Antique Collecting San Francisco

Chess at Alamo Square Park ♟️☀️

Friendly, regular chess and exciting Bughouse (2 v 2) chess available. We’ll be at the picnic tables. Please RSVP and bring a board 😎

Collective Medicine Circle | Mindfulness & Community

The Collective Medicine Circle is a monthly mindfulness circle rooted in nature, seasonal rhythms, and nervous system regulation, held in Orinda, CA. This in-person gathering offers a steady, supportive space to slow down, ground, and reconnect — with yourself, with others, and with the natural cycles that shape our lives. Guided by mindfulness practices and nature-based reflection, each circle is gently shaped by the season we are in. Together we explore grounding tools, nervous system regulation practices, and shared inquiry that support presence, resilience, and a sense of belonging. This is not a class to perform or perfect — it is a circle to arrive, exhale, and be human. The Collective Medicine Circle is ideal for those seeking stress relief, mindfulness in community, and a consistent monthly ritual for nervous system support. No prior experience with meditation or mindfulness is needed. All are welcome to come exactly as they are. This is a scent-free, trauma-informed space that honors accessibility, inclusivity, and the wisdom of moving at the pace of nature. Facilitated by Erica Skone-Rees Founder of Mind Body Sound Collective, Erica is a mindfulness teacher, nervous system regulation guide, and integrative health coach. Her work weaves mindfulness, nature-based wisdom, and trauma-informed practices to support grounding, resilience, and meaningful connection. Erica has been facilitating circles, retreats, and group experiences for over 15 years, creating spaces where people can slow down and reconnect at a human pace. Learn more: [https://www.mindbodysoundcollective.com]( https://www.mindbodysoundcollective.com Cancel) Alycia Tumlin Alycia is a women’s circle facilitator and nature-based guide who supports reconnection to inner wisdom through seasonal awareness, embodiment, and community. Her work is rooted in deep listening, presence, and honoring the rhythms of the natural world as a pathway to grounding and belonging.

Haight Ashbury Street Fair - Street / Concert Photography

Collectiving

**This is leadership training for BIPOC folks in the East Bay who want to build more cooperative, caring ways of living and working together. Rooted in Black and Indigenous cultural and ancestral traditions, we’ll learn somatic tools to stay grounded, explore restorative and trauma-informed approaches to conflict, and practice shared decision-making.** **Expect to build community, strengthen our skills for collective stewardship, and imagine sustainable futures that reflect the world we actually want to live in. This is also an effort to build power toward collective ownership in the East Bay; specifically Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond.** **In this four-week training we will:** * ​**Share somatic, embodied, and racial justice centered tools and practices to sustain the projects the will create the world we hope to live in** * ​**Learn the basics of restorative justice and collective decision-making and connecting those practices to the Black and Indigenous lineages** * ​**Build wider community amongst BIPOC building cooperative leadership and ownership in the East Bay, specifically Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond.** ​**It will be in person, Wednesdays 6-8:30pm dinner provided.** * ​**September 30th** * ​**October 7th** * ​**October 14th** * ​**October 21st** ​Optional Celebration Happy Hour TBD ​**Please Register HERE to be approved: [https://form.jotform.com/260678104391054](https://form.jotform.com/260678104391054?utm_source=luma)**

