Forum Member Activities

Lunch Outings

Book Groups

Special Events

Forum members have many opportunities to connect with other members beyond the scheduled twice monthly breakfast meetings. These member only activities include book groups, a lunch or happy hour get-together called Epicureans, and special events as scheduled.

Epicurean Outings:

Getting together for lunch or happy hour at different locales around the county gives members a chance to catch up with friends as well as try different cuisines and visit new restaurants.

Book Groups:

Forum currently has two book groups, both meeting monthly at members' homes, one on Mondays and the other on Tuesdays. Each group sets its own book list for the coming year. Below is a sample reading list for 2020:

• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek  by Kim Michele Richardson
• Overstory by Richard Powers
• Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl 
• Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
• There There by Tommy Orange
• The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 
• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 
• Indian Givers by Jack Weatherford
• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohllenben
• Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
• The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabbriella Zevin
• In Falling Snow by Mary-Rose MacColl
• ​Drive Your Plower Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
• When All is Said by Anne Griffon
• Elephant Company by Vicki Croke

"My Forum book group provides good reads, new ideas and great discussions, and a fun group of women.  Definitely I am reading interesting​ books that I might not have chosen on my own. ".  Marty

Special Events:

The Forum Board plans a variety of activities throughout the year. Epicureans meet monthly for lunch or happy hour at neighboring establishments. Outings are planned with activities such as a visit and tour to places like Pepperwood Preserve, Cornerstone Gardens or a Wine Country Walking Tour. Socials are held occasionally at members’ homes. Special events give members a chance to expand their horizons and connect on a more personal level with other Forum members.

Members at Cornerstone Gardens

Members tour Singing Frogs Farm

New members meet for tea at a private residence

New member welcome

Forum Fun Walk at Quarryhill Botanical Garden

An evening at Jack London State Park