Malo Odyera a Grand Geneva tsopano akuyimira dziko lomwe kale linali Nyumba Yoyamba ya Playboy. Zikumbutso za nthawi ino zakhala zikuyendera m'maganizo ambiri, makamaka omwe kale anali a Playboy Bunnies omwe akukhalabe ku Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Pam Ellis, yemwe tsopano ali ndi ntchito ya Global Hands, sitolo yosungiramo zachilengedwe ku mzinda wa Lake Geneva, ndi mmodzi wa iwo amene amagwira ntchito panyumbayo ndipo tsopano akupanga mzindawu kukhala nyumba yake.
Anali ndi zambiri zoti anene za masiku ake monga "Bunny," sitolo yake, ndi mzinda wake Wisconsin wokondedwa kwambiri.
Marcia Frost: Kodi mukufuna kuyamba pachiyambi ndikundiuza momwe munakhalira Playboy Bunny? P amela Ellis: Ndinakulira ku Iowa City, ku Iowa. Nditamaliza sukulu ya sekondale, ndinkafuna kukhala ranger wa nkhalango. Ndinapita ku yunivesite ya Wyoming ndipo ndinakhala kumeneko kwa zaka zambiri. Nditamaliza, ndinaganiza, ndimakhala macheza, ndimakonda kwambiri, ndipo ndikuyang'ana moto wa m'nkhalango yokha mu nsanja? Izi mwina si ntchito yabwino kwa ine kotero. Ndinalinso kunyumba, choncho ndinabwerera kumene bambo anga atangotumizidwa kumene, Wauwatosa (Wisconsin).
Ndinakumana ndi mtsikana wina ku Wauwatosa, yemwe anati, 'Ndinkakonda kukhala ku Bunny ku Chicago, nanga bwanji tikapita ku Lake Geneva ndikuyendera.' Kotero, ife tinatero. Ndinkaganiza kuti sindikuchita china chilichonse, choncho tiyeni tichite izi. Ine ndalemba ntchito ndipo iye sanatero.
MF: Zinali bwanji panthawiyo?
PE: Kumbuyo uko, uko kunali 1976, iwe uyenera kukhala kumeneko.
Atangotha galimoto, panali dorm la Bunny. Anali kuzunguliridwa ndi mpanda wachingwe ndipo pamwamba pake panali waya wotsalira. Zinali ngati munamverera ngati wamndende. Anali wotetezeka kwambiri.
Ndinakhala mu dorm la Bunny kwa zaka zingapo. Mnzangokhala naye anali Bunny Rachel. Ndikuganiza kuti anali kuchokera ku Champaign. Amagwira ntchito mumzinda wa Lake Geneva panopa, ku Strawberry Fields, malo ogulitsira zovala.
Ndimamuona nthawi zonse, zomwe zimakhala zosangalatsa.
MF: Kodi munakhalapo nthawi zonse?
PE: Kwa zaka zingapo, simunasowe ngakhale galimoto. Mukhoza kungotenga foni ndi kuyitana ndipo galimoto ikubwera kuti mupite kuntchito. Panali malo odyera - simunasowe ngakhale ndalama kuti mupeze chakudya, mungadye kwaulere. Zinali ngati misala yomwe sindikuganiza kuti mudzapezanso.
MF: Kodi mumakonda kukhala Playboy Bunny?
PE: Ndikuganiza kuti kukhala Bunny kunali zabwino kwa ine chifukwa munachita zinthu zosiyana pafupifupi tsiku lililonse, ndipo zinali nyengo. Ndikugwira ntchito ku dziwe losambira, kapena ku Bunny Hutch, kumene mungayambe kufufuza ngati DJ. Panali makina opanga ndi bwalo la disco. Ndi kumene ndinakumana ndi mwamuna wanga!
Ndinagwira ntchito ku Cabaret ndi ochita zosangalatsa, kapena ku regularmate Bar Bar, yomwe inali chakudya chamadzulo. Ndinaphunzitsanso backgmon Lamlungu mmawa mu chipinda cha masewera kwa ana a Chicago.
MF: Kodi mudakumana ndi anthu otchuka?
PE: Ndinali ndi zaka 25 zapadera za Bunny kotero ndinagwira ntchito ya gofu ndikujambula zithunzi ndi Lee Trevino, Bob Hope, OJ Simpson ... nyenyezi zambiri zinalipo. Icho chinali chomwe chinali chachikulu kwambiri, inu munachita chinachake chosiyana tsiku lirilonse.
Patapita zaka zingapo, ndinatha kuchoka pamalo.
Ndinatha kugula galimoto. Tinkakhala pamodzi. Nthawi zambiri zimakhala pamodzi.
MF: Kodi mumadziwa Hugh Hefner?
PE: Iye amabwera kangapo. Pambuyo pake mukhoza kupita ku Nyumba ya Playboy ku LA kwaulere. Atsikana ambiri amatha kuchita tchuthi kuti asapereke hotelo. Izo (Los Angeles) zinali ngati zakutchire kumbuyo
ndiye. Izo nthawizonse zimachitika apa, koma zinali zopenga kwambiri ku LA kuposa ku Lake Geneva.
