If you are one of the many fans who will gather with a group of your closest friends on Super Bowl Sunday to party like a rock star, while watching the Patriots and the Giants duke it out, you may want to pay close attention. Gone are the days when it was sufficient to just put out a bowl of chips and dip and order a couple of pizzas and some beer. The new, ever-growing trend is to step it up a few notches and throw a Super Bowl party with some class.
Now, when the Gorilla heard this he giggled a bit because the very idea of a Super Bowl party having an element of class seems-well, silly. Now don’t get the Gorilla wrong here folks, he is certainly not knocking the game of football whatsoever. And, he would never insinuate that there is no “class” in football either, but ut c’mon folks. Let’s get real here. When people think of Super Bowl Sunday, they don’t exactly think of champagne and Caviar. It’s more like sweaty men, a lot of yelling and grunting (from both the men and women) and the pungent smell of beer in the air. And that suits the Gorilla just fine!
But no, this doesn’t seem to cut it any longer, and in recent years the Super Bowl Parties the Gorilla has been invited to seem to get swankier and swankier. (One party in recent years even had servers in Tuxs, a band, and dancers dressed as cheerleaders for both teams!) It seems as if this year’s host is trying to out-do last year’s. Well, hey, that’s okay, as long as you are the guest and not the host, right?
This year, the Gorilla has the distinct pleasure of being the host of his own Super Bowl Party and it seems that everyone has their two cents to put in about how to do it, too. The Gorilla has heard from many self proclaimed Super Bowl party “experts” on what to do and how to do it best. While the advice is appreciated, it puts an element of pressure on the Gorilla that had never occurred to him before. Instead of carelessly thinking that he can just buy some chips and dip, serve some beer, and turn on his big screen to sell it all, that apparently will not do.
So now that the bar has been raised, how is the Gorilla supposed to compete with dancers and a band? The answer of course, is he can’t! Not to mention he won’t! Why? Well simply because the Gorilla refuses to give into the pressure to keep up with the Jones’ Super Bowl extravaganza! He believes that it’s not about the hoopla, or the expense you went to, but it is just about being with good friends and being ultimately, yourself! So, what will the Gorilla do for his big Super Bowl party? Well, first off, it will be relatively small, but since this primate does in fact have class, he will be serving New England Clam Chowder and Lobster dip (in honor of the Patriots) and Reubens and New York style pizza (in honor of the Giants.) Whatever you decide, just remember that good friends make a party- and not necessarily big spending! Enjoy!