I'm not 100% sure what
kind of flowers those are.
I think they might be
chrysanthemums.
So you brought me something you don't know what it--
No, I'm just joking.
Only the finest.
-Have you ever been here? -I haven't.
I haven't either.
It's gonna be a great experience.
It's gonna-- We don't know the flowers.
We don't know the restaurant. We don't know each other.
I'm excited.
Riddles are great. We'll learn.
We'll learn all of these things.
Yes.
-You ready? -Want to go in?
-Yeah, let's do it. -Great.
-After you. -Thank you.
Do you want to get a drink at the bar?
Sure.
Can I--Can I get your chair for you?
Thank you.
You're a gentleman.
Oh, yeah. Well, what can I say? It was...
mostly ready already.
What can I get for y'all?
Uh, may I please grab a Tito's and
soda with a splash of cranberry and lime?
-Of course. -Thank you.
Um, I think I'll just have a Dark 'n' Stormy.
A Dark 'n Stormy. Fantastic.
-Have that out in just a minute. -Thank you so much.
Easy order.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I-- I'm...
Prior to coming to New Orleans, I was never much of a drinker.
And I'm still kind of not much
of a drinker, if I'm being honest,
but this city has its way...
Definitely does.
of kind of pulling that out of you.
I'm a huge closet nerd.
-I love Dragon Ball Z. -Okay, yeah.
So, so, so, I... I...
I confess that is an acquired taste that I never acquired.
I understand completely.
Have you watched, um... Avatar: The Last Airbender?
I feel like I watched it a bazillion years ago
and don't remember anything about it.
Oh, Jaden, oh.
I'll have to watch it.
It is one of the greatest television shows ever created.
All right, tell me about yourself. What do you do?
Okay. Uh, I am a professor...
-Really? -...of computer science.
Up at the University of New Orleans.
That’s amazing.
Thank you.
Yeah. So I'm a full-time student.
-Mechanical engineering. -Exciting!
Oh, that's awesome. Where do you go to school?
Uh, to University of New Orleans.
Which is nearby.
-Mm-hmm. -Yeah. Okay, great.
I'm... Uh, uh... I'm so sorry for
getting a weird look on my face.
I... I am a professor at the University of New Orleans.
-Oh, are you? -Yeah.
Nice.
Yeah.
So I...
I am not sure if we are allowed...
to be here with each other right now.
But you're not...
my student.
-You are not my professor. -Yeah.
I have no power over what grades you have.
Yes.
I don't know any of your professors.
-I think that we should be okay. -I think we should be okay.
- This is exciting. - Yeah.
Cheers.
- Cheers. - Cheers to a good night.
-To a good night. -Yes.
Have you ever been here before?
Uh, uh, uh, just once or twice.
I've played a little
jazz trio gig.
-No way! -Yeah.
-That's amazing. -Yeah.
Uh, I... What...
Did you... did you sing? Did you play an instrument?
Yeah, I sang and played guitar,
and had an upright bass player and saxophone, so...
That's incredible. I, uh...
I certainly don't want to misrepresent myself,
but, uh, in my youth, like growing
up, I took a lot of singing classes and--
-Really? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Did you do musicals? -I did.
-You did musicals? -I did, yes!
-Yes, I did. -My gosh, me too.
-Oh, my gosh. -We should go audition together.
-I would totally-- -Would you?
-Yeah. -Would you?
-I think... -Are you just saying--
No, I am not saying that.
So I think there's, um--
I think there's a production coming up of Oliver!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
So I was a dancer. I danced in college.
-More for fun. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I was a writer for a magazine here.
No way.
I have modeled here for many years.
Well, that makes sense.
Then I got into real estate and I love the autonomy and...
What...
-The autonomy. -Autonomy, sorry.
Sorry. No, yeah, yeah, um, uh...
The accent.
Oh, no, no.
- Is that a Mississippi twang? - Southern thing, yes.
And I'm-- I'm a California boy.
Really?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -I am not from California.
-Okay. Okay. -I'm from Prairieville.
I don't know what that is.
Uh, it is exactly how it sounds.
It is Hicksville, USA.
Um, so I was born in Lafayette.
So you're... you're from New Orleans.
-I would say so, yeah. -Yeah.
Yeah, born and raised.
- No way? - Yeah.
I actually have, uh, two homes, so I--
- You have two homes? - Well, my...
-That's... -Yeah. So I go back and forth...
um, because, um, I have children.
-Yeah. -Cool.
-I have two boys. -Okay.
-Yeah. -Awesome.
Uh, um...
-Do you have any children? -I do not. No.
Do you want kids?
With your career path, is that in it?
So-- Man. Okay.
Um, I...
Like, the short answer is "yes."
Hey, guys. I've got your table ready.
-Right over here. -Perfect. Great.
Uh, I guess...
So sorry. It's a delicate operation.