Bushcraft San Francisco

Costa Rica Eco Adventure: Waterfalls, Snorkeling, Zip lines, Rafting, Volcanoes!

***¡¡¡ Pura Vida !!!*** Come alone, leave with friends! This is what Meetup is all about. Being able to join and do what you wanted to do . . just not alone. We are going to Costa Rica for 9 nights/10 days of exploration and tropical adventures. . . . **Best Meetup ever!**! To see how fun it is . . . Here are photos from when we did go before [https://photos.app.goo.gl/cswRyeNZp1r6WW9t9](https://photos.app.goo.gl/cswRyeNZp1r6WW9t9) Costa Rica is a playground for the adventurous and an eco-tourist's dream! It is an unspoiled tropical paradise. * Beautiful beaches * Rainforest biodiversity * Misty volcanoes * Roaring rivers * Lush jungles * Exotic flora and fauna * And more!! **And we are going there to enjoy it, learn about it and make memories of a lifetime!** This event is a true Meetup. We are creating it from scratch, and bringing like-minded people together on this adventure. Along the way making lifelong memories and friendships. Together . . . let’s make a Meetup to remember! * Hike around the base of the Arenal Volcano * Selvatura Zip Line Canopy Tour * Guided visit to Finca Luna Nueva Farm * Caño Negro Refuge Tour/Visit * Rio Frio Wildlife Refuge Boat Tour * Hanging Bridges Walking Tour * Ecotermales Hot Springs * Monteverde Night Walk Tour * Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve Tour (daytime) * River Floating Tour * Tamarindo Beach * Sunset Sailing * Snorkeling Tour * And more! For a detailed Day By Day itinerary **[Click Here](https://forms.gle/cQdqYw74gAYqphXX8)**[ to fill out our info request form](https://forms.gle/cQdqYw74gAYqphXX8) **Land Tour cost $3350 per person, double occupancy** (we match roommates for those traveling solo, and most of us are doing just that). If you want your own room: **Solo occupancy additional $950** The only way to secure your spot for this meetup is a $300 deposit that is refundable up to 90 days before departure. **[Click here for secure deposit link](https://www.paypal.com/instantcommerce/checkout/24X2UREP9XPKC)** When you make a deposit be sure to fill out this [ATTENDEES FORM](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11uywUNCIB5ONrpZ-gU_4mk3bvpc4p_nhhL3ewsbkC5A/edit)**.** As we mentioned, . . . the cost is $3350. This is for the "Land" portion only. Airfare is not included. This gives you the flexibility to have a flight with timing that works best for you. Or to use points/miles. I can also help arranging your airfare. To receive an offer, **[CLICK HERE and send me a message.](https://secure.meetup.com/messages/?new_convo=true&member_id=14363992)** **What is Included in this trip:** * **9 Nights hotel accommodation** * **9 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 2 dinners.** * **Meet & Greet at the airport.** * **Pick-up from airport to our hotel, and hotel to airport at the end of the trip** * **Transportation throughout the trip** * **Private naturalist English speaking tour guide** * **All entrance fees and tours mentioned in the itinerary day-by-day description** * **Daily water bottles for the group** * **Hotel and Added Value Tax** Does not include: ***x*** *International Airfare* ***x*** *Meals other than specified* ***x*** *Optional Tours* ***x*** *All items of personal nature (telephone calls, Laundry, room service, etc.)* ***x*** *Tipping for tour guides and drivers* **Want more info?** **[Click Here to fill out our info request form](https://forms.gle/cQdqYw74gAYqphXX8)** **OR** **RSVP to the event with your email to receive additional info.** **OR** **[CLICK HERE to send me a message](https://secure.meetup.com/messages/?new_convo=true&member_id=14363992)** Whatever is easiest for you! *Still have questions?* **We do a Q & A Zoom once a month.** **[CLICK HERE](https://www.meetup.com/moretoexplore/events/296044209/)** for our Q & A Zoom. RSVP on that event to get a reminder for the zoom. [Click here for the ](https://www.meetup.com/moretoexplore/events/305233138/)**[MAIN ](https://www.meetup.com/moretoexplore/events/288444641/)[location of this event on Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/moretoexplore/events/305233138/)** RSVP there to post any discussion and to get notice of any comments and discussions. As well as any updates and reminders **We believe in good decent social.** **SOT 2000318-10** **[Click Here to see all our other events](https://www.meetup.com/CulturalArts/Events)**

