People said Tom Ware and Marti Eriksen would get married “when pigs fly.”
They were at the Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival last August and saw Ham-Let, the world’s largest hot air balloon pink pig. It’s 100 feet tall, 60 feet wide, and 80 feet long – so they figured it was some kind of a sign.
“We went down there to explore and stumbled across Ham-Let, and it was fate from then on,” says Ware.
They get married in the pig next Sunday at Chatfield State Park. They have both been married before, so they weren’t planning on hooking up again. Until the pig flew by.
Ware is in construction, Eriksen is in food and beverage on golf courses.
They’ll say their vows on the ground, standing in the basket. Then it’s up and away. “We take off to introduce to the world Mr. and Mrs. Ware!” says Tom.
Puff puff
When you head to a topless club in Denver this summer, smoke will still get in your eyes.
The statewide smoking ban goes into effect July 1 – but Denver’s high-profile peeler emporiums will be exempt. Not because the men like smoky rooms or the women want to dance around exploding gaspers. Seems that these clubs sell a lot of smokes, cigars and cigarettes, and if you sell more than $50,000 of tobacco products (excluding vending machines) you are exempt. So light up for a lap dance, pal.
Chorus line
The Evergreen Children’s Chorale beat four other kids choirs in a tryout to sing at “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” during its Tuesday-June 4 sit down at the Buell. Ages 10-14, they will sing their little hearts out at every performance, which is a lot of work. Sorry, no pay. They get transportation, a chance to hang out with the cast and crew, and dinner.
Poorhouse
The late Marvin Davis’ grandson, Hollywood playboy Brandon Davis, got dissed last week by the New York tabs. The N.Y. Daily News even called him a “bloated self-proclaimed oil heir.”
But he did his own dissing in L.A. the other night, traveling from club to limo with Paris Hilton. It’s online in an obscenity-laced paparazzi video that’s getting lotsa hits. He spends most of his vitriol on Lindsay Lohan, to the giggles of Hilton. Here’s one printable phrase: “I think she’s worth about 7 million, which means she’s really poor. It’s disgusting. She lives in a motel.”
City spirit
Go to cbs4denver.com/green for Larry Green’s retirement blog – and see Greg Moody and Green discuss former anchors. Like Aimee Sporer. “That was a good time,” says Moody. “She always smelled good.” … Film on the Rocks sked is out – $8 in advance, $10 at the gate or the 4-Star Film Fun Pack = 4 admissions, 4 hot dogs, 4 popcorns and 4 Pepsis for $44. Highlights include June 27, “Animal House” with Denver Brass and 100s of Tubas and Euphoniums; Aug. 2, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” with Rubber Planet; Aug. 14, “Old School” with Opie Gone Bad. Tix at King Soopers … Big Head Todd and the Monsters’ song “Broken Hearted Savior” is one of the tunes in Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new movie “Southland Tales.” The boys play Red Rocks June 10, then head out on a national tour … Sez who: “Ouch! That felt good!” Karen Elizabeth Gordon
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on “Good Day Colorado” on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303-820-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
