Superbowl!

You may recall that last year we threw a superbowl party well after the Superbowl.  That's 'cause we have to wait for a good friend of mine to mail us the Superbowl on DVD. This year we received the disc a little earlier than last year AND my friend was able to capture not only the Superbowl itself but also the pre-game show, the post-game show, the half-time show, and ALL the commercials (we all know the commercials are the most important part of the Superbowl anyway).

So today, just 3 days before we move to Kenya, we threw an awesome Superbowl party. We encouraged the Americans who were attending to bring a "Superbowl side-dish" while we ordered pizza for the main course. That's right - pizza delivery! There are three places in Kampala that deliver pizza and two of them are less than a mile from us. A 15inch pizza is around $7. So we ordered 5 pizzas to start.  There was also brownies, chips, cookies, chicken wings, and plenty of drinks. We had more guests than expected and about half-way through the Superbowl I called the pizza place again to place my same order for another 5 pizzas and I also asked if they could deliver some drinks. A good Superbowl party needs beer and we only had a few bottles which ran out pretty quickly. So the pizza place also delivered a dozen cold beers. The delivery "charge" is $1 total.

Watching the Superbowl with our Ugandan friends is fun - there's so much to explain! Then, of course, we have to explain all the commercials and why this or that is really funny. And we have to explain how much it costs to run a commercial during the Superbowl - a figure that is beyond comprehension for Americans and Ugandans alike. This was a great last-bash for some of our friends here and we sent people home with all kinds of stuff we didn't want to move to Nairobi. I wonder what it'll be like next year in Karen. -Shauen