Shakespeare in the Park - Antony and Cleopatra

Sunday Yoga in the Park: Willard Park Yoga Collective

Join the Willard Park Yoga Collective every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday at Willard Park in Berkeley! Friday online! Integrated Hatha Flow classes are based on classical Hatha, mixed with the specializations of each teacher. We flow thoughtfully through poses taking time to notice the nuances, and match movement with breath. Chrissy, Carmen, and Jess integrate somatic modalities and the eight limbs into the yoga practice to increase body and breath awareness, and regulate the nervous system. Finding all of this in the present moment, we aim to foster agency, gratitude, peace, and joy. Teaching outside further deepens the practice by connecting to Nature and the elements. All levels are welcome and will be accommodated, judgement free. *"We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness"* **Thich Nhat Hanh** \*We work on a donation-basis, making yoga more accessible to all. Come as you are, pay what you can. Your teachers: Mondays 12:30pm Jess Tuesdays 12:30pm Carmen Wednesdays 12:30pm Chrissy Thursdays 12:30pm Carmen Fridays 5:30pm Chrissy (Online in the late fall-winter. Got to event for link) Sundays 10:00am Chrissy **Meet Chrissy:** Chrissy is a 500HR-RYT, Yoga Therapist, and Thai Yoga Massage Therapist. She came to teaching yoga with a 25+ year personal practice in vinyasa and kundalini, and training in modern dance, music, and theater. She also holds certification in ECE(12unit) and Social/Emotional Learning Facilitation. Her classes are integrated Hatha flow, influenced deeply by yoga philosophy and functional strength. With an emphasis on breath and accessing the present moment, she delights in walking the line between play and prayer. Chrissy strives to honor the origins of yoga while making it accessible to every body. She acknowledges her position as white, able-bodied, and cisgendered, aiming to be inclusive and trauma informed. Her classes are donation based with no one turned away for lack of funds. Private clients are sliding scale. In lieu of a studio, Chrissy teaches on line and outside in parks on the sovereign land of the Lisjan Ohlone. *Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu* May all beings be happy, healthy, and free. May we contribute to that. [https://chrissyyoga.com/](https://chrissyyoga.com/#home) **Meet Jess:** Jess is an artist and an athlete. At the beginning of her ceramics trajectory, working as a studio tech at a college clay studio, she realized she needed to be strong to load kilns and make large batches of clay. The physicality of her art became a driving reason to care for her body and its functional strength and mobility. Strength, agility, balance, flexibility and injury prevention (and recovery) were all things she found her personal yoga practice improved. In 2015 she became a certified 200 HR-RYT through Core Power and in 2021 she received a second 200 HR-RYT from Purusha Yoga. Jess guides a vinyasa flow based practice, with an emphasis on linking breath to movement and being in the present during practice. Jess teaches yoga in Willard Park and on the SF Bay on stand up paddle boards. She owns her own stand up paddleboard company, 510-Waterline, in Richmond, CA. [https://www.510waterline.com/](https://www.510waterline.com/). And she currently makes pots at her home studio in Berkeley, CA. teaches adult ceramic classes, workshops and has exhibited her work internationally. What she says in her artist statement about her pots also applies to her yoga practice “Strength lies in the fluidity of opposites – of line and mass, contraction and relaxation, tension and softness, push and pull. Ultimately, I want my pots to be graceful, elegant, and straightforward. It’s all about strength and beauty.”[ https://www.jesspots.com/](https://www.jesspots.com/) **Meet Carmen:** Carmen has long believed in the body's innate wisdom and capacity for resilience. In her work as a Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner she helps this wisdom to emerge and transform. She completed her 500 hour (RYT) Yoga Therapy training at Purusha Yoga in San Francisco, a three-year professional Somatic Experiencing® training at Somatic Experiencing International®, is a certified Veterans Yoga Project teacher, as well as a trained wellness coach with the Kresser Institute. Carmen is currently teaching group yoga classes and offering private integrative somatic therapy and somatic wellness coaching sessions. Her mission as a yoga teacher is to create a safe and supportive environment for her students to explore the eight limbs of Raja Yoga, while cultivating resiliency and a deeper connection to self. Carmen also co-facilitates wellness retreats, and works individually with clients offering integrated somatic therapy sessions. [https://carmencasado.com/](https://carmencasado.com/)

The Ages of Globalization by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Our book for September is *The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions* by Jeffrey D. Sachs For those who are interested, here is the [link](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VcU5k38wVh5tB0eaJ8Akhq7A2HyLOX7a1AauKjPUAx0/edit?gid=1204962740#gid=1204962740) to the detailed results from the voting. *The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions* is a 2020 book by economist Jeffrey D. Sachs. Sachs traces the history of human connection across the globe from the Paleolithic era to the present, dividing that history into seven ages: the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Equestrian, Classical, Ocean, Industrial, and Digital. His central claim is that three forces have shaped how societies expand, trade, and interact over time. Geography sets the physical stage of climate, terrain, and resources. Technology, from the domestication of the horse to the steam engine to the internet, changes what people can build and how far they can reach. Institutions, meaning the governments, religions, and economic systems people create, determine how those capabilities get organized and put to use. Sachs walks through each age in turn, showing how a shift in technology or geography reshaped the balance of power and the flow of goods and ideas. He covers the rise of agriculture, the spread of empires, the ocean voyages that linked continents after 1500, and the industrial and digital revolutions that followed. The book closes with the current era, where Sachs turns to questions of inequality, environmental limits, and global governance, and argues that the same three forces will shape how humanity handles challenges like climate change and economic disparity. At roughly 250 pages, it is written for a general audience rather than specialists, and it draws on history, economics, and geography to cover a long span of time in a single volume. This event will be hybrid. I will host the meeting in person at my house in Berkeley which is near the intersection of College Ave and Woolsey St. I will email people the address the Saturday before the meeting. Here are the Google Meet details: Google Meet link: [https://meet.google.com/zem-xnbw-tuh](https://meet.google.com/zem-xnbw-tuh) Or dial: ‪(US) +1 641-854-0146‬ PIN: ‪637 012 874‬#

