How best to spend an evening with the 20-year-old daughter before she heads to Utah for the summer as a synthetic organic chemistry researcher at UofU? Hmmm -- how about treating her to great seats for pro wrestling in Highgate, Vermont? Sweet. What an absolute hoot.

We saw the Northern Stud defeat the Green Mountain Grappler; we saw an unexpected tag-team championship match in which two crazy men took belts from two pretty boys; and then we saw my high-flying favorite defeat a ninja-wannabee ... Then, we got to see heavyweight champ Pierre "The Beast" Vauchon present a souvenier shirt to "his biggest fan" -- and I got to see Kater sweat out worrying that I might have arranged for HER to be his biggest fan!! Priceless! Plus, it turns out, Pierre is a relative of Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon of wrestling lore!!!

We stayed for an hour then had to run to other things in the flurry of the holiday weekend. Doubtless, I'll go again, camera in hand!