08x03 - The Sweet Life

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat jazz playing]

[Antoni] Let's go!

[Karamo] Oh, they're here!

-[Bobby] I comin'!
-[Jonathan] Yeah!

-Dorian, this is our home.
-It's beautiful.

Ain't it pretty?

-[Karamo] Hi!
-[Tan] Yeah!

-Hello!
-Hello!

-Hi!
-You gorgeous lady.

-Isn't she?
-[Dorian] Thank you!

-So psyched you're here!
-[Bobby] Hi, gorgeous.

-I'm Bobby.
-[Antoni] Nice to meet you, Dorian.

-[Jonathan] Thanks for coming.
-[Karamo] Come. Come sit. Come sit.

-Dorian!
-Yes.

We are so excited to hear
about your mum, Doreen.

We hear that at the end of the week,
she's being honored at the Jazz Museum.

Yeah. She doesn't know that,

but no one deserves this more than my mom.

Apparently, she's a New Orleans treasure.
Tell us about her.

-She's a clarinetist and a vocalist.
-[Jonathan] Yes, clarinetist!

Her band is called
Doreen's Jazz New Orleans.

It's here in the French Quarter.
It feels like you're at a party 24/7.

[Doreen] I got a bunch of nicknames.

Queen Clarinet,

Lady Louis,

Miss Satchmo,

the Female Louis Armstrong.

That's really cool, you know?

Because I just was influenced by Louis,

but clarinet is the b*mb.

She was originally a classical musician

until she met the tuba player,
aka my father,

and he converted her to jazz.

[guys] Ah.

[Doreen] Before classes, we'd practice.
After classes, we'd practice.

That was my ideal woman,
'cause music was my life,

and she was into what I was into.

[Doreen] Before long,

man, we were just making money
and having fun and traveling.

[Dorian] She's performed
with the Philharmonic Orchestra two times.

And every time I see her perform there,
I started crying.

-So music is part of your family.
-Yeah.

-I'm the drummer actually.
-[Bobby] I was like, "Is that you?"

-[laughing]
-[Dorian] Mm-hmm.

[Doreen] Sometimes I can't even look back
at either of 'em

because I just get full inside
and lose my concentration, so to speak.

So your mom sounds amazing.
Why would you nominate her?

So I've been playing my whole life,

and it's something
that I don't wanna continue.

-What?
-You are breaking up the band.

-No! I don't know if we should do this!
-[Tan] Does your mom know?

Yeah, my mom knows.

Oh, she does?

Sorry, I freaked out
and got, like, Karen, like, mom.

-[Dorian] No!
-I freaked out. Sorry.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

-I had this with her already. It's fine.
-[Jonathan] I'm sorry.

[Dorian] You know,
she's not gonna play the streets forever.

She can't go out there
and move all the time

and set everything up.

-It takes a lot of strength.
-Okay.

Time for her to get ready
for her next chapter.

Yes, it is, and I just wanna give her
something to continue on.

So the sweet shop
is something that her mom had.

[guys] Oh.

[Dorian] I know she wants to continue that
for her mom, as well as for herself.

[Doreen]
My family started Doreen's Sweet Shop.

It was a successful business
in the Tremé for decades

and my mother's dream.

You could see it in her.
You could hear it in her voice.

Just such a sense of pride.

When she stopped working it,
I wasn't ready to take it over,

and the music was calling me.

It's just what I wanted to do so much.

So we closed the sweet shop.

I said, "After a little while,
we'll open the sweet shop back up,"

because it's for me
to keep the legacy going.

But life happens.

[Tan] This is the old sweet shop.

-[Karamo] That's amazing.
-The sign is lovely. So cute.

Yes, it's named after her.
Doreen's Sweet Shop.

[Bobby] Aw.

[Dorian] Everybody in the neighborhood
would go there

on their way to school,
to grab a snack, stuff like that,

but Katrina really
put, like, it into the ground.

-[Tan] Oh.
-Wow.

