Dancing With the Star Himself

Location: Hollywood, FL
Venue: Hard Rock
Party Purpose: Kick off Super Bowl Festivities
Sightings: Jerry Rice, Shannon Sharpe, Don Shula, Leslie Visser, Jason Taylor, Bob Griese, Dolphins Cheerleaders, random mascots, among others
Musical Guests: Hootie and the Blowfish
High/Low: H: Dancing with Jerry Rice; L: Waiter spilling an entire pitcher of coffee down my jeans and into my purse. Awesome. Love the smell.
Simons Says Score: 7.5

The Hard Rock in Hollywood is this massive grouping of buildings. Kind of like a City Walk in Orlando. There is an outside area for bands and bars and then you can go inside venues to hang out. Thankfully tonight's party was inside in the main concert area (it's freezing outside).

So let's get right to what was cool: Jerry Rice standing next to me working it while listening to Hootie and the Blowfish perform on stage. [Side Note: Don't know when the last time you listened to Hootie, but the man sounds good! I was impressed.] So Jerry starts doing some moves, my producer moves to start filming him. I am watching thinking, 'Hey this is a once in a lifetime shot' and say to Jerry "Don't be shy, you know you want to dance for the camera." He then takes my hand and starts spinning me around. Ha. Man's still got them moves. Later when the concert was done I interviewed him and he insisted that he didn't get to dip me earlier and it must be done now. I wasn't about to tell him no. DIIIPPPPPPP....

I mentioned Hootie ... seriously even live, they sound exactly like the radio version of their songs. Well done.

Don Shula walked out on stage and the entire room erupted into applause. The man is a legend around these parts and rightfully so. Do you know anyone else who has coached a perfect NFL Season? Won 328 regular season games? Won two Super Bowls? Exactly.

Bob Griese took the time to speak with me right before Hootie jumped up on the stage. He was in attendance along with several other Dolphin Alums. He told me he's rooting for the Bears because his son will be out there BUT that he's very good friends with the Manning's and would be happy for them if the Colts won. I told him my prediction was 27-21 Bears. He smiled, said he liked it, and then agreed. I knew we'd get along.

The only thing that wasn't fun: coffee. All over me. In purse. Smelled. Gross.

Moving on... so the forty-first Super Bowl is officially underway. Let the parties begin.