Guess who sat next to us at dinner on last night at Cafe Milano here in DC?

Helen Mirren - The Queen; the Academy Award winner; actress; and a woman of grace and style. She floated into the place. Everyone stopped talking and stared. She is regal and quite nice. She is in town for a while performing at the Shakespeare Theatre.

I wanted to invite her to tonight’s Washington Capitals game but my wife kicked me under the table at that notion.