Bigger and Better than ever! We're still doing book clubs, Shabbat dinners, softball teams, trivia nights, holiday parties, beach clean ups, and trips to the park. The only things is we moved houses, and are now residents of the beautiful city of Oakland! Come check us out the next time you are in the East Bay of CA. eastbaymoishe@gmail.com
New Year's softball fun! A dozen of us made it out for a little 4 vs. 4 vs 4 and enjoyed a great day outside in SF.
Magevet: Yale's very own Jewish Student Choir came to perform at the school Danny teaches for. It was our first artistic outing of the year.
Our first poker night of the new year! Dave Bucci took the last hand, with Dan "the hitman" Harris. We had a great turnout and can't wait till next month.
This very hapy family of East Bay Moishe had our actual families over for shabbat dinner. It was a lovely evening of families meeting each other and being happy to be together!
Parkway is a super cool movie theater in our new neighborhood. Couches, beer, and pizza!
We had a bunch of people over for the last big game before the superbowl. 3 different kinds of chili to eat and lots of fun.
The three of us have made big plans for the month of February, culminating in a big birthday bash for Danny in Sea Ranch!
"The Life of Pi" had some the best discussions we've had this year! What a great book to talk about, think about, and learn from. this was our most favorite book this year. Can't wait till next month!
We switched things up a litttle and had the superbowl party at a friends house who had a big screen tv so everyone could enjoy the game in high def. And what a game it was. No Patriots fas in the room, so everyone went home happy …
Valentine's Day was in the air, so was card making, pens, cutouts, colored paper, and red hearts....lots of valentine's got made
Our first Shabbat dinner of the month was a smash! We took Shabbat up to Mendocino County.
Danny started his 26th year off with a bang! Steak, salmon, and even a birthday cake Woooohoooo
We made a trip to the Parkway Theatre...pizza, root beer, couches, a movie, friends....what a good life
Just 3 of us went to the parkway, had some pizza, chicken wings, and tap rootbeer and enjoyed "The Savages." Some liked it more than others.
12 people came out for our first poker night of 2008! Brady Gill was the big winner...this time at least.
We read Geoffrey Canada's "Fist, Stick, Knife Gun" and talked about the current state of violence in America...lots of interesting and passionate oppinions being shared
It may not be playoff season, but it is never too early to go cheer on the W's. Six of us took in the high speed paced Golden State Warriors on a Sunday evening.
We hosted a Shabbat dinner and invited the Bay Ayrea's YLD group. It was a potluck dinner shared by YLD members and some of our friends.
Spring Training!!! Little stretching, some long toss, and a lot of batting practice. Sweetnightmare is gearing up for a dual championshp run with both the coed and mens team.
Why not throw a party for two friends' birthdays, the start of spring, and really open up our new house (December) on a big note. It was a full house and a lot of fun!
Another Wednesday night of bluffing, calling, and folding. We sat around the tables ate some good snacks, and christened our new house poker chips
With both the mens and coed teams' opening night a week away it was time to get under the lights and familiarize ourselves with Grove Park.
Baseball season!!! We are excited, so much so that we went out to an exhibition game between our two Bay Area teams. Fun in the sun!
With opening night a day away there were a lot of people looking to get some cuts in. We drew enough Moishers to field two teams and let the bats do the talking.
We usually have a mens softball on Mondays but we had a bye that week. Instead we went to the Giants game, and while they aren't looking so good this year the Giants came through with a big win. We were all freezing in the 3rd dec…
Yum Yum! Sushi galore! We had 2 culinary experts and lots of great sushi
Go Co-Ed Team! Big.....HUGE win here! Lots of fun and several fans. Danny's whole family came to support the team!
Co-sponsored with the SF Moishe House, some boys went to San Quentin and played softball against the prisoners, and the boys won. The prisoners were super appreciative of people coming out to play, the boys had so much fun that th…
Boys Team is on a rolll!!!!! Swinging th bats, talking up the defense, these boys are unstopable!
The co ed team is now 2 and 1. One loss. Oh well. We all had fun! But as you can see from some of the pictures some people were upset.
In honor of earth day we did a beach clean up on a BEAUTIFUL day. We rewarded everyone with a delicious breakfast first.
Another beautiful and sunny day in the East Bay. We headed up to Tilden Park for a little spring bbq and to celibrate some very special birthdays.
Another VICTORY for these boys! Both Danny and Josh hit a homerun! This was a great game! Everyone had a great time!
Book Club was great this month. We had an excellent discussion of "what is the what" by dave eggers.
Boys team. Unstoppable, so far! Go Sweet Nightmare!!!!
Co-ed team......this was a tough game. No win, but lots of fun had.
Mens team. There they go again! Undefeated. These guys are on a roll
Lots of friends, lots of food! Basket ball on tv and in the back yard, birthday cake and more!
We ate some pizza and played Texas Hold'um. Good crowd! The whole house was there plus others and Ashley was the only one to make it to the finals, taking 3rd place while Danny, Josh and Adam, all went all in and lost in the first…
Just a little burrito eating and planning and of course haning out time. Lovely as always!
"Mountains Beyond Mountains" is a really fantastic book about the public health hero Paul Farmer. The book tells the story of how he revolutionized healthcare in Haiti and created a modle for treating TB and other infectious disea…
Oh whAT a gaME!!!!!!! We were down, then we were up, then we were down, then we were up and then we tied. We saw some of the WORST ever calls by the umps of our Sweet Nightmare lives! Last game is on friday, so at least we aren't …
The third ever West Coast Moishe House Retreat took place at our home. It was a day of education, sharing, and hands on work shops led by the Center for Leadership Initiative and The Forest Foundation. Moishe House restidents f…
Adam celebrated his 24th birthday in style! Friends created some wonderful dishes and we enjoyed a Saturday evening with good company and good food.
