That year, Maggie got us a a cute water carafe of [...]]]> About 18 months ago Andrew and I went to Italy ….. as you likely know from the pages of Italy blog posts I did …. I fell in love with the idea of of a glass bottle of water for serving …. love.

That year, Maggie got us a a cute water carafe of our own! I had visions of keeping it in our guest room, or on our table for brunch.

I’m such a dreamer. None of those things happened.

But, over the last month or so, I’ve been working hard for hours every weekend and most mornings on finishing up Tell Its Story ….  I love my little A glass (featured in this post) but it’s so tiny ….

Problem: I need to remember to keep drinking water while I work, but it interrupts my train of thought to have to go to the fridge every 1/2 hour.

Solution: my adorable water carafe kept me hydrated for hours! The water stays cold-ish when it’s in a larger container like this, and it closes securely, so I’m not really worried about it spilling!

I love my glass water carafe …. love it!

Schubert Eats is an irregular feature on Those Crazy Schuberts about recipes or ingredients or restaurants or pretty much anything that has anything to do with what those crazy Schuberts eat!

So when we stopped by Out of the Closet a week or so ago, I had a problem. As in, I saw too much stuff that I wanted to bring home with me …..

Some super adorable little tea cups:

So a couple Sundays ago, Jenae came down to do lunch and movies with us ….. The Stand is one of our favorite spots for Sunday lunch.

Now that Daniel is in Chicago, it’s a lot easier to get together with Jenae. Only 3 schedules to coordinate instead of 4.

So a couple Sundays ago, Jenae came down to do lunch and movies with us ….. The Stand is one of our favorite spots for Sunday lunch.

Then we stopped by a thrift store (posting about those goodies tomorrow) and home for a bunch of British movies and TV shows.

Super relaxing Sunday ….

One of the ones from that show – Schooner or Later – is down south [...]]]> Andrew and his co-workers watch Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives during their lunch …. One of the great things about living in Los Angeles is so many of these well-known foodie places are within driving distance.

One of the ones from that show – Schooner or Later – is down south of us, not far from where Kaitlin and Joe live …

One Sunday morning recently we drove down for brunch with Kaitlin, Joe, Chris, Chris’s girlfriend Kahla, Kahla’s mom and some more of their friends …

Schooner or Later is pretty cute …. it’s right on the marina and there’s a dock specifically for Schooner or Later guests …

The *thing* to get there is a SCHOONER of beer (or Bloody Mary) … and The Mess.

So (obviously) that’s what we got!

Good diner food (I kind of love diner food in general) … .but not really worth the nearly 2 hour wait we had.

Oh well.

Breakfast is always fun!

Because he is awesome.

He moved to Chicago to go to school. Left mid-January.

We miss him a lot …. Andrew has already started selecting things to mail in a care package …

A couple days before Daniel left for Chicago, we headed up to Santa [...]]]> So, Andrew’s brother Daniel now lives in Chicago.

Because he is awesome.

He moved to Chicago to go to school. Left mid-January.

We miss him a lot …. Andrew has already started selecting things to mail in a care package …

A couple days before Daniel left for Chicago, we headed up to Santa Clarita to do breakfast with him and the rest of the family.

I took my new video camera and got some footage!!

I’ll warn you now, it was noisy in the restaurant, so don’t expect crystal clear sound …. also, when I was filming the other side of the table was backlit so the exposure is not always correct. Or in focus. But I’m learning.

The first video – about halfway through is Julie talking about Daniel leaving.

The second video is Daniel talking about his move. With my leading questions, since he is not a super talkative boy….

Daniel is so cute …. he cracks me up. More video here.

Love you Daniel!! We’re super proud of you …..

Andrew is planning on going out in March!

January 2nd we headed down to their new apartment for lunch – It happened to be POURING that day. (We had tentative plans to go up to Santa Clarita [...]]]> I love when Devo is in town …We always try to make sure to hang out with Devo and Angela when he is in town.

January 2nd we headed down to their new apartment for lunch – It happened to be POURING that day. (We had tentative plans to go up to Santa Clarita but it actually snowed that night. Crazy).

Angela and Devo got a new apartment down off of Wilshire – pretty much directly across the street from my ‘day job’ …

They’re so cute.

When we got there the apartment smelled so good ….. Devo was cooking us stew … (mmmmm ….. )

(and then Angela made this super cute dessert)

For Christmas Angela made (yes, MADE) me this ADORABLE sweater clip… adorable.

I really need her to make more and open and etsy shop. It is the most adorable ….

The heart is a locket!

Cute, right!?

I’ve already forgotten what Angela is laughing at in this photo, but isn’t it super cute?

That girl is the cutest…

We love the DiBiases!

Sitting down to edit text for a couple hours? That doesn’t sound like Andrew.

Asking to borrow my big fancy camera and actually learning how to do the settings? That doesn’t sound like Andrew.

He’s been working on a big big big [...]]]> Andrew has been hard hard at work the last few weeks ….

