Active Women Starters (AWS): Active women for progress and entrepreneurship. A a group of female entrepreneurs, women in business, and their supporters located in NYC. Mission statement: Foster women's empowerment, genuine sisterhood, and entrepreneurship in the NY metro area. Values: Supporting each other, for all the right reasons. Knowing yourself before you know others. Treating others with respect. Actively practicing true leadership. This group is for women and men who want to do big thing …

Hi Valley Moms!! This group was getting ready to close and I thought I'd jump in to see if we can get some activity up and running again!  Valley Moms was started by a mom looking for kid friendly activities and chance to get out of the house with makeup on and recharge! Personally, I'm a WAHM of a 1 1/2 year old.  Getting out of the house for me means running errands or meeting with clients.  My daughter & I just don't have much interaction with other kids and moms, unless they happen to be a c …

Every Thursday night galleries from Soho to Chelsea open their doors with latest works of the artiste du jour. Starting at 6:00 PM hundreds of NYC art aficionados make the mad dash between galleries, taking in the exhibitions, throwing back mediocre glasses of wine, and scarfing down tiny crust-less sandwiches. And while the art is sometimes less than exciting the scene never is. Solo contemplation of a 20 foot abstract impasto is fine at times but gallery hopping is best done in the company of …

With the rapid growth of AWS (infrastructure web services platform in the cloud) among individual developers, start-ups, and companies across the U.S. and abroad, developers PLEASE JOIN a growing, dynamic community, and interact with other developers to answer questions, share ideas, and learn about new services and best practices. Also Join our active forums @ http://www.meetup.com/AWSnewyork/messages/boards/

American Wine Society Chapter Wine Group. To conduct wine tasting and or wine making discussions.

What: Family-friendly pickup Volleyball games. Informal, fun. Learn how to play, improve, or keep your chops up. Meet locals and enjoy the evening in the shade. We play multiple games each week, with players rotating freely to form new teams each game. We don't "pick teams" so you don't have to worry about being last-picked. Who: All levels and ages welcome. If you become impatient with beginners, perhaps this isn't for you. However, you don't have to be a beginner--if you can encourage stranger …

Wine Enthusiasts who meet once per month to taste wine by sharing the costs and educating each other about grapes, regions, styles, food pairings, etc. Our goal is to taste better wines than the mass marketed type.