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One of the benefits of being self-employed is being able to have some control over opportunities to be enjoyed. Such was the case once again Thursday (June 13).
Revenge from WrestleMania XX? No, it’s merely Molly Holly clowning around with Lisa Marie Varon (formerly WWE’s Victoria) on June 13, 2013,.
The evening — after having watched baseball for much of the afternoon thanks to the wonders of cable television — help promise. The choices involved Game 4 of the NBA Finals, a trip to a Chicago restaurant to see a couple of legendary wrestlers (female variety, my favorite type) or go to a photo studio to see a couple of women who compete in teeny bikini-type outfits (also among my favorite types).
Well, having seen the Twitter musing of former Chicago Sun-Times colleague Jim O’Donnell that assured the Miami Heat would defeat the San Antonio Spurs because the NBA needed to come up with some way to rival the NHL’s triple-overtime Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals between the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks, I opted not to sit on the sofa (or anywhere) and watch that contest. With the Heat actually beating the Spurs, that decision seems to have been a good one.
And so it was that I headed from the suburbs to downtown Chicago. The choice then was a photo shoot at friend Don Bersano’s studio or a visit to The Squared Circle (2418 N. Ashland). What to do? The answer was fairly simple: both.
Under no particular deadline (as demonstrated by the reality that this is being typed early Friday), there was no need to have to decide between the two.
First stop was The Squared Circle to visit with Lisa Marie Varon (who wrestles as Tara for Impact Wrestling, formerly known as TNA). Earlier in her career, when she was with WWE, she was Victoria. It was under that identity that she faced Molly Holly in 2004 at WrestleMania XX. And took a barber’s shears to Molly Holly’s hair after Victoria was victorious in their bout.
No hard feelings were apparent Thursday when Molly (Nora Greenwald in real life) dined at Lisa Marie’s restaurant. While I waited to chat with the two lovely ladies, their WrestleMania match was being shown on the television sceens at the establishment with a full house of patrons looking on.
For more of Ashley Kurtenbach and Kay Jordt, you’ll have to wait for aother day.
Once the videotaping an interview and taking a few photographs with Lisa Marie and Molly was complete, it was off to Bersano Photography and the chance to meet bikini competitor Ashley Kurtenbach and figure competitor Kay Jordt. Two more lovely ladies to chat with and interview.
There are video interviews with them, but the editorial department at elliottharris.com decided to hold them until a later date when those video interviews could be accompanied by photos taken by Don Bersano rather than your humble correspondent. Having seen a few of the many photos that Don took — and also having viewed part of the photo shoots he had with Ashley and Kay — something says it will be worth the wait to run the interviews with his photos.
All in all, not a bad night. Even if it has become almost 5 a.m. as this is being typed. Oh, the sacrifices we make to produce a daily product for your enjoyment (and, truth be told, mine as well).
Rest assured that the powers-that-be for the “Sports & Torts” show with co-hosts David Spada and Elliott Harris on Talkzone.com are doing their best to arrange having Tyler Suess as an in-studio guest one of these Thursdays. Because of her busy schedule, that might not come about for several weeks. Something says it will be worth the wait:
And here we go with our daily dose of non-gratuitous video (in no small part because of the endless efforts of the editorial and video departments at elliottharris.com and the fact that their defition of “gratuitous” knows no limits):
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