"I'm lighting a candle for David." "All right, Mama." " Y'all sound fantastic together." " Thank you." "I used to hear that tune on OZ." "Yeah, it's Chuck Carbo." "You from here?" "Lakeview." "Lost my house." "Three of my neighbors drowned on my block." "Been living in St. Louis with my in-laws." "But I'm home for Mardi Gras, baby, huh?" "Home for Mardi Gras." "Happy Mardi Gras, honey." "Two days to get a fuckin' phone call." " Two days." " You hit that cop, right?" "You were all in his face." "What he supposed to do, ignore it?" "I appreciate you coming down." " Talk to that lawyer?" " Bail hearing tomorrow afternoon." " Be home before dinner." " A lot to do before Tuesday." "You're still gonna mask?" "Never mind." "I heard you twice the first time." "Now do me a favor." "Go down to Poke's, and tell 'em "keep sewing."" "Bro, if you'd taken Jefferson Highway to Magazine to get into town like I told you," " it woulda been cheaper." " You're killing me, dawg. 28 on the meter." "I'm good for it, man." "Just pick me up at two right here, baby, take me home." "And you owe me six from the last time I picked you up." "You think I forgot?" "No, man." "I got you, baby." " I got you." " All right." " Two o'clock, now." " All right." " Two." " OK." "You know my dad." "He ain't leaving Valence Street, ever." "I heard Cyril was in Austin." " And Aaron's in Nashville." " There he is!" " Hey, man, what's happening?" " Ivan." " Your daddy coming back?" " Not till the air gets better, man." " He got that asthma thing." " Man, I hope they do." "New Orleans without the Nevilles?" " Got two Nevilles right here." " True dat." " You working on Mardi Gras?" " I do not work on Mardi Gras day." "No." "Under no circumstances." "Especially this one." " People coming home for this." " You're right." " No doubt, man." "Let's do this, bro." " All right, bro." "Dumpstaphunk, back in the NOLA." "Hey, honey." "When's Daddy moving back in?" "When he finishes what he's writing." "He seems so bummed." "Mardi Gras always cheers him up." "Thank you for yesterday." "That was nice." "I needed a real day off." "Yeah, that's pretty much a normal day for me." "I know." "That's the problem with New Orleans." "Too many people live like you." "Not enough people do." " Speaking of work, I gotta go." " Do you need help tomorrow?" "I already asked Jacques." "I know you mean it, but asking you to work Mardi Gras, that's like asking Paul Prudhomme not to use fat, salt and cayenne pepper." "You know, I gotta say this." "I'm concerned about your eternal soul." "I'm not positive, but it may be a mortal sin to work Mardi Gras." "Just the morning." "That would be venial." "All right, ten Hail Marys." "Go forth, my child, and sin no more." " Have a good one." " Yep." "Maybe we'll run into each other." " Fuck off." " Yeah." "Any minute, Mama." "Shoulda put the gumbo on, but I can't till they get here." "Once I get started with that roux, I'm stuck." "You don't need to be standing over a stove all morning." "Just let me help you out here." "They're here." " Hey!" " Mommy!" " Hey, baby!" " Grandma!" " Hey, mother-in-law." " How are you doing?" " Come on in the kitchen." "You hungry?" " We're always hungry, Grandma." "You OK?" "I'm fine." " How was the drive?" " Well, no traffic." " Come and get something to eat." " All right." " Morning." " Hey, stranger." " Or is it afternoon?" " Just barely." " Looking for some lunch?" " I'm good." "What are you working on?" "The next step." "A proper autopsy." " I thought that was on hold." " Yeah, until after the holiday." "The family can't focus right now." "How's it going?" " I'm seeing light at the end of the tunnel." " That's great." "As long as it's not the proverbial oncoming high-speed light rail." " Daddy!" " True about absence and a fonder heart." " Hi, sweet pea." " Hey." " Sure you don't want some lunch?" " I was gonna take a ride." "Clear my head, get a coffee." "Can I come?" " Please?" " Yeah, sure." "Let's go." " Mr. Foster." " Hey, Delmond." "Listen, I'm sorry to tell you this." "The hearing's been postponed now till Wednesday." "Fuck." "You can't be serious." "I don't know exactly what's going on down there." "I do." "They're sending him a message." " I suppose they are." " Bet your ass." "You keep a Big Chief locked up on Mardi Gras day, that's a message." " I don't know if you can change your plans..." " I