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I am so glad you wrote this post! I was thinking about how interesting the interior design decisions in Harry Potter were. The cats in the pictures on the wall---fantastic!

Where did you get your couch? It's beautiful!

Here in New Orleans, most people just starting out live in shotgun houses. These are old houses from the late nineteenth century that were made in the shape of a shotgun barrel. The joke is that you could shoot a shotgun at the front door and it would head straight through the home to the back yard. You have to walk through each room to get to the next. Usually the layout is living room, bedroom, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom. The privacy is limited but the architectural details are great. The RR apartment style reminds me of the shotgun.

As someone who was born and raised in south Louisiana (and currently resides in New Orleans), I've grown up using McIlhenny's Tabasco sauce. I'll expose my ignorance by admitting that for the longest time, I didn't even know there was any other kind! I use it in eggs, red beans and rice, black eyed peas with rice, crab dip, chile, salsa, any kind of seafood whether boiled or fried, jambalaya, gumbo, etc. I'm sure I'm forgetting many other things. The trick is to use the right amount. Too much and the flavor is overwhelmed. But without it, the above dishes prove lacking.