We're a diverse group of ladies in NoVA who absolutely love chatting over tea, coffee and a wide variety of international cuisines, decadent desserts and fun events.  While most of our activities are in Northern Virginia (Dulles Corridor) we will occasionally schedule events in other areas.  Join us for great conversations, potlucks, games, fine dining, spa days, gala events, and shopping.  Join us and forge new and lasting friendships!

We all love to sip tea together, discussing great reads about travel, culture, and global issues with other women.  Please join and and find more at: http://www.meetup.com/The-Traveling-Women-Books-and-Tea-Club/about/

Are you tired of both "major" parties? Has government become an "out-of-control" monster? Feel like neither party represents your values and you're voting for the "Lessor of two Evils" just so the "other guy" won't win? Want to take your country back? The Richmond Tea Party is your answer. We have 5 principles: Follow the Constitution, Limited government, Free Markets, Fiscal Responsibility, plus Virtue and Accountability of our politicians. Come! Hear our plans to return the nation to the visio …

Hi, The group is for women 45+ who love creating beautiful crafts be it knitting (3/4 of us are knitters), needlepoint, quilting, cross-stitch, crocheting, rug hooking,  or other crafts such as altered books/art, beading, collage art, decoupage, etc., and want a way to make new friends and finish projects at the same time. You are invited to come to the founder's home in Kensington/Silver Spring, MD every Sunday  from 2:00-5:00 (coming weekly is NOT mandatory) to get inspired, learn about other …

If you are interested in coordinating this event and/or already are coordinating it via another site such as Facebook please contact me and I will make you a MeetUp organizer immediately. Thanks! The Boston Tea Party was an act of direct protest by American Colonists demanding representation in the British Government. They became known as the original patriots. The Washington DC Tea Party of 2009 and Tea Parties all across America will reinvigorate that American and Patriotic spirit; one tha …

We are a group of mostly women but some brave men who meet regularly to have afternoon tea. We usually visit a different tearoom each month. Please join us if you enjoy visiting different tearooms and would like to do so in the company of others. The experience of sharing a cup of tea with others is a comfortable way to get to know people better and enjoy a sense of well-being.

Are you looking for a relaxed group of friends to knit or crochet with?  You've found it! Whether you've been knitting or crocheting for years or you're just learning, let's get together and crochet/knit, have coffee, tea, and snacks, make new friends, and chat.

The 912 First Landing Patriots is the education, cultural, and entrepreneurial arm of the Hampton Roads Tea Party serving the southside area of Tidewater. MISSION To foster Constitutional thinkers among voters and future voters at the local level through forming 912 patriot small groups in neighborhood precincts, community and church groups and schools where members are equipped with the tools to defend and articulate America’s liberty-heritage and build relationships within their community fo …

Do you occasionally feel inadequat at work or in a relationship? Do you want to talk about issues that face Chinese American women in this area over a glass of wine, or tea? Do you have a favourate book that is about women's work and relationship issues that you would like to share and discuss? Do you want to talk about a meaning movie or documentary that may inspire us al? ... Or do you like girls gathering laughing talking making delicious food together and enjoy it?...  if so, come and join u …

Are you frustrated with an out of control government? Do you feel like you're the only one waiving a red flag and nobody's listening? Come join us once a month at a local bar for a beer and an opportunity for you to vent your frustrations and meet like minded people. You don't have to be an official Tea Party or 912 member. I believe it's important for us to establish a face to face local like minded community NOW to help all of us face the music in what's most likely to come in the near future. …

Join this group if you love or are interested in discussing our Constitution and Bill of Rights, and are sick of politics as usual. This group will provide the opportunity for discussing current events and political issues from a classical liberal / paleoconservative / constitutionalist / libertarian point of view, and to support local and national political candidates who hold those views. This meetup will also serve as a venue for Ron Paul supporters from all political backgrounds to organize …

Calling all fans of a great cup of coffee* and a good sit-down-and-write session! This is a group for any aspiring, published, new, or experienced writers. All experience levels are welcome. Come out to meet new writers and spend time reading others' work, workshopping, and talking about writing topics. I'd like to get together earlier in the mornings on the weekends and start the day out with some coffee*, some writing, and some friendship! *You don't have to like coffee...hot chocolate, tea, e …

This is a group for young gals who live in Georgetown and Dupont Circle and surrounding neighborhoods, you are a student at Georgetown and want to go out with friends in the area for coffee ? or work in the city and want to do something relaxing afterwards ? dinner, museums, relax at someones house one evening for tea, get to check out surrounding neighborhoods with other people who live in the city or who love coming to the city and checking out fun things to do

We are a tea party group of freedom lovers who are actively working to take back our country and bring it under the rightful limitations of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Our members typically have a high level of respect for the founding fathers of this great nation and God who inspired them. Even so, it is not necessary to be religious to be in the TCLA.  We enjoy working with other groups and trying new approaches to bring about change for the better.  We are also communicating with oth …

The Potomac Tea and Knife Society is a local gaming group which focuses mostly on organizing Diplomacy games. Generally, we have Diplomacy games about once a month (though Diplomacy is definitely not the only game we play and enjoy during these get-togethers). We are located all throughout Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Any and all interested players are welcome and invited! Whether you are an old hand looking to get into a game, or just interested in learning how to play, c …

