Are you looking to widen your social circle of 35-45 ladies?  We are all about bringing women together and creating friendships.  Whether you’re new in town like me, or because some of your friends are moving away, whatever your relationship status, kids or not, as long as you wanna get together with the gals and have fun, we’re right there with ya.  We're in our prime, celebrate it!  Let’s get out there and have our adventures in the City. Most of our get-togethers will be in Chicago.  We’ll ha …

Our ladies-only book club completed  8 years together in September 2011. We will have shared almost 100 books together!  Meetings are filled with lively conversation and fun related to the theme of each book. At every meeting, we tie in food or an activity. We usually meet on the far northwest side of Chicago (near Devon & Central in the neighborhood of Edgebrook). Public transportation is excellent.  Members are all ages and stages of life, from cto retirement.  We are also on facebook as a pri …

Hi!  I'm Anne, your average "Bling Girl" who loves to get us girls together away from the huzzle and buzzle of life, take a moment to smell the roses... If you are a true believer of living in the moment, then you are in the right group! You can be a newly graduate or a successful career woman, we welcome you to share your book of knowledge and stories. "Girlfriends are Gems" - Anne Haywood Smith - Founder of Bling Club Social Also join us at our Media site www.BlingClubSocial.com NO SOLICITATIO …

New to the area? Looking to find friends to spend the day with? Meet new or not so new women in the area to have fun and form new friendships! Coffee, books, wine, lunch, or act like a tourist... the sky is the limit.

Monthly meetup for bookish girls at a Northside bar or pub to discuss short stories of William Trevor, Jhumpa Lahiri, Wells Tower, Junot Diaz, Chekhov, Willa Cather and other favorites. So far we've read stories by Trevor, Haruki Murakami, Alice Munro, Richard Russo, and John Cheever We'll pick a few short stories by an author ahead of time, meet up some place fun after work (So far Ten Cat and the Long Room have been working well for us) and talk about what we loved, what we loathed, and what …

Missing the opportunity for good conversation, laughs that make your belly hurt, and real women who understand you? This group, generally for women aged 35+, is for you!  Meet some local women, make new friends, and visit with some you've met in the past. We will get together for drinks, dancing, movies, coffee, lunch, dinner, sporting events, wine tastings, spa outings, shopping events, TV show activities, book club and anything else that will be FUN! Both weekend and weekday dates will be chos …

Located in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood, the Bartitsu Club of Chicago offers regular, progressive training in the “lost martial art of Sherlock Holmes”. History At the end of the Victorian era, E. W. Barton-Wright combined jiujitsu, kickboxing and stick fighting into the “New Art of Self Defence” known as Bartitsu. Promoted via exhibitions, magazine articles and challenge contests, Barton-Wright’s New Art was offered as a means by which ladies and gentlemen could beat street hooligans and r …

This group is for women in their 20s and early 30s in Oak Park and its surrounding areas who want to get out of the house and have fun! I hope to create an awesome community of women for you to connect with, become friends with, and pretty much just have a good time with. We plan many of our meetups in Oak Park and Forest Park such as dining out, movies, festivals, book discussions, wine tasting, hiking, arts and crafts, and many more. We also plan meetups in Chicago and other areas. All relatio …