I love The Old Homestead, DC!

Great choice, and a generous gift on your part.

Little Italy is sad though, no?

I still get down there at least two or three times a month, because one of my buildings is on Spring Street, but it just isn't the same. You're right, it's one block by two blocks---Mulberry, between Canal and Grand. That's it! Even there, hardly any of the tenants living in those old apartments are Italian, just the stores and restaurants. I guess that's what happens when the NYU students are willing to live 3 to a studio and pay almost $3,000 a month rent.

At least the Italians who moved away all moved up in the world, we can take pride in that.