiquette, and not dashing ahead of the walk leader, but being able to keep up with our pace. (thank you). It also includes removing yourself from the attendee list as soon as your plans have changed so that anyone on the waiting list will be able to join us.

Let's meet for Lunch at Casa Lola Kitchen de Mexico.
We have a table reserved for 10

I'm trying it for the 1st time.
Has anyone eaten here?

https://casalolapdx.com/

Has some great reviews:
*I've been coming to Casa Lola for years and it never disappoints!

*I’ve been passing this restaurant since I moved in the area, and finally decided to go try it out. So good!

*Casa Lola is the perfect authentic Mexican kitchen for SW Beaverton/ Tigard.

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How Lunch Meetups Work in Our Group

As our meetup group grows into a broad community, lunch gatherings are designed to stay small—usually around eight people.

This keeps us from overwhelming restaurants during the busy 11:30 lunch hour.

More importantly, it creates a close, comfortable setting where we can genuinely get to know one another.

That said, this is just one approach. Lunches could also be organized as larger gatherings if that’s what people prefer. The smaller group idea is simply how I see the possibility unfolding right now.

Event Templates & Draft Box

Once a lunch event is created, it will be saved in the Draft Box for future use.

If you see a past lunch event and would like to host at that same restaurant, just message me and I’ll share the template with you so you can post it yourself.

Experienced hosts can copy templates directly.

If you’ve never hosted before but would like to, I’ll walk you through the instructions and guidelines so you can join the hosting team.

Hosting Options

When a host posts an event, it can be added to the calendar without sending an email to the entire group.

This flexibility allows you to:

Share first with a smaller circle of friends or connections, then later notify the full group.

Or, send the announcement right away so the whole membership sees it.

Either way, once an event is posted, it is visible to everyone. Any member who comes across it is welcome to sign up.

The purpose of this system is to make lunch meetups a versatile tool: sometimes for smaller, more intimate gatherings, and other times for larger group participation.

I’m open to everyone’s feedback, ideas, and concepts—this is a community effort, and together we’ll shape the best way to make lunch meetups enjoyable and accessible for all.