I originally wrote this piece for MediaShower. Text and images published here with permission. It's the most wonderful time of the year. The biggest holiday on the calendar -- most right-thinking people would say the only holiday that matters -- is right around the corner.
Think about it. Greasy Food. Sometimes greasy cheerleaders. It's a veritable entertainment bonanza. Not like those other holidays. What's Halloween but a prelude to a stomach ache? Christmas is for babies and Bible thumpers. Thanksgiving has "football", yes -- but it involves the Lions, so we have to put the word in quotes. And is three hours of that really worth choking down your Aunt Greta's Jell-O salad?
As a Super Bowl party host this year, I have the sublime honor -- and enormous responsibility -- to make the holiday magical. So last weekend, I held a dry-run Super Bowl party to practice. I didn't invite the good friends, or pull out the good bean dip recipe. But otherwise, it was a full-on fire drill version of the festivities to come.
I even ordered a test set of supplies from Amazon for the occasion. And my pigskin shindig rocked. Call me Vince Lom-Party. Read on for the post-party recap -- and my actual Amazon reviews of all the products listed. Huddle up, children. The Super Bowl's a-comin' to town! My Amazon Review: You can't have a fiesta without salsa. And you certainly can't throw! And this, friends -- this is a whole big bunch of salsa. Seriously, who wants some effing salsa?
Old El Paso's got nothing on this tub o' goodness. I especially like that this salsa is kosher, because everyone should feel comfortable at a good party. In the middle of a huge bash -- with bacon-wrapped scallops and six kinds of barbecue and a roasting pig on a spit out back -- it's nice to be able to turn to one of my friends of another faith and say:.