guess I have to." "All right." "Sorry about this, man." "Have a good Mardi Gras." "Yeah, I'll see you Wednesday." "All right, I'll see you then." "Anything else I can get you?" " A hotel room." " Good luck with that, brother." "It's like seeing an ancient ruin." "That's where Jaeger's used to be." "Fitzgerald's." "Bruning's, both of 'em." "The new one and the original, which was wrecked by Hurricane Georges." "The third oldest restaurant in the city after Antoine's and Tujague's, 1859." "Back in the day it was a cabaret." "They had slot machines, dancing girls." "All kinds of mischief." "Over there, that was a footbridge to the Bruning home, the one they used in The Big Easy." " Hey, Cher?" " Fais dodo, baby." "And then also over to Sid-Mar's." "Where was Sid-Mar's?" "See the pumping station?" "Gone." "Like it never existed." " It's really creepy." " Yeah." "It's good to get out and see the destruction." "It's good." "Get off the isle of denial every once in a while and be reminded how much of the city is still wrecked." " I know, but..." " Yeah, tomorrow, Fat Tuesday." "You know the exact date?" "February 28th." "Six months almost to the day." "Six months." "And we're gonna party like we know how, second-line like there's no tomorrow," "Mardi Gras our asses off in the ruins of the Crescent City." "And we should." "But it's good to keep this in mind too." "I know." "I'm bumming you out, aren't I?" "Kinda, yeah." "Let's go catch a parade." "Shit!" "What the fuck?" "Y'all wanna see a grown man cry?" "That shit ain't funny, man." "I'm afraid I got some bad news, y'all." "You sure you don't need a place to stay?" "I got the room." "Thanks, I got a friend in the Quarter." "I can stay with him." "Tell your father I'm thinking of him." "Wish I could." "I won't see him till Wednesday either." "I hate to think of him all alone on Mardi Gras, of all days." "It is his sacred holiday, all right." " Not you?" " To be honest, in my opinion, New Orleans better off without it." " Really?" " Why not put all that time, energy and money into fixing up the place?" "Well, excuse me." "I got a little more work to do." "St. Joseph's less than three weeks away." "Right." "Leon "Kid Chocolate" Brown!" "Thank you very much." "Thank you very much." "My name is Bob French." "We gonna take a slight pause for a very worthy cause." "We'll be back in a little bit." "Don't you go nowhere, hear?" "Yeah!" "Al Johnson." "It must be carnival time." "Antoine Batiste, you tore it up, man, tore it up." " It's good to see you, man." " Same here." " Awesome, Batiste." "Just awesome." " Thank you, man." " You good?" " I'm good." "I'm better than good." " See you, man." " All right." "Antoine Batiste?" "Mr. Toyama!" " What you doing here?" " Mardi Gras." "I thought this year, this would be the year." "Yeah, it's good to see you." "It's good to see you." " Let me buy you a drink." " It would be my honor to buy you a drink." "Oh, no, God damn it." "I'm gonna buy you a drink, all right?" " Take yes for an answer." " I accept." " All right." " Thank you." " Two Jameson and Cokes." " You got it." "A Mardi Gras drink." "You'll like it." "Milenberg Joys, one of my favorite Jelly Roll Morton songs." "Yeah?" "You know what Milneburg was, huh?" "The red-light district." "Yeah, out by the lake." "Before Storyville." "Long gone now." "Milenberg Joys." "Original recording," "New Orleans Rhythm Kings, 1923." "George Brunies on trombone." "All right, I'll take your word for it." "Cheers." " Happy Mardi Gras." " Happy Mardi Gras." " Very sweet." " That's why I like it." "Now listen... you may have noticed I'm playing my old trombone." " Please, no need to explain." " No, it's an interesting story." "See, I found my old one, in a pawnshop, as a matter of fact." "A pawnshop?" "Really?" "So I gave the one you bought me to my teacher, Danny Nelson." "He lost all of his in the storm, including the 'bone Kid Ory gave him when they were gigging on the West Coast..." "I was very sorry to hear of Mr. Nelson's passing." " You heard?" " It was big news in Japan." "Really?" "Well, among fans of traditional New Orleans jazz music, yes." "That's good to hear." "'Cause it should have been bigger news here." "So, anyway, it was passed on..." "to his grandson." "That's how we do it in New Orleans, how a tradition lives on." " Very Japanese." " No kidding?" "Grandfather