[Doreen] It just turned into a few months
and then a few years,

and now it's in shambles,

and the mountain
is getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

[Dorian] The sweet shop
is part of her life,

and it's very important to do it right now
to have something to fall back on.

Music is their job.

-It's more of her retirement plan.
-[Dorian] Yes.

Okay. Okay.

[Karamo] At the end of the week,
the New Orleans City Council

is making her a cultural ambassador?

Yeah, like, she is someone
that has made this world a better place,

and she deserves both legacies.

The way you speak about your mom
is beautiful.

-Yes, I love that lady. Come on now!
-[Jonathan] I can't wait to meet her!

Do you have the keys? It sounds like
I'm gonna need a little extra time.

-[Dorian] Sure.
-There are a lot of keys.

You're gonna have figure out
which key goes for which lock.

-We'll take you out.
-My gosh!

[Jonathan] We love.
Thanks for coming, Dorian!

-Come.
-[Dorian] Thank you guys so much.

-[Bobby] Bye, love.
-Thank you, Dorian.

♪ Things just keep getting better ♪

♪ Down in New Orleans ♪

[jazz playing]

So we just entered the French Quarter.
Ready to see Doreen?

-Yeah!
-[Karamo] Me too.

I'm ready to hear Doreen.

[Doreen]
♪ Out front the whole night long ♪

♪ I'll do the washin', cookin' ♪

♪ I'll pay the rent ♪

♪ 'Cause I know I done him wrong ♪

-I hear the music. Oh, there she is!
-[Karamo] There she is!

[Antoni] Yay!

All right, let's do this.

-[Karamo] Can you imagine?
-[Jonathan] Oh, it's raining.

-Hi, Doreen!
-Hi!

What's happening? Oh my goodness gracious!

[screams] Ah!

That's a surprise and a half.

[Karamo] Hi, gorgeous!

-Hi! Oh, my goodness!
-Hi, baby!

[Doreen] Ah!

-Oh my goodness!
-Yay!

[Karamo] Tuba!

Oh my goodness gracious!
What the heck? What the heck?

-So amazing!
-[Doreen] Oh my goodness!

[jazz playing]

This is biblical.

It's no wonder why she is referred to
as the Queen of the Clarinet.

You spend one minute in Doreen's presence,

and you will know you're listening
to one of the greats.

She is exactly what you wanna hear
when you roll into New Orleans.

[cheering]

That is so amazing!

[Karamo] You are amazing!

Yes! Give her your money, you guys.
That was so good!

That's so cool! [laughs]

So you're Lawrence?
Oh my God! You're so cute!

-Hello.
-How are you?

-Can we steal you? Can come with us?
-[Karamo] I know it's raining.

Come to me.
It's not a wet T-shirt contest.

[upbeat music playing]

-[Karamo] Love that.
-Lawrence, you hold down the fort.

-It ain't nothing without her.
-[Jonathan] Just a light drizzle!

We already have an adventure
with you already, honey!

We really did.

Oh, my goodness gracious. This is so cool.

Really? Oh.

Yes, really.

[Doreen laughs]

When you're busking,
do people kind of stake out places,

and it's like "Do not come to my place!
This is my place"?

Oh yeah. We used to have to camp out.

We used to actually come out
on a Thursday night.

And we wouldn't leave
until Sunday evening.

-To make sure you had your space.
-Yeah. Yeah. Thank God.

Been there, done that.

We tried to play on this corner here,
but whoever owns that store there,

they didn't like us,
and they didn't want any music at all.

Roll your window down,
and be like, "Big mistake. Huge."

[laughs] I love that.

-I love that movie.
-Right?

-Oh my God, Julia Roberts.
-Who doesn't?

[Doreen] People have a tendency
to not respect you as a street musician.

And... and people try to save you.

Oh my God,
the people who've tried to save us!

[laughing] I mean, like, wow.

-Really?
-[Doreen] Trying to tell you.

Um, can we talk
about how cute your neighborhood is?

