Yer a Wizard, Harry!

As the title of this post might imply, I am a huge Harry Potter fan. There was an exhibition of costumes and props from the movie in Times Square, so I obviously went. And it was all kinds of fantastic! They had costumes from all of the movies so far, and recreations of the sets-- the Gryffindor dorms, Hagrid's hut, etc. It was so cool to see the costumes up close--and fascinating to see how they have changed throughout the films (the Quidditch stuff has changed a ton!). They also had the life-size models for a ton of the characters/animals that are mostly CGI--including a dragon, Kreacher, Dobby, and a thestral...so cool! The props were also really awesome--most of the character's wands, textbooks, Ron's Chudley Cannons fanboy stuff, the Horcruxes (!!!), Fred and George's Skiving Snackboxes (!!!!), and the Time Turner (!!!!!!!!!!!) It's hard to pick a favorite part, but I can narrow it down to two sections--the recreation from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (which is definitely my favorite movie of the series) of this scene outside Hagrid's hut, complete with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the executioner's costumes and a very large Buckbeak:



and the "Great Hall" set up for the Yule Ball. The Yule Ball costumes were fantastic (Hermione's dress? Gorgeous!), but the best part was the detail that went into some of the props that were never really even seen on camera--copies of the Daily Prophet have actual articles written, and there were really detailed Ministry of Magic reports on the "unfavorable Muggle sentiments" of some characters. Wicked cool.


On a less dorky note, I finally managed to find a pair of black, closed-toe, espadrille wedges that were not approximately 8 feet tall--after going to no less than 7 H & Ms to find them in my size (er...a size smaller than they're supposed to be. It's easier to stretch things than shrink them, right?). Less dorky sure, but still ridiculous. Oh well.