Welcome, Tao Life Seekers! According to the ancient wisdom of Taoism, in nature there is balance and harmony; Taoism promotes living in accordance with the laws of nature. This group is for those seeking to achieve an inspired creative life applying Taoist principles, either as an artist, a martial artist, a healer, an acupuncturist, a herbalist, a green environmentalist, or those interested in applying those principles in their lives. Our monthly activities take our members to where Tao princip …

Meet fellow Tarot Card Readers and other people interested in tarot here in NoVa. Come to Sticks and Stones where we host our Tarot Meetups - for fun and to talk about the Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, the Fool, Swords, Batons, Coins, Cups -- anything to do with Tarot! Occasionally we also offer classes on other forms of divination as well. We'll focus on doing readings for everyday situations, decisions, issues, etc that result in practical advice you can put to use TODAY! This meetup is suitable …

Meet other women in your community. Are you new to the area or just haven't been able to meet other women?  Do you like to talk/ share? We all like coffee don't we?  Or perhaps tea?  Or Soda?... Water?  So what a better way than share a good time while nursing a good cup of coffee... or tea  ... or soda.... or water while talking and sharing with a fantastic group of Women. This is only a Daytime Meetup Group; we meet every other Wednesday at 10:00 morning. If you can get to the Glen Allen/ Shor …

Northern Virginia and the surrounding area is very liberal.  As a result, it often is difficult for conservatives and libertarians to meet and discuss timely topics or current books. This meetup group is unique by giving conservatives and libertarians an informal forum to exchange ideas, debate issues, and develop a network of like-minded individuals. The group meets once a month, at least, and we will focus on timely issues.  If you are interested in thoughtful discussions and meeting fellow …

I am a newbie to crochet and want to learn more. I am not able to go outside the area to other crochet events, so I decided to see if there is a want for a crochet social in the Woodbridge/Dale City area. If so---Great! I really want to learn from other crochet professionals or newbies like myself so we could use our crafts for Care Packages for soldiers or for our local hospitals, shelters. I would be great to make it into a regular class for our youth. There is soo many avenues I would love to …

Here's the plan: We'll have meets on weekend mornings (and switch it up so that people who can't come to one on sunday can come to one on saturday?) and visit various coffee shops around the Hampton Roads, try what looks good, and take notes. Afterward, we'll post what we thought of the place on meetup, including atmosphere, seating (comfyness?) and quality of coffee/food. Sound good? Oh, and you might also make some friends when conversing over coffee.  If you want to have an impact on which da …

The Republican Liberty Caucus of Central Virginia is dedicated to promoting the ideals of individual rights, limited government, and Capitalism within the Republican Party of the United States of America. This is done by: 1. Promoting the ideals among Republican Party officials and its various organizations; 2. Identifying and supporting candidates sympathetic to these ideals; and 3. Developing Charter and Caucus membership among Republican Party registrants, officials, officeholders, and vot …

This group is exclusively for full-time stay-at-home-moms who are eager to get out of the house! This group is for babies born in 2011-2012 ONLY, so that we can have a circle of friends with babies close to the same age.  (Just mommies with babies, no older siblings please. Younger siblings are okay)!  This way we can focus on baby and toddler-only activities and share in all the ins and outs of raising our little ones! This group fosters tight-knit friendships and is for for full-tome stay-at-h …

We are a spinoff of the Meetup group, Singles Soirées 40 & Up! While that group typically features large-scale events in Washington, DC, Singles Popups 40 & Up! offers impromptu gatherings inside & outside the Beltway. Would you like to try out a new restaurant, indulge in a local happy hour, view an exhibition, go to the movies, hear live music, relax & chat in a cafe...? Why go alone? Or not at all? This is your chance to invite nearby singles 40 & up to join you.

Welcome to the Cultural Activity Group (created in 2003) for single professionals in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area who enjoy Culture and Social Events and are looking for mutual enrichment and other congenial ways to pass the time, enrich the soul, and make new friends in a friendly group environment. Military, Government and Law Enforcement welcomed!! This group falls into the category of: Social/Friendship Group/Cultural Interest Group *** EVENT EMAIL IS FREE *** WE ARE NOT A PRIVATE CL …

Interested in the Libertarian movement in the District of Columbia? If you're a resident of Washington, DC who believes in lower taxes, smaller government join us and learn about our constant activities.

We meet every Thursday evening at the La Madeline Restaurant at the Mid-Pike Plaza on Rockville Pike to share knitting and crochet advice projects, new patterns, yarn, show-and-tell our WIP's (works-in-progress) and FO's (finished objects), and talk about just anything.  Feel free to bring other needlecraft projects, too, and don't let problem projects keep you away. Bring them too - there is always help to be found at our meetings.

Renowned neuroscientist Sam Harris, in a recent article on tax cuts for the wealthy, said "Imagine being safely seated in lifeboat, while countless others drown, only to learn that another lifeboat has been secured to take your luggage to shore..." I created this group for people with like-minded Liberal views to get together in a fairly conservative area. We'll meet at least once a month for the local chapter of Drinking Liberally, a nationwide movement to bring Liberals together. See here for …