And since we all know that the world is really a small place, I will end with a crazy coincidence that culminated with two friends attending the opening.
In late January, my husband and I were vacationing on the tiny island named Holbox off the coast of the Yucatan. Christian and his friend Dennis went to a sports bar to watch the Super Bowl. There they met Sherrie Lemnios, who was vacationing with one of her girlfriends. When she mentioned that she lived in North Carolina, he told her that I was having a show there in March.
The week after I got home, I received an email from a fiber colleague, Bette Levy, who lives in Louisville, KY. She said that her college friend Sherrie had invited her to visit in March so that they could both attend the opening.
Here you can see the three of us celebrating together. What are the odds?