Queer Crafting by Lake Merritt

Mount Shasta Mushroom Foraging

**\*\*Register [here](https://forms.gle/khFPU5JZiwGxfKi5A), NOT on Meetup:** [https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule)[**](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule**) Join us in gorgeous Mount Shasta for a one-of-a-kind mushroom foraging class in the most beautiful environment. Learn about morels, spring porcini, and other montane mushrooms & plants found in the region. Class Dates (not a series) * May 23 * May 24 * June 6 * June 7 * June 20 * June 21 Mount Shasta, California All registrations must be completed on our website [here](https://forms.gle/khFPU5JZiwGxfKi5A) Embark on a unique foraging experience and discover the culinary delight of Butter Boletes and Spring Kings with Mikhael Crystallah-Selk in the breathtaking landscapes surrounding Mt. Shasta. This immersive class offers a rare opportunity to connect with nature and learn the art of wild mushroom identification in one of California's most pristine environments. While focusing on boletes, we will also learn other montane mushrooms, and the trees the various fungi are associated with. 10am-3pm (stand-alone half-day classes, not a series) **Where** Mount Shasta area. Exact location provided with registration. You can get lodging or camp in the Mount Shasta or Dunsmuir area. Please plan to drive up to an additional hour in carpools from our meeting point to where the mushrooms are, they move around as conditions change! We scout extensively and will do our best to set you up for success and take you to them. **More Important Details** These programs are very popular and often fill up very quickly. We encourage you to register right away if you'd like to attend! If you are reading this, the class is not full. Space is updated daily. **About Fork In The Path** Fork In The Path offers transformational foraging experiences in California for the adventurous of all ages. You can check us out on Instagram [here](https://www.instagram.com/forkinthepath100//).

GrafanaCON Local Meetup: San Francisco

A taste of [GrafanaCON](https://grafana.com/events/grafanacon/) is coming to **you**! Join your local observability community for an evening of open source inspiration, real-world stories, and meaningful connections - all in a laid-back, meetup-style setting. This event will feature a recap of the GrafanaCON keynote, combined with fresh voices from your own community. Grafana team members will walk through Grafana 13 and the most impactful improvements across the platform. Learn about how Grafana is becoming easier and safer to operate as production infrastructure, with updates that improve configuration management, recovery, and long-term maintainability. The session showcases significant advances in core user workflows, including more flexible and powerful dashboards, with improved performance. **Agenda:** 6:00 - 6:30: Arrivals and pizza 6:30 - 7:00: GrafanaCON recap presentation, **AI Observability Updates from Senior Principal Field Engineer Éamon Ryan** 7:00 - 7:15: Q&A 7:15 - 7:30: Community lightning talks by **John Hill, Grafana Champion & UIDX Test Frameworks @ CrowdStrike** 7:30 - 8:00: Discussion and more pizza! Whether you’re building dashboards, scaling Kubernetes, contributing to open source, or just getting started - this meetup is for you! **Abstracts** k6 Synthetic Monitoring: Only the Hard Part *Setting up a synthetic monitor is easy. Making one your team actually trusts is the hard part. False positives quietly destroy on-call rotations: a flaky network blip, a slow cold start, or a brittle UI assertion fires a page, the engineer checks, everything's fine, and over time the alerts get muted. Then a real incident slips through.* *This 20-minute talk walks through how Grafana k6 can be used as a continuous synthetic monitor that's worth waking up for. We'll cover four concrete techniques — SLO thresholds defined in code, aggregating signal across runs instead of alerting on single failures, UI contract tests that survive layout changes, and combining API and UI checks into a single script so a UI failure tells you exactly which team to escalate to. We'll close with a live demo against a Dockerised app where a bug-toggle pushes the SLO into the red, two visually different UIs both pass through the same contract tests, and a Grafana dashboard shows API and UI failures correlated in real time.* *You'll leave with: a working open-source demo repo, a mental model for designing synthetics around signal-to-noise, and a copy-pasteable pattern for combined API + UI tests.* 🎟 Free to attend 🍕 Pizza + drinks provided 🤝 Built for connection 💡 Real talks from real practitioners *Note that by registering for this event you consent to related event & product communications from Grafana Labs and agree to our [code of conduct](https://grafana.com/events/events-code-of-conduct/).*