Craft Beer at Fieldwork Brewing Company

**Event title:** Craft Beer at Fieldwork Berkeley **Location:** Fieldwork Brewing Company 1160 Sixth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 **Time:** 4:00–6:00 PM **Maximum attendance:** 20 people **Reservation:** Two tables reserved on the East Patio **Important RSVP note:** Please keep your RSVP current. Since attendance is limited to 20, anyone who can no longer attend should change their RSVP so someone on the waiting list can take the spot. **Event description:** I thought it would be fun to get the beer-loving people in our group together! I love craft beer, and I know there are others who appreciate a really good beer. Fieldwork makes some of the best, and their East Patio is a lovely place to hang out this time of year. We’ll give this a try with two tables and see how it goes. Come enjoy a beer, meet some people, and spend a relaxed late afternoon outside at Fieldwork. **If you attend any mature singles connections event you hereby release its organizers, leaders, and hosts from all liability, legal claims, or causes of action arising in whole or in part at one of our events.**

EBPCO Fest 2026 - Photo Festival ($)

Presidio Hts.&Terrace Architecture&Presidio Walk+Swedenbor.Church Tour&Lunch

***\*Don't be a No-Show*** *and have your membership in the Group canceled. See the,\*No-Show policies at the bottom. Almost everyone manages to arrive by the start time, don't be late and miss the Event.* The idea is to make almost a day of it. Relax like on vacation. [Have lunch ](https://www.presidiogolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ironwoods-Brunch-2026.pdf)and enjoy a variety of tour activities and give it three hours plus lunch next to the Presidio golf course. We're meeting in front of the former home of William Hammond Hall, the father of GG Park and the first State Engineer of Calif. He finished building this 4900sf house in 1913 and lived at this location from 1905 until 1933. We'll review a little history of the Panama Pacific Int'l Exposition when we get to the vantage point of Lyon & Broadway. Inside the Presidio we'll do a nature walk to the golf course for lunch. After a Presidio Heights and Presidio Terrace architecture tour, including a stop inside the Swedenborgian Church. [Then lunch at Presidio Golf Course restaurant](https://www.presidiogolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Ironwoods-Brunch-2026.pdf), *at the end*\*\*.\*\* We can dine outside overlooking the beautiful Golf Course. The restaurant is called the **Ironwoods Bar & Grill.** This tour highlights not only the diversity of the architecture, but also the mix of architects and people who built, occupied and maintained these grand properties. About 50 of which are on our tour today, including Presidio Terrace. I also have some ephemera we can see to get a feel for what life was like here about ninety years ago. Here are some links if you would like to help with Meetup expenses. [Here is a Venmo link.](https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3262702482882560580&created=1757371525), for my account. The walking tour covers approximately 4.0 - 5.0 miles of walking with an uphill stretch). *(We won't be going to these dining spots.)* Afterwards there are a couple of interesting dining spots at Divisadero and California Sts., *Patisserie & Dynasty Dumpling.* Both are good options for lunch. **But sometimes it's fun to try something different, Hinodeya Ramen Bar at 1737 Buchanan St.** I know where to find parking, no worries. So join me afterwards. They also have a location just off Chestnut St. at 3340 Steiner St. This location looks more luxe with nice outdoor seating and more tables. Same menu. The House Ramen or Spinach soup seems like the go to's! ($17.00.) By the way Chestnut St. seems to have a lot of new and unique restaurants if you have a good suggestion that you've actually tried, and recommend, let me know. *What follows applies to previous tours, not this one.* Lots of walking today, about three miles, but mostly level. (On Sundays we'll pass by the **[Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco](https://sfswedenborgian.org/history/)** at the end of our walk. A weekly Sunday tour of this early Arts & Crafts gem is offered at 1:00pm. We'll stop by and take a look. See some of the art there in the photos here.) *\*(Don't be a no-show.)* It's good to give out name tags which I do. This also gives me a way to take attendance. Name tags that are not picked up, are recorded as no-shows. If you get too many no-shows recorded in your personal Meet-up profile you'll have to be cancelled from this Meetup. (To cancel your RSVP beforehand look for the, **"Edit Attendance"** tab at the bottom corner of the screen.) *Please ask your guests to join the Meetup.* [Here are several photos, including inside the house at Presidio and Pacific, the house pictured above.](https://www.compass.com/listing/3198-pacific-avenue-san-francisco-ca-94123/1291319997995710705/) *Popular architectural genres in the early development of Presidio Hts.-* At the time of its development around 1905, the **brown shingle, Arts & Crafts style** was popular. Known as the First Bay Traditional or Regional style we'll see this genre in evidence at the beginning of the tour. (Be sure to take a look at the four photos here of a great example of this type of architecture.) Presidio Hts. was an early hot bed (It fizzled out.) of this style, led by the Swedenborgian Church nearby and Its founding pastor, Rev. Joseph Worcester who is credited with building the first Bay Area brown shingle house in Piedmont, in 1876. **1895 the 1910 *Edwardian and Colonial Revival:*** The continued elaboration of ornament and facade shapes reached its height in the early 1890s as the the Victorian era ended. After that there was a gradual move towards simplification and away from excess and toward, order. Eccentricity gave way to strict conventions, quiet lines and understated, quality materials. Money now made understatement its chief method of display. Style was no longer measured in pounds of gingerbread ornament per square foot, but in elegant proportions and an air of conservatism. (Julia Morgan lived nearby at Washington & Divisadero. There are four JM houses on today's tour.)