MF: Kodi Playboy Bunnies monga choncho?
PE: Panali ochepa chabe a m'nyengo yam'nyengo ndi chilimwe omwe angachite pakati pa koleji. Kunena zoona, tinali okongola (kuseka). Sindikudziwa kuti ndiwina liti lomwe lingagwiritsidwe ntchito. Ife tinali okongola kwambiri. Ndikudziwa kuti atsikana a Chicago anali ovuta kwambiri, ndipo mwachiwonekere, mwinamwake awo ku New York.
Anzanga anali ochokera kumatauni ang'onoang'ono ndipo anali ntchito.
MF: Kodi ndi liti pamene munasankha kuchoka?
PE: Ndakwatira ndipo ndinali ndi mwana. Ndinali kumeneko kwa zaka zinayi, ndipo ndinakumana ndi mwamuna wake ku Bunny Hutch.
MF: Mwapita kuti?
PE: Ndasamukira ndipo gululo linatseka ndipo Americana adatenga. Ndinakulira atsikana anga ku Center Lake (Wisconsin). Kenaka ndinapanga chinthu cham'maluwa - wojambula zithunzi, wokongoletsa malo, ndinagwira ntchito yapamwamba yopita ku golf monga wolima, munthu wosamalira, wokonza zinthu. Ndiye inali nthawi yoti tuluke ku dzuwa. Ndinali kunja kwa dzuwa mpaka dzuwa litalowa. Ndinali kukalamba ndikuganiza kuti ndikufunika kuchita zinthu zosavuta.
Panthawi imeneyo ndinasudzulana ndikukwatiranso ndipo ndinakhala makilomita khumi kuchokera ku Nyanja ya Geneva. Nthawi zonse ndinkachita chidwi ndi malonda abwino.
MF: Munalowa bwanji mu malonda abwino?
PE: Iyamba ndi mtolankhani wochokera ku Racine Journal Times. Mayi wina dzina lake Mary Beth Danielson anachita seminare ya mpingo.
Ankapita kumbuyo ku Guatemala. Amadzaza masitukasi. Anakhazikitsa akazi osiyana anayi kapena asanu ndipo iwo ankameta, kupanga zodzikongoletsera, zofiira, ndi makutu. Iye amabwezeretsa zinthu izi mu masutukesi ndikuzigulitsa.
Tinatha kugula ndipo ndinaganiza, wow, apereka ndalama izi ndipo ana awo amapita kusukulu, akupita kwa madokotala, akuika chakudya patebulo.
Akupanga malipiro abwino.
Kenaka ndinapeza malonda abwino. Pali okonza - Ten Thousand Villages, Servv, ndi Mphatso Yaikulu - zinali zophweka kuyamba.
MF: Nchifukwa chiyani mwasankha kuchita ku Lake Geneva?
PE: Lake Geneva ndi tauni ya alendo. Ndinadziwa ndipo ndikudziwabe anthu ambiri kuno. Ndinali kumsika kwenikweni. Zakhala zikupita zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazo. Ndili ndi niche. Anthu ali ndi chidwi ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndi chinthu chonchi. Tikusintha zina pa zomwe timagula. Sizochokera ku China chabe.
MF: Nyanja ya Geneva ili ndi malo ambiri odyera. Zochitika za chakudya zakhala zikuyenda ndi zokopa alendo. Kodi malo ena omwe mumawakonda ndi ati?
PE: Zosavuta.
MF: Inde, ndadya chakudya cham'mawa pamenepo ndipo chinali chabwino kwambiri.
PE: Ndipo, nthawi zonse ndimakonda Geneva Inn. Anthony wakhala ali pano kuyambira m'ma 1970 ndipo ali ndi nsomba zabwino kwambiri.
MF: Malo aliwonse ku Lake Geneva amene mumakonda?
PE: Malo ogulitsira malonda omwe ndimakonda kwambiri ndi Madzi Otsuka Pansi. Mungathe kubwereka Mapepala a Paddle ndi Kayak. Amaperekanso Adventure Club, ntchito zochitika chaka chonse, zokonzedwa bwino koma zosangalatsa ... Snow Shoes, Cross Cross skiing, Kukwera Khoma m'nyengo yozizira.
Mia Faccia ndi malo omwe ndimawakonda kwambiri. Ndi spa ya salon ndi ya tsiku yomwe imapereka mautumiki ambiri monga maunyolo, mapepala, masewera, machiritso a laser, misomali, zodzoladzola, ndi zina.
Ndiponso, ndakhala Rotarian kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazo pomwe mtima wanga ukugona. Pakalipano, ndikukonzekera mwambo wotchedwa Lake Geneva Women's Weekend. Pali zochitika zambiri ndi zochitika ndi zosangalatsa!