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THE BACKYARD STADIUM VIEWING PARTY
How to Pull It Off:
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 | Rent an inflatable giant screen for your yard with a direct game feed |
 | Rent stadium bleachers for authentic stadium-style seating |
 | Hire a few concession vendors (or caterers) to offer food to guests |
 | Create your own unique halftime show (no wardrobe malfunctions required) |
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THE FLOATING SUPER BOWL POOL PARTY
How to Pull It Off:
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| Find a nearby pool. If your neighbor's not home, that works |
| Grab some flat-screen TVs and set them up around the pool |
| Hire a few of your favorite bikini-clad cheerleaders as waitresses |
| Serve specialty martinis in the two competing teams' colors |
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THE RENTED MANSION BOWL BASH
How to Pull It Off:
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| Do a little scouting and rent a giant private mansion for the day |
| Invite all your friends and football buddies (and wives or girlfriends) |
| Set up a plasma TV in every room of the house (bathrooms included) |
| Organize helicopter flights to an off-shore private island for your very own private "Survivor Postgame Show" |
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THE PROGRESSIVE SOUPED-UP RV PARTY
How to Pull It Off:
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| Gather four RVs and equip them with flat screens and seating arrangements |
| Watch each quarter in a different RV with different food (first quarter, Cousin Ronny's RV for appetizers; second quarter, Sister Susie's RV for dinner, etc.) |
| Unload the crew in the fourth quarter at the beach and create a "sandgate," complete with drinks, desserts and sand football, of course |
| As the game ends, load back on the RVs and roll to the postgame parties in style |
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SIDEBARS
If you're lucky enough to make it to Miami for the big game in February, here are Barton G's recommendations on places to see and be seen in South Beach:
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 | The Fifth -- an upscale two-tiered luxury nightclub/lounge |
| Mokai -- top-scale martinis from the guys behind "Mynt" |
| Suite & Snatch -- a bar and an elegant lounge on top of each other |
| Barton G. The Restaurant -- a shameless plug for one of the best in town |
| Glass @ The Forge -- sip a little cognac and party like it's 1969 in this swank spot |
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If you're really feeling lucky, or you know someone famous, try getting in to one of Barton's recommended parties for Super Bowl Week:
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| Sports Illustrated's Club SI @ The Fifth |
| NFL Friday Night Party @ Jungle Island |
| CBS Party @ the beach behind Loews Hotel |
| Casa Casuarina (former Versace estate) on Ocean Drive |
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