{"id":2719,"date":"2023-01-10T16:17:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2026-02-07T02:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:25:42","slug":"community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=2719","title":{"rendered":"Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2>Community: Some Ideas<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Community Spaces<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Think about your favorite spaces &amp; go there more often<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Become a \u201cRegular\u201d: Go at the same time each week to meet other Regulars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parks\/Beach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book Club\/Bookstore\/Library<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sporting Club<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Farmers Markets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coffee Shop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dog Park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gym<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trivia Night\/Mahjong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billiards\/Shuffleboard\/Ping pong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HOA Board\/Neighborhood-Community group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political group\/Attend local government meetings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place of Worship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join a group: acting, choir, improv, photography, dance, etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chat rooms: Reddit\/Quora\/Discord\/Instagram\/Facebook\/Tumblr<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support Groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr>\n<h2>Special Events<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>MeetUp.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AirBnB classes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fetstivals\/Art Fairs\/Farmer&#8217;s Markets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concerts\/Plays\/Dance\/Speakers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retreats\/Seminars\/Speakers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative Loafing\/Tampa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curtis Hixon Park\/Tampa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tampa Theater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Straz Center\/Tampa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruth Eckerd Hall\/Clearwater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Palladium\/St. Petersburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mahaffey Theater\/St. Petersburg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr>\n<h2>New Friends + Dating<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Online Female Friend site (Hey Vina, Bumble BFF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Events &amp; Adventures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MeetUp.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GetThursday.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Match.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OK Cupid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bumble<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hinge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GRNDR (for LGBTQ+)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taimi (for LGBTQ+)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Her (for lesbians)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stir (for single parents)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dateability (for those who have disabilities and chronically illnesses)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FetLife<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christian Mingle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J-Date<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BLK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Positive Singles (for those with STDs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meet Mindful<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coffee Meets Bagels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zoosk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facebook Singles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenty of Fish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tinder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>E-Harmony<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our Time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Widows Or Widowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr>\n<h1>Retreats + Workshops<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Omega Institute, NY\/ Speakers to inspire living with purpose, connection, and compassion<\/li>\n<li>Esalen Institute, CA\/ Holistic educational center&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Moonbird Soulful Living Women\u2019s Retreats &amp; Pottery, NC<\/li>\n<li>Girls Just Wanna Weekend\/ Music festival &amp; gatherings founded by Brandie Carlie &amp; wife Catherine Shepard<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for your local activist group, art workshops, yoga retreats, author conferences, etc&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>girls wanna,  local activist group, women\u2019s circles, art workshops, yoga retreats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community: Some Ideas Community Spaces Special Events New Friends + Dating Retreats + Workshops Omega Institute, NY\/ Speakers to inspire living with purpose, connection, and compassion Esalen Institute, CA\/ Holistic <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=2719\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2719"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5325,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2719\/revisions\/5325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}