I missed the Super Bowl festivities when they last visited the Bay Area ten years ago (and I bet it was major as it was Super Bowl 50🤦🏻‍♀️). But they’re back here again this year, and this sorta-kinda casual handegg football fan was not going to miss it this time!

Take a pic with your team’s helmet! Naturally, the Niners helmet had a long line.

Kaiser Permanente’s fun booth–the first exhibit I checked out.

One of the workouts event goers get to do (this one being a “balancing and racing” game!

If you go to Kaiser Permanente’s exhibit at Yerba Buena Gardens, be prepared for a workout–literally! They’ll have you “stretch” while answering Bay Area trivia (you’ll know when you see it), then you’ll be racing on both an exercise bike and balance board, and then you get to relax after with some breathing exercises. I usually take a walk to ease the adrenaline rush from the racing exercises, but I was determined to get my Kaiser swag (which you get after completing the entire run) in the end. (I got a drawstring backpack–which proved useful during my time there–plus pen and a stretch band.)

One of the many Super Bowl LX displays at the event (with lots of flowers)

The Field Goal game

One of the endurance games.

I got a kick out of seeing the child going up against their parent in those endurance games (like the one in the last pic). The child always outran their parent. 😆

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