Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: This is too cool ...

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

This is a problem I'm willing to have!  

Anyone else out there ever invite a "dignitary" or VIP to dinner?  Or something 
else?  What was the result/outcome?

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church VA
703-688-2646

On Apr 27, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Sharon Villines wrote:

> 
> Well, that's pretty much AT THE TOP! The meal he attends could get very 
> crowded! Shades of our first few dinners. Like 60 people. 
> 
> Very cool,
> Sharon.
> 
> 
> On 27 Apr 2012, at 12:08 PM, Ann Zabaldo wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi all!
>> 
>> Yesterday, I attended a conference at the National Building Museum here in 
>> Washington, DC.  Former HUD secretary, Henry Cisneros, gave the keynote 
>> address.  It was for the advent of his newest book:  Independent for Life:  
>> Homes and Neighborhoods for an Aging America.  
>> 
>> And in his keynote, when talking about other possible housing strategies, he 
>> mentioned cohousing!  So I just toodled right up to him, had him sign my 
>> copy of the book and invited him to dinner at Takoma Village.  He gave his 
>> card and said he'd be "back east in May."  So I'm going to invite him!
>> 
>> Cohousing is finally getting known at the upper, upper, upper levels in the 
>> housing game.
>> 
>> Cisneros now has his own private company, City View.  It's a real estate 
>> development company w/ an interest in housing strategies.
>> 
>> Check out my blog post on 
>> 
>> http://www.MidAtlanticCohousing.org
>> 
>> I welcome your comments on my posting.  
>> 
>> In the next day or so I'll have a review of the book itself on 
>> cohousingblog.com.  Welcome your comments there, too!
>> 
>> Too cool ... 
>> 
>> Best --
>> 
>> Ann Zabaldo
>> Takoma Village Cohousing
>> Washington, DC
>> Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
>> Falls Church VA
>> 703-688-2646
>> 
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