to grandson." "That pleases me very much." "To Danny Nelson." "To Danny Nelson." " Good parade, sweetie?" " I love the night parades." "Momus, that was my favorite night parade." "You're too young to remember." "You were about two when they stopped rolling." "Momus, the god of mockery." "The parades were political, satirical..." "I can't believe you're waxing nostalgic about the Knights of Momus." "Masked riders on horseback with pointy hoods?" " Hello?" " The parades were beautiful." "The floats, the flambeaux." "Black men carrying flaming propane torches and scrambling for change tossed in the street." "It had its antebellum aspects, I'll admit." "That's part of Carnival." "I hate the flambeaux and the hooded masked riders." "I wish they'd do away with all that." "I wouldn't miss the old line Carnival stuff at all." " I would." " That's 'cause you're not from here." "When you grow up with it, it has a whole other meaning." "Sometimes they throw the baby out with the king cake." "I like Endymion." "That's my favorite." "Super Krewes!" "B-list celebrities, tons of plastic beads." "Like everything else in American culture - cheap, mass-produced, made in China." "Well, thanks for raining on my parade." "You're welcome." " Good night, honey." " Night." " Night, Mama." " Night-night." "I've gotta go to bed too." "Don't you stay up too late." " Big day tomorrow." " Don't I know it?" " Where are you going?" " It's Mardi Gras, darling." "I know." "I thought we were spending the day together." "You know, I think I need a day apart." "Like the Rebirth says..." "do whatcha wanna." "That's what today's all about, right?" "You just wanna get high." "That's what you wanna do." "Be good... or don't." "Fucking asshole." " This should be our national anthem." " Sounds kinda like a national anthem." "Bobby Short said Satin Doll should be our national anthem." "What does he know?" "I'd cast a vote for It Ain't Necessarily So." "That'd be my second choice." "Well, let's go." " You gonna turn that off?" " No, no, no." "It's bad luck to turn it off." "It's on repeat." "It'll stay on till we get home." "Come on, y'all!" " Bye, Grandma." " Bye, Grandma." "Bye." " Y'all have fun." " Man, I wish you were coming, Grandma." " Baby, Grandma too old for the parades." " No, you're not." "Tell you what, maybe I'll go next Mardi Gras, when we're all together again." "All right!" " We'll be back for that gumbo." " Have a blessed day." "Later, Grandma." "Get out of jail free card, yes." " Happy Mardi Gras, baby." " Thank you, baby." " I hope this is a good spot." " It's where we always come." "But with Zulu not rolling all the way up this year..." "Folks will be here, you'll see." "Driving up from Florida, Texas." "Yeah, you're right." "Give me one more." "Happy Mardi Gras." "Happy Mardi Gras, baby." "That's how we do it." " Davis!" " Daddy!" " Happy Mardi Gras, y'all." " How about a bloody Mary?" "Is the sun over the yardarm?" "I think it is, Captain Hook." "No, Jean Lafitte!" "You are such a hypocrite." "Lafitte was a slave-trader, you know." "He was?" " He was not." " He was." "He was?" "Well, I'll do my research next time." "Besides, I prefer to emphasize his role in the Battle of New Orleans." "That's convenient." "I always liked that verse about the alligator." "How's that go?" "Gator lost his mind, powder up his ass." " Mimi!" " Close enough." "Spare us, Mimi." "Spare us." "Are you staying for Rex, darling?" "I just stopped by to use the facilities." " You know what they say..." " Ain't no place to pee on Mardi Gras day." ""But, ossifer, I thought the sign said Facilities Street."" " Now that's funny!" " Still?" "Oh, my God!" "McAlarys." "I rue the day I married into this family." "Y'all are incorrigible." "The same jokes every year and they don't get better with age." " Beautiful day though, huh?" " Perfect." " Zulu was out of sight." " They were tremendous as usual." " I love Zulu." " I know you do, Mother." " It's one of your redeeming characteristics." " I got a coconut." " Don't you always?" " Pretty much." "I'm serving a light buffet." "You sure you won't stay for Rex?" "Formaldehyde on wheels?" "No, thank you." "Need to bop down to Frenchmen." "Later, gator." "Be good, girls." "Two for five." "That's 15." "Hey!" "I like the blue tarp." "Yeah, it's a theme this year." "We heard about your restaurant." "So sorry." "What