The men's team took their first loss of the season, bringing them into the playoffs with a 7-1 record. After a hard week of practice, they'll be set for the upcoming playoff stretch!
For the first time in memory we had an all guys night on the card table. Jason was the big winner of game one, and Big Country Josh Leonard took the cash in game two.
Our third trip to San Quintein, we won game 1, they won game 2, they whooped on us game 3. Each trip has been a special and unique experience, something we look forward to doing again soon.
We purchased a pasta wheel and food supplies and made our own pasta, and white and red sauces. This was a first time experience for almost everyone who joined us that night.
Game one of the new season, and Sweet Nightmare took home an easy 20 -4 win.
A group of 6 of us went up to Yosemite for a weekend of beautiful weather, good food, great hiking, and good times!
Giants vs. Cubs in a great home run battle, unfortunately the Cubs were victorious.
Sweet Nightmare finished an awesome season 9-1 with a huge win in the Berkeley City League Championship Game. Two seasons in a row, can we make it three....
With the longest day of the year upon us, we had to wait until late in the night to light Shabbat candles. We had a cozy turnout of people, good food, good stories, and an overall great time!
We welcomed our dear friend home from Israel.
We read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.
Celebration of the Boys team victory with a bbq and party
Summer time softball under the lights. The Sweet Nightmare mens team is looking to repeat!
The mens team has got a rhythm, built by playing year round. Berkeley softball has no idea how to handle this cohesiveness.
It's the middle of summer and vacations have affected Sweet Nightmare's attendance. Having to pick up a few ringers the last couple weeks, the summer team is showing no signs of slowing down!
Ashley and Danny just returned from spending a month in Israel with 17 teens. They were welcomed home with hugs and their favorite pizza, not to mention some calendaring planning for the months ahead!
In the spirit of our heritage, we gathered our community, feasted on burritos and then sang Jewish summer camp (and non summer camp) songs until the late hours into the night. 3 guitars, 1 ukelele, 1 harmonica, and 25 smiling fac…
Sweet Nightmare just keeps pumping out the wins after a 20-11 trouncing
No takers for a hike, so it turned into more of a stroll and frisbee toss which was just as fun.
We had a little good bye party for Josh and added some yummy snacks and chocolate fondu.
Boys are the ultimate haven't lost yet. Softball is awesome. come be a fan
Tim Lincicum, some would argue is the best pitcher in baseball right now. And we went and sat behind homeplate, on the 3rd deck and watched him pitch a one hit WIN for the Giants. Very exciting
Fantasy football Moishe style
We went to the Cerrito to see Dark knight
Sweet Nightmare did it again, this time with a whopping 25-7 victory, we are now off to a 2-0 start!
Pot luck Shabbat are our favorite Friday's of the month, not to mention the other 20 folks that enjoyed their Friday evening with us!!
We tag teamed book clubs with another book club this month, upping our head count to 10 for the afternoon. We started the day off with a trip to the farmer's market, and then concluded it with a fantastic discussion of "Einstein'…
Sweet Nightmare keeps hitting home runs and winning, this time 17-12, bringing the season start to 3-0.
We have had a great 2 months together, and in honor of it, we treated ourselves to some awesome take-out and an evening of discussion over how we can continue to support one another and see our little home in the East Bay continue…
We held our second annual pumpkin carving party, and it was another success! We produced a number of scarily exciting looking jack o lanters, while enjoying an evening of pumpkin bread, toasted pumpkin seeds, cider and good times…
Sweet Nightmare did it again, improving to 3-0 on the season. Even though the game got nearly rained out, we were able to rally around some clutch hitting and pitching from our very own Brady N. Gill.
The boys are back in town....Sweet Nightmare completed its perfect softball season by shellacking the other team 213-6. Up next, playoffs!!!
They tried to take cheap Monday and Tuesday night bowling away from us, but they realized it didn't make sense financially. So what did we do.....we went bowling!!!
This week we had a more intimate Shabbat dinner. It was quite lovely.
This month's Us Time took us to Oracle Arena to visit some friends :)
Breaking News from the Oakland Moishe House....THEY DID IT!?!?! The Sweet Nightmare softball team has done it again. Back-to-back-to-back-to-back Berkeley City League Softball Champions!!!!
Some of us love him.....some of us question him. However you feel about Brady Gill, there was more than enough reason to come out and see his imrpov show!!!
We know Hanukkah isn't for a couple weeks, but we really love Latkes here at the Oakland Moishe House. We also decided to play some poker as well :)
Fiesta, Fiesta!!! What better time to throw a party and hang out with friends than during Thanksgiving break!?!?!
Got a little crew together to roll some bowling balls down the lane....good fun as always
We saw an incredible and inspiring movie about a blind mountain biker at the Grand Lake Theater. The tickets were pricey but they went to a good cause
We had a friend who spent a year in Israel studying at Hebrew University and the Conservative Yashivah come and teach a lesson about god while we enjoyed Zachary's pizza!
We had a little us time. Went out to a really fun dinner at a new Italian restaurant.
We went to a really nice shabbat dinner in the city at temple Shaar Zahave.
We hosted the Camp Tawonga reunion party at our house. We celebrated hanukkah, ate good food, and saw old friends