Super bowl Stories

“Wow, Luke, this view is amazing! It feels like our own private stadium!” Erin said over her shoulder as she leaned out over the waist-high glass barrier separating her from the field far below. “I can see the football players perfectly; this will be so much better than watching the game on television!” “Except we won’t have commercials,” Luke responded, helping himself to a bacon-wrapped date from the mini-buffet in the...

The Super Bowl, the biggest game on the planet. If you’re into (American) football, at least. It’s not big in the UK, but it has been on TV here for ages and does make it into the news, even if there’s not that much hype. I have a general sense of how it works, it’s a bit stop-start at times, and there’s A LOT of ad breaks, but an invitation from some American friends to watch the game at theirs with a few drinks was not...

This didn’t start with the Super Bowl. Charlotte and I have been in each other’s faces since we were hired together six years ago. It’s just that this football season seems to have brought things to a head. We are both section heads for Pearson Consulting, and our names are almost the same– she is Charlotte and I am Charlene– but other than that we don’t seem to have anything in common. I’m from the west coast, LA born an...