you gonna do?" "Life goes on." " And it's a beautiful day." " It certainly is." " What are you gonna have?" " What do you got?" "Chicken and andouille gumbo, crawfish beignets." " Beignets sound like breakfast." "I'll have those." " Me too." "Sofia?" " I'm good." " You gotta eat." "Three orders of beignets in case she changes her mind." "Coming right up." "Miss Brooks, right?" "Williams." "I guess we didn't ever exactly meet in court." "Renee Dufossat." "LaDonna." "What a day, huh?" "I'm seeing so many people I haven't seen since the storm." "Me too." "Just in for the day, all the way from Houston, Atlanta..." "Look, I hope you know, in court we have to represent the office," " what it thinks is necessary." " Just doing your job." "Yeah, I know." "Me, I'm glad the judge ruled the way he did." "I hope you find your brother soon." " Happy Mardi Gras." " Happy Mardi Gras." "Jasmine!" "What a day, huh?" "You couldn't ask for better." "I just hate that we can't go up on Claiborne." "They got all them flooded cars still there." "They shoulda got them gone for today." " Antoine, we have take the baby home." " What, already?" "It ain't even noon." "I thought we'd walk over to the mother-in-law, maybe catch the Baby Dolls." "Or Hunter's Field, see some Injuns." "She won't last." "I'll walk up to Galvez, call a cab." "Well, all right." "Here." "I won't be late now." " Stay out as long as you want." " What?" "It's Mardi Gras." "Go and have your fun." " You saying what I think you're saying?" " No!" "Yeah." "I just wanna know what the perimeters are." "You know damn well what the perimeters are." " You get home safe." " You too." "Bye, boo-boo." "Why would anyone try to drive on Mardi Gras day?" "Hey, are you crazy?" " Happy Mardi Gras." " My turn." " Happy Mardi Gras." " Happy Mardi Gras to all y'all." "Happy Mardi Gras." "I live in New York now." "Nolita." "Lolita?" "Nolita." "North of Little Italy." " I love New York." " A lot to love about New York." " You could show me." " I could." "Delmond, Delmond." " Hey, what's going on?" " Hey, man." " Randy, meet Terence Blanchard." " How you doing?" " And Cassandra Wilson." " How are you?" " Y'all know Anthony?" " It's New Orleans." "Everybody know everybody." " That's true." " Delmond, how you doing, honey?" "I'm good." "How are you?" " Fine, thank you." " How's New York treating you?" " Cool, cool." " You here for Carnival?" "Right!" " That thing with your dad, man." " Yeah." "I'm sorry." "The man got a heart of steel, though." " Head too." " Yeah." "Let me go say hi to Anthony." "All right, cool, bro." " Bye." " Good seeing you." "What's the thing with your dad?" " Hey, Miss Ackey." " Hey, my baby!" " Happy Mardi Gras!" " Well, well, well, look who it is." "Miss La-Dee." " Mr. Riley, happy Mardi Gras." " Fuck you." "Some fuckin' happy Mardi Gras." " Tell her I pay you on time." " Yeah, he does." " You know they arrested me?" " What are you talking about?" "Because of your lawsuit, lady." "That's civil." "Attorney General... fuckin' Foti." "Making an example outta so-called crooked contractors." "Came to my house, cuffed me in front of my kids." " Foti came to your house?" " Is you fuckin' stupid?" "Police." "Police came to my house!" "I just want a roof over my bar, Mr. Riley!" "Now, I'm sorry." " I didn't mean for that to happen." " Well, it did." "So, fuck you." " Fuck you!" " No, bro." "Fuck you." "Fuck you, motherfucker." "Who the fuck is that?" " My ex-contractor." " That explains it." "Happy Mardi Gras, baby." "Happy Mardi Gras to you." "Yeah, where Larry and the boys?" "They're all back at my mama's by now." "I'm going over to Gigi's, help Clarence with the bar." "Thank you, baby." "Hold on, baby." "I'm coming with you." "Hey." "Hey, you ill?" " I'm just not feeling it this year." " Cray, it's such a beautiful day." "Pete's not out, the crowds are small, haven't seen the Buzzards." "The Buzzards are coming." "I like the smaller crowds." "Not as many drunk college kids." " I wanna stay for the truck parades." " Well, of course you do." "Like you don't have enough beads already." "You know the number-one cause of death in fires in New Orleans?" " Oh, Daddy." " It's not flames, not smoke." "It's toxic fumes from all the plastic beads." "Hey, if you want us to come home with you, we will." "No, no, y'all stay." "Have fun." "I'll heat up the gumbo when we get