harry potter marathon

taylor and i have been on a harry potter kick the past few weeks

we decided to watch all seven films from start to finish

and 16 hours or so of harry potter later, 

the conversations around the house have been with english accents

and sound a lot like this

what do you think your patronus would be?

pottah! you didn't clean the dishes!

do you think dumbledore is really dead?

along with conversation about our different theories

last night we had a weekday date to see the final "harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2"

we were like little kids, whispering to each other throughout the movie and nudging one another

every time something exciting happened

on the car ride home we played 21 questions and talked about things we thought were cool, confusing, etc.

i'm sad that our harry potter nights have come to an end

but we are total potter geeks now

so the story lives on!

expelliarmus!

bbq date and famous furniture

last night taylor and i had a little bbq date after work

we were hoping to bbq monday night, but we both got home too late from work

taylor did most of the work.. the grilled portobello mushrooms and steak

i prepared and cooked the padron peppers

and molly ran around the two of us, not really helping at all, but being cute as usual

all of this fun stuff was from the sunday farmers market

padron pepper recipe (via leila):

coat peppers with coarse salt and pepper

drizzle with olive oil

saute in a skillet while stirring for about 5 minutes

(leila suggests using a cast iron skillet and baking for a few minutes, but unfortunately i don't have one!)

afterwards, we drove out to the hollywood hills for taylor to pick up his beloved, new, cassina authentic

lc4 chaise lounge

yes my friends, he found one at a good price

and he's so excited about it

when he got home, he put it in our room (still figuring out where it will officially go), 

poured a glass of scotch and relaxed in his button up shirt and boxers

this morning when we woke up i said, "hey tay, whats that thing on the other side of the room?"

he smiled a big grin and said in his italian accent, "ya know?"

this morning he was running late to work

and i caught him laying in it and staring out the window!

oh boys and their toys

friday night, date night.

it was a nice friday the 13th after all, except for the fall i had while riding my bike back (it was scary, but lets not get into that)

taylor took me out for a lovely evening.

we stopped at his old 'go-to' spot when he was at USC that i, too, fell in love with when we first started dating.

taylor caught up with the owner, gopaul, who has known him since he was a wee freshman in college and we devoured two indian plates that were AMAZING (as always).

After that we went to the music box in hollywood to watch the kills perform.

it was a great performance and i'd definitely watch them live again. the lead singer moves so well on stage, she makes singing, playing the guitar and drums look effortless.

at 23rd cafe - "Tay Diggs was here"

taylor and gopaul

chicken saag and chickencurry with lentils, naan, cucumber-mint raita, and rice

and now for a fun-filled weekend!