Mushroom Foraging Sierra Nevada

**\*\*Register [here](https://forms.gle/khFPU5JZiwGxfKi5A), NOT on Meetup:** [https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule)[**](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule**) Join us in the mountains to look for mushrooms with emphasis on morels and spring porcini. Learn about Sierra Nevada ecology and enjoy the view! Class Dates (not a series) * May 2 * May 3 * May 9 * May 10 * May 16 * May 17 * May 30 * May 31 Berkeley, California All registrations must be completed on our website [here](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule/morels-california-may-2026) #### **What You'll Learn** This experiential, hands-on half-day foraging class is all about the fascinating world of Sierra Nevada fungi and plants. We’ll be targeting morels and porcini, and learning about all the vibrant montane ecology around us along the way. We’ll explain what happens in the forest after a fire, both ecologically and from a human management perspective. We’ll cover mushroom and plant anatomy for identification, mycorrhizal relationships (fungal- tree/plant partnerships at the mycelial/root level), poisonous and edible mushrooms, and forest safety. Find the mythical “fairy fart” mushroom, the gorgeous purple cup fungi, and more! The program also includes ethics of harvesting, community building, mindful movement, a cooking demo, and a tasting at the end. Learning to forage for mushrooms is an ongoing life path. This program will teach you the foundational skills to go out foraging on your own. #### **Where and When** Dates are individual classes, not a series, all 10am-3pm May 2, 3, 9, 10, in Eldorado National Forest May 16, 17, 30, 31 in either Eldorado National Forest or Tahoe National Forest (pending conditions) Exact meetup location is provided one week before your class date. Please note, of all the places where we offer mushroom foraging classes, the mountains are the most variable and hardest to predict. While we can’t guarantee exactly what we’ll find, we want to make our best effort to set you up for success, so, depending on conditions, our May classes will be in either El Dorado or Tahoe National Forest. We will be updating as we have more information on conditions. **Pricing** Our pricing is sliding scale $55-$175 with scholarships available. Kids are welcome too! **More Important Details** These programs are very popular and often fill up very quickly. We encourage you to register right away if you'd like to attend! If you are reading this, the class is not full. Space is updated daily. **About Fork In The Path** Fork In The Path offers transformational foraging experiences in California for the adventurous of all ages. You can check us out on Instagram [here](https://www.instagram.com/forkinthepath100//).

Rhino Business Toastmasters Weekly Meeting

**Discover Your Voice at Rhino Business Toastmasters!** Sign-in in link: https://bit.ly/RhinoTMGuest **Every Tuesday at 6:15 PM \| Arup Offices\, Financial District\, San Francisco** Ready to unlock your communication potential? Join us for an evening of growth, connection, and transformation! Whether you're looking to conquer stage fright, sharpen your professional presence, or simply connect with like-minded communicators, our Toastmasters club is your launchpad. We're a vibrant community where stories come alive, confidence soars, and leadership skills flourish. **What to Expect:** * Practice public speaking in a supportive, encouraging environment * Share your stories and hear inspiring ones from fellow members * Receive constructive feedback that actually helps you grow * Build leadership skills through hands-on experience * Connect with a diverse group of passionate communicators No experience necessary—just bring your curiosity and willingness to grow! Each meeting is designed to help you become a more confident, compelling speaker, whether you're preparing for a big presentation, advancing your career, or simply want to express yourself more effectively. **First-time visitors are always welcome!** Come see what we're all about—we promise you'll leave feeling energized and ready to take on your next communication challenge. 📍 **Location:** Arup Offices, Financial District, San Francisco 🕕 **Time:** Every Tuesday, 6:15 PM Your journey to becoming a more powerful communicator starts here. See you Tuesday!

The Campfire Circle: , Fire, Fun, and Brotherhood

Join us for an evening of connection, laughter, and challenge — no fluff, no judgment, just good fun, honest conversation, and solid brotherhood. Whether you're craving purpose, support, or just something different… this is the night you've been needing.

Hike #174 | 10 Year Anniversary Extravaganza!

Wild Feast: A Cooking Class + Dinner with Chef Tim Shaw - Berkeley

**\*\*Register [here](https://forms.gle/khFPU5JZiwGxfKi5A), NOT on Meetup:** [https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule)[**](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule**) Join us for a fun, delicious, and fully participatory wild food cooking class with entertaining chef, Tim Shaw. Under chef Tim's guiding hand, we will work our way through 5 or 6 dishes, focused on seasonal summer ingredients. We will put together a complete meal together, from appetizer through dessert. The class will culminate in a shared dinner. We will provide all the ingredients, knives, and stoves that you need. But if you have a knife you like to use, you're welcome to bring it! Otherwise. just bring you, a tupperware for leftovers (if we have any!) and come hungry! All registrations must be completed on our website [here](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule/morels-california-may-2026) **Berkeley Area** **More Important Details** These programs are very popular and often fill up very quickly. We encourage you to register right away if you'd like to attend! If you are reading this, the class is not full. Space is updated daily. **About Fork In The Path** Fork In The Path offers transformational foraging experiences in California for the adventurous of all ages. You can check us out on Instagram [here](https://www.instagram.com/forkinthepath100//).

Intro To Multi Pitch @ Donner Summit/ Vertical Pursuits

Kayak Camp Union Reservoir

Tanzania Safari

**Join us in 2026 for a bucket-list safari in Tanzania, with optional Zanzibar extension. Come along for an unforgettable journey through wide open savannas, spice-scented markets, and white-sand beaches where time slows down and connection comes easy.** **Join [Destination Earth-](https://destination-earth.org/trips/tanzania-zanzibar-safari-adventure/) a trusted adventure company with over 10 years of experience leading immersive, small- group trips around the world.** **Spots are limited. Reserve yours today with a deposit of $600.** **[Click here to be directed to full itineraty and sign up details.](https://dawnsenchantedcanv.wixsite.com/tanzanialanding)** Contact Dawn at dawn@destination-earth.org