home." "It's not like your father to quit on Mardi Gras." "Maybe he's coming down with something." "A pirate wench!" "Just what I need!" "Jean Lafitte at your service." "Hello, Jean Lafitte." " You play fiddle at the Apple Barrel." " Yeah." "I was in there one night, you came in..." "Never mind." " Davis." " Annie." " Is this your first Mardi Gras?" " No, I was here last year." "But this one is different." "Yeah, I know." "This one's special." "As Professor Longhair would say, when you go to New Orleans, you ought to go see the Mardi Gras." "And bounce!" "Bounce with me, baby!" "Bounce with me." "Come on!" "Is that it?" "Happy Mardi Gras, Jacques!" "Happy Mardi Gras, Janette." "Have fun." "Let's go, bro!" "Same again?" "Take care and happy Mardi Gras, man." " Happy Mardi Gras, baby." " Happy Mardi Gras to you." " Remember me?" " Sorry?" " I look familiar?" " No, I don't think so, no." "You the guy with the boat, right?" "Lizardi Street." "I was half-dead from the heat, chopping my way out of my attic." "No water." "You took me off my rooftop." "That was you, right?" "Lizardi Street?" "Yeah, it was." "Oh, man, am I glad to see you." " Buy you a drink?" " Sure." "Hey, baby, looking good." " Where y'at?" " Good, darlin'." " How are you?" " I'm great." " How was your day?" " Good." "Happy Mardi Gras!" "You were at Donna's last night?" " I didn't see you there." " With my boyfriend." " The guy I play with?" " The piano player?" "Yeah." "I didn't know he was your boyfriend." "Where is he today?" "You know, "Do whatcha wanna."" "I do know." "I've been there, done that." "You got a girlfriend?" "Kinda." "Sort of." "I'm not really sure, but..." "There's a lot of creative shit out there." "There's my favorite." ""FEMA says the beads will be here in April."" "By the time he came along in his boat, I was about ready to give up." "If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here." " Is that right?" " I don't know." "I guess." " Everything happens for a reason." "Am I right?" " Yeah, you're right." "Like running into you today." "Fate, right?" " Buy you both another drink?" " Why not?" " Hell, yeah." " Be right back." "Nice place." "What, you're kidding, right?" "This place is a dump." "Hi, Anthony!" " Janette!" " Where y'at?" " You look fantastic." " Thank you." " How you doing?" "Happy Mardi Gras." " Happy Mardi Gras." "Where is it?" "You've been promising to show me." "I wanna see it." " Right here." " Oh, my God." ""Elvis Presley sat here for the opening scene in the movie King Creole."" "Oh my God, oh my God." "I'm gonna cry." "Don't cry." "I had an Elvis scrapbook when I was little." " I know you did." " Well, it was my sister's, but I didn't care." " I love Elvis." " I know you do, baby." " Have one of these Mardi Gras delights." " Thank you very much." "God bless you." "Bless you." " Bless you." " All right." "Oh, yeah." " The blessing." " Reverend!" " Yes, the blessing." " Reverend Goat." " Oh, yeah." " Thank you." "Thanks for the blessings." " You're sure welcome, my brother." " Thank you." "I'd like to introduce my pirate wench." "How are you, young wench?" " Good." "How are you?" " I'm well today." " Here's a blessing for both of y'all." " Thank you." " Turn around." "Let me get the back too." " Thank you." "Oh yeah, oh yeah." " Thank you, brother." " Thank you." "Y'all go on and eat without me." "I gotta finish cleaning up." "No, Clarence left early." "I'll be all right." "Yeah, I love you too." "My neighbor Lolis usually does gumbo." "You'll really like him." "He writes for the Times-Picayune." "He's having a gumbo party?" "Yeah, we don't really call it that here, but..." "Oh, man!" "This is great, man!" "Who the fuck is that?" "Hey, who the fuck are you?" "Is it Magnie?" "Cleary?" "Torkanowsky?" "That is the great Tom McDermott." "You're kidding!" "Thank you!" " Tom?" " Hey, Annie." "Happy Mardi Gras." "Happy Mardi Gras, Tom." "Hey, Tom, can you play If Ever I Cease To Love?" " Davis McAlary." " Jeffy Jeff, my negro." "Since we're both in the nabe, you wanna stroll on down to old OZ for old times' sake?" "No, man, but guess who's in the kitchen." "Darnell." "Darnell Nichols?" "Fuck a duck." "Come on, let's go." "We gotta go." "Later." "What you doing, darlin'?" " I'm turning this ordinary car into a taxicab." " Good luck, baby." "What is you?" "Why, I'm..." "I'm me!" "And a wonderful me