Real Estate Profits with Probates

**REAL ESTATE Profits with PROBATE** **Unlock Hidden Real Estate Wealth by Mastering the California Probate market.** **A FULL DAY LIVE WORKSHOP EVENT- Corte Madera, CA** Sat. September 19th, 2026 Traditional real estate markets are crowded, competitive, and expensive. **Probate** real estate offers a proven path to **High-Margin, Off-Market** properties that most Investors and Realtors completely miss. This workshop gives you the exact blueprint to understand and navigate the **Complex California Probate** process *safely* and *profitably*. Letters of Testamentary Vs Letters of Administration, Personal Representatives, Interested parties, Succession Charts, Executor, Executrix, Beneficiaries, Heirs, Creditors, Petitioners, Wills, Trusts, Testate Vs Intestate, Guardianship, Guardian Ad litem ,Conservators, Court Confirmations, Judges, Sheriffs, Writs of Attachment, Unlawful detainers, Voluntary and Involuntary liens, What is IAEA ? And so many more terms can be Overwhelming ... **What You Will Learn** **Who to Deal with and their various Roles!** (Many of them are listed above) **Lead Generation**: Find hidden probate filings in your local county. **Court Procedures**: Navigate the CA Probate Code with absolute confidence **The "Notice to Creditors"**: Pinpoint the exact moment to make your offer. **Empathic Marketing**: Connect with executors using respectful, high-converting scripts and understand who **ALL** the Players are and their roles **Funding Secrets**: Close probate deals using zero of your own money. **Learn How** to properly Track court filings efficiently in your county. **Who Is This Workshop For?** **Real Estate Investors**: Add a high-yield strategy to your portfolio. That is a recession proof lead source **Realtors & Brokers**: Become the go-to probate expert in your market. **Wealth Builders & Investors**: Learn a recession-proof real estate niche to secure ongoing opportunities and financial freedom. All Attendees will receive a workshop manuel and Copy of the book; ***Probate for Real Estate Investors*** **BONUS;** All particpating Attendees will be invited to a **POST** Workshop ZOOM Session (4) FOUR Weeks after the workshop to further address or clarify any puzzling questions they may still have. **Do Not Miss** the Opportunity to **Learn** about this **Profits in Probate Niche** from an Expert with over 4 decades experience. Seating is strictly **limited** to ensure quality **networking** and **hands-on case studies.** **Reserve** your spot **today** to turn **complex court filings** into your **next** major payday. Lunch will also be provided in the meeting room **PRE- Register Today to claim your EARLY BIRD** **Discounted Tuition before price increases.** **For More Details and to Register [CLICK HERE](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/real-estate-profits-with-probates-tickets-1996421636858?aff=BAWBPROMO)**

SF Camerawork - Opening Celebration & Members’ Party