Preparing for the Superbowl in NYC

Buy movie tickets! You can see any movie you want and stretch out in 3 seats and leave your coat hanging on the seat in front. You can do a naked dance down the aisles if you wish too without being seen.

Eat at any restaurant that doesn't have a television and don't even make a reservation. Just show up. I just hope you get to eat as all the waiters , bus boys and cooks will be huddled around their television set in the kitchen.

There is no New York team in the Superbowl this year. The Giants didn't make the play-offs after collapsing at the end of the year. The Jets had a fairy tale run into the championship game and gave us hope when there wasn't any. So we are left with the Steelers and the Packers. There are certainly more people from Pittsburgh here than Green Bay but most neutrals will be supporting the Green Bay Packers as the Steelers have been in three of the last five Super bowls and nothing pleases New Yorkers more than seeing an established winning institution lose to another non New York team.

The sports bars will be standing room only as reservations for tables would have been snapped up months ago by those in the know and those who know how to grease palms. This is the biggest Sunday of the year for New York establishments who claim to be sports bars. This is of course a very loose definition. Anyone who serves beer and has a TV can claim to be a sports bar. In that case there are thousands to choose from in New York's five boroughs. For the atmosphere go to the bars with huge banners outside, that have special promotions and have really big screens. For a really mellow laid back and less crowded affair; stay home, as the seats are more comfortable, I imagine it doesn't smell as bad, the food should be healthier and you don't have to scream and push yourself past hoarding masses to get a beer. I will be on a plane fighting to get back to the city I love so that I can catch the last quarter and get to see which individual I don't like has won the Superbowl pool at work. Nice guys never win and nor do I in fifteen years of trying.