We were invited to the Belmont Mansion near Dupont Circle last night. What a house! Wow. Thirty foot ceilings. The artifacts alone had to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The mirror over the fireplace must have been two hundred square feet.

What a crib! Amazing hizzy.

We were invited by the Committee of 100 and given a Vision Award for the coffeehouse we’re building on Capitol Hill. Here’s what the plaque said:

For its demonstration of the potential for imagination and creative energy to give new life and purpose to a forlorn building by envisioning a community benefit where others saw blight. The revitalization of 201 F Street, NE, the long neglected, vacant building into the heart of a new vibrant coffeehouse and community center for National Community Church stands as a symbol of the value of adaptive reuse.