For me, Penrod is the culmination of the year’s major activities. Once Penrod is put to bed, Security is coasting toward the end of the year. Sure, we just had the 125th anniversary gala (I left before the auction ended), but it was just another party to us. We’ve done a hundred parties – smile, keep drinks out of the galleries, corral Freiman’s group on the 2nd floor – same old, same old. I’m talking about the heavy lifting.
The end of the Roman Art exhibit started the year for us. As usual, visitors waited till the last weekend to come see the show. The line looped completely through all the first floor galleries. We kept the visitors occupied and relatively happy while they waited two hours to see the show.
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