Whether you raise pugs, enjoy wine tasting or read books by Ernest Hemingway, chances are that other people in your community share your interest or hobby. Unfortunately, the odds of you randomly running into one of these local people at the local Safeway are slim.
To join Meetup.com, just go to the Meetup.com website and complete the simple registration. Once you're confirmed, click on Find a Meetup at the top of the page, plug in your zip code and number of miles you're willing to travel, and then type a key word or phrase that describes one of your interests. In no time, you'll have more Meetup groups to choose from than hours in a day.
Ironically, Meetup.com is a web-based service, but its purpose is to encourage people to turn off their computers and socialize face-to-face with people in their local community IRL (in real life).
In a world where we want to be considered individuals and embrace our differences, I believe the desire to belong to a group is still stronger.
Here are some examples of local meetup groups:
http://www.meetup.com/find/
http://atlanta.stladventures.com/calendar/16139935/?eventId=16139935&action=detail
http://www.meetup.com/Mutt-meetup/
I love this. There is actually a afro/natural hair meetup held here in Atlanta every year. It's a place where black chicks like me, that don't straighten our hair, meet up to talk...HAIR! I never knew that meetup were so popular.
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