Today is Super bowl sunday, the culmination of the NFL football season. This is typically celebrated by people having parties at their homes with friends and/or going out to their local sports bar to revel for the best teams of the season in the carnage known in the US as the sport of football. Some people may watch more interested in the blockbuster half time show, or the unveiling of the multimillion dollar showcase of TV ads, a kind of a side super bowl of what the ad industry can do for clients willing to spend millions of dollars.
Fans gear up for this day. Just the other day I was at a local market and overheard a 20-something couple asking the grocer about making guacamole (chip dip): "How many avocados do we need to make guacamole for 9 people?" Although there are many varieties of avocados from California the market currently only had ones from Chile. The produce staff member responded with helpful advice. I was thinking. "Hey, guacamole isn't just for football parties!" but it underscored to me how we now live in a world where produce can be imported from elsewhere when it may not be in season where we happen to live. Lucky us.
Perhaps Super Bowl Sunday should be renamed "Super Guacamole Sunday" to help support avocado growers and the chip dip of NFL champions. That way fans can connect more with both their favorite sport and the avocados that help with the celebration.
Meanwhile: Super Guacamole Sunday, to cyclists, means something different. While NFL fans are occupied with enjoying the game on TV with friends, light beers and guacamole dip, this translates to fewer cars out on the road.
This day was no exception. Leaving in the mid afternoon today under perfect sunny clear skies, I did one of my regular 24 mile short loop rides and was pleased to find almost zero traffic.
On my way back I saw a christmas tree out on the street. This was really late, then I remembered neighbors I knew as a kid who would keep the tree up until the Super bowl game.
If people drove less and rode bikes more, perhaps roads could be more like they are on a Super Guacamole Sunday.