Sitting down to edit text for a couple hours? That doesn’t sound like Andrew.

Asking to borrow my big fancy camera and actually learning how to do the settings? That doesn’t sound like Andrew.

He’s been working on a big big big project recently – and I love when he’s like this.

I love when Andrew starts getting ideas and following through on them, I love the way his brain works and how he uses his problem-solving skills to make something work better. I love when Andrew asks to borrow my camera!

He used to do all kinds of projects like screenprinting and such …

But this project that he’s been working on is a blog.

Andrew is a contributing writer to the BRAND NEW WhenIGoDeaf.com …. Launched by our friend Michael, this site is about all things vinyl. New releases and old, artwork and record companies.

The tag line of the site? ‘We are Vinyl Enthusiasts’

I’m super proud of him…. He’s writing about something he genuinely cares about and I think he’s having so much fun!

Thursday he’ll be posting about his genetic disposition to record collecting – you won’t want to miss it!

Which, I guess, makes it an annual tradition.

We spent the earlier part of the day doing photos with Maggie (then I to furiously finish up the last [...]]]> This year marks the second holiday season Andrew and I have gotten together with some of his friends from high school for a party and baking.

Which, I guess, makes it an annual tradition.

We spent the earlier part of the day doing photos with Maggie (then I to furiously finish up the last few posts for the L&R blog party) … then back over to the Keegan Grosses’ around dinner time.

We brought a salad from Olive Garden …. Which, I kind of wish I could get every day. Those things are gooooood …..

Maggie – superstar that she is – gifted us with prints of a couple of the photos she had taken earlier in the day!

(Maggie had taken anniversary portraits for Betsy and Justin too and gave them a couple prints)

We rounded out the night by making some of these delicious dark ginger cookies …. mmm …. Maggie – this reminds me I want the recipe!

I feel like I at 4 or 5 that night …. But I couldn’t possibly have, right?

Awesome way to ring in the new year …. !!!

In general, I think the holiday itself is a bit overrated and I’d much rather have friends over to my place so I don’t have to drive anywhere with all those crazies late at night.

So – New Year’s Eve – we were kind of surprised [...]]]> I love staying in on New Year’s Eve.

In general, I think the holiday itself is a bit overrated and I’d much rather have friends over to my place so I don’t have to drive anywhere with all those crazies late at night.

So – New Year’s Eve – we were kind of surprised and excited that Daniel and Jenae didn’t have any other plans and came down to the Valley to hang out with us!

And watch *awful* Kung-fu movies. I actually spent a good chunk of the night working on L&R Blog Party posts (um, yes, last minute) …. but they had fun with the movies.

Andrew heard of a new way of prepping hamburgers so we thought we’d try it …

Below: ground beef soaking in beer

Daniel played with Andrew’s (now broken) helicopter

Andrew and I tried valiantly to save the ground beef …. too much beer … then we added more ground beef … then crushed saltine crackers.

And the whole time trying to mix it up it was FREEZING cold (since the beer came right out of the fridge)

Plus we were instructed to put a pad of butter in the middle of the hamburger patty ….

It did NOT work out.

The poor things just crumbled to pieces.

We even tried cooking them on the stove because the hamburger patties kept falling apart through the cracks in the grill.

And even once we got them cooked (even though they looked awful) …. they tasted like beer.

Luckily – Daniel and Jenae were heroes and went out to get re-inforcements… .

More ground beef to make non-fancy, completely edible NORMAL hamburger patties.

What a surprise, Andrew fell asleep during the movie ….

Happy New Year!

Nice, low-key, at home evening with people we love!

So we were able to get together with friends that we haven’t seen in months – because it is near impossible to coordinate schedules.

On New Year’s Eve (Friday) Andrew [...]]]> The great thing about those weeks around Christmas and New Years is that EVERYONE has just a little bit of extra time off ….

So we were able to get together with friends that we haven’t seen in months – because it is near impossible to coordinate schedules.

On New Year’s Eve (Friday) Andrew and I drove up to Santa Clarita for lunch at the Vasquez home …. They live in Saugus (same neighborhood as my aunt and uncle)

We got to meet their dog August – who is pretty much the *sweetest* most low-key dog ever….

Fernando is a FANTASTIC cook …. mmm m…. I never knew. I wish he could make me lunch every day… .

Beans and rice, carne asada, chicken, grilled veggies, tortillas and all ….

It was the BEST lunch ever. I wish I had more room in my belly for all that good food….

(apparently I didn’t get any photos of Jessica. Weird. But that’s her hand in the photo below. Proof)

We talked a lot about food and Jessica let me borrow Kitchen Confidential. So so good. I want to be a chef in my next life.

Holy cow … I’m getting hungry just looking at this photo …. yum yum yum.

Note: I am ALWAYS in the mood for fresh Mexican food.

Always.

Thanks Vasquezes !!  Such a good lunch …. Next time we’ll have you over (but still make Fernando cook)