you are." "Damn, LaDonna." "You're carrying it all right here." "Let me work that out." " Boy, that was fun." " Yeah." " Aw, man." " I had a good time." "Thank you." " You did?" " Yeah." "What the hell?" "That's mysterious." "You have no idea." "No, baby." "Hep C." "So what do you say?" "More of where that came from?" "First let's fuck." "Oh, baby." "All right." "All right!" "Yeah!" "Thank you." "Thank y'all." " Thank you so much." " Y'all having a good Mardi Gras?" " How about you?" " Hell, yeah!" "Thanks for asking, bro." "Saw me some Indians tonight." "Forgot what a thrill that was, man." "I got goosebumps." "I still got goosebumps." "Indians on Mardi Gras day, man." "Kind of makes you think New Orleans just might make it." "You know?" "It might just come back." "Right on." "Bring it back!" " Right, Sam?" " You're right." "You already know." "Tell the people the name of this next tune, bro." "This next tune right here's Come Down To New Orleans!" "Desitively." "We will see the Captain of Comus, the Mistick Krewe of Comus." "And that's M-l-S-T-l-C-K, we should say." "Lots of people put that Y in, but you're not supposed to." "I just had a horrible thought about the Captain of Comus getting stuck in the elevator." " We're on the fifth floor." " There are escalators too." " If you'd still like to go to the store..." " Here we are, the Captain of Comus." "That would put me to sleep too." "The Captain of the Mistick Krewe of Comus has arrived to present an invitation to His Majesty Rex to visit the Comus Ball." "Mardi Gras 2006 is officially over." "Please clear the streets." "I've never seen anything like this." "It's one thing NOPD is good at." "Crowd control." "The best in the world." "At the stroke of midnight, it's over." "Mardi Gras 2006 is officially over." "Please clear the streets." "It's been wonderful." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Mardi Gras 2006 is officially over." "Please clear the streets." "We should get going." " My turn?" " Lead the way." "Mardi Gras 2006 is officially over." "You still up?" "You know I don't sleep." "What time did Larry and the boys leave?" "About eight." "He tried to call you, but..." "I must have been in the back." "Been having trouble with my phone all day." " They OK?" " They're fine." "Did you eat?" "Plenty of gumbo left." "I can heat it up." "I'll do it." "You've done enough, Mama." "LaDonna, everything OK?" " What do you mean?" " Between you and Larry." "Everything's fine, Mama." "All right." "Everything's fine." ""Sad but pretty like New Orleans." ""Hate to see it come apart at the seams."" "Carnival's done." "Farewell to flesh." "In the land of dreams, in the land of dreamy dreams," "way down yonder, heaven on earth, they called it New Orleans." "Living here now is like a dream, the way that everything in a dream is the same yet not the same." "Familiar yet strange." "Not quite right, but you just can't put your finger on it." "New Orleans was a soap bubble." "A soap bubble borne on a zephyr." "And it had a hell of a run." "But now it's done." "Whatever comes next... is just a dream of what used to be." "I wonder when they stopped doing midnight Mass for Ash Wednesday." "We could come back at 7 am." "Nah..." "I don't think so." "All right, ready?" "There." "What do you think?" "I think burned Gambit pages work pretty well." "What?" "I didn't give up weed for Lent." "What did you give up?" "I'll have to get back to you on that." "What about you?" "I'm thinking about going home, maybe, for a while." " Home?" " New York." "You're giving up New Orleans for Lent?" "That's radical." "I don't know." "Maybe." "I'm anticipating munchies momentarily." "Beignets?" "Beignet, done that." "Well..." "Well..." "Good night." "Good night, Davis." "Cray?" "Cray, wake up!" "Get up!" "You want Sofia to find you like this?" "Pull yourself together." "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." "Thank you." "How was your Mardi Gras?" "It was good." "It was real good, actually." "It was a beautiful day." "I met a girl, I sat in on a gig... and I saw some Indians." " Sounds a perfect day." " It was." "Sorry I missed it." " Which gang?" " Creole Osceola." " They pretty?" " Real pretty." "Not as pretty as y'all would've been, but pretty." "St. Joseph's coming." "You'll be out there." "You'll be the prettiest." "Yeah, you're right." "Mrs. Williams."