"I load the bulletin board and the guest book in the back of my car and set my laptop on the front seat along with all its cords and wires. I'm wearing my pink-and-gray Pumas until I have to put on the four-inch heels I bought for the occasion. Beautiful shoes, but absolutely unwalkable. Patrona is standing by the entrance of The Athenaeum. I hand her the bulletin board and the guest book."