Ho there! Braddock Commercial Real Estate Services' Steve Mutty, Tom Hawkins, and Chris Campagna stopped by Bisneyland this morning with authority, bringing with them City of Alexandria Town Crier Ben Fiore-Walker to proudly announce their arrival. Former CBRE vet Chris tells us their firm, established last April and based in Old Town, provides the full slate of leasing, sales, and asset management services. They've also been named exclusive RE broker for Reston-based John Marshall Bank. Oh, and a fun fact about Ben--while he loves being a Town Crier, it's not his only gig: he's also a professor at Georgetown medical school.

Another amazing highlight of the visit was the gift to us from Steve of one of his famous pepper concoctions prepared for clients and friends: 500 fresh chilis from Asia and the Americas combined with apple and rice vinegars to produce 40 numbered bottles like this one. We are dying to try it, but Steve informs us it has to sit another month to mature just right. But we've never matured; why should it?