-Your neighborhood's adore.
-Oh man.

When we first knew
we were gonna close on the house,

I brought my mom, and she says...

-"This is nice."
-..."Oh, this is a nice neighborhood."

"Do colored folks
live on this neighborhood?"

-They do now.
-They do now! That's exactly what I said.

-[Bobby] That's right.
-[Doreen] That's right. She'd say, "Ooh!"

[Tan] What a lovely home.

Thank you.

-Hi, gorgeous.
-[Dorian] How are you doing?

-Good to see you.
-Good to see you again.

[Jonathan]
Your bleach and tone, Dorian. Honey!

-It's giving.
-Oh my gosh!

Y'all met her!

Why am I getting wafts
of, like, vanilla and caramel?

-Something smells good.
-Wait right here.

There's a smell of chocolate and vanilla,
and I'm not sure what else,

but someone's been baking something.

If these are sweets,
we're gonna lose our mind!

-Does everybody like brownies?
-What do you think we are, monsters?

There's brownies?

Oh my God!

Don't do it!

Ew!

How dare you!

[Karamo] Brown Es.

[laughs]

[Karamo] Why would you tease us like this?

I did this to someone yesterday.

I felt to so bad till I made brownies.

-[Jonathan] So there is brownies?
-[Bobby] Speaking of fabulous things...

[Doreen] Ta-da!

-So this is, um...
-[Jonathan] Oh my God!

-...cream cheese. [laughs]
-Uh-oh. Uh-oh.

Mmm. Get in Mommy's mouth.
Right in my belly.

Cheers, Tanny!

They're so nice, right?

[Karamo] You know he's happy
when he starts twerkin'.

Twerk it! Twerk it! Twerk it!

-[laughing]
-Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!

I am the Cookie Monster.
I'm q*eer Cookie Monster.

Oh my God!

-Look at you.
-I know, man.

Honey!

Wow.

Look at this amazing painting of you.

There is history and music
in every single corner of this house.

I feel like music is something that
really does bring people together, right?

And food kind of has
that same power as well.

Yes. That's true.

I feel like you're like me.
You're a dreamer.

You have all these different things
that you wanna do,

but I wanna hone in
on something that's really important...

-Passionate about.
-...that you wanna make.

What do you think about
when you're dreaming about the candy shop?

Well, the first version was...

-[Antoni] Your face is lighting up.
-Yeah. Yeah.

'Cause, you know, with the sweet shop,
I learned how to bake,

and my mom just thought about
what the kids would want.

-So I still wanna cater to the kids too.
-Of course.

And I wanna amp it up a bit

with some, you know,
signature, uh, baked goods,

-like puff pastries.
-Mm.

I noticed you just raid the refrigerator,
and you put it inside a puff pastry.

That's the great thing about it!

You can make it sweet, savory,
a mix of both.

There's nothing that doesn't taste...

Well, maybe not nothing,
but goodness gracious.

We haven't really figured out
that flavor profile yet,

but I'm here to tell you,

oh my goodness, when I figure it out, mmm...

That's something
we can have a lot of fun with this week.

Cool.

Ooh.

What's down here? Ooh.

[Tan] Doreen,
shall we go check out your closet?

I'm actually packed,

you know, 'cause we're coming
from somewhere or going.

Where is that suitcase?

-Oh my.
-Yep.

-[Tan] You are packed.
-[laughs]

-Let me help you with that.
-[Doreen] Thank you, sir.

Before you sit down,
do you moonlight as a janitor?

[laughing]

[plodding music playing]

-No!
-Why do you carry keys on a keychain?

-I know.
-How many carabiners do you have?

[Doreen]
The reason they're separate is because

the ignition of the car
doesn't like the weight.

Mmm. Go on. Spin for me.

[Doreen] All right,
so there are house locks outside.

There are house locks inside.

There are sweet-shop locks.

There are padlocks that we use for work.

-Yeah.
-It's a lot. Sit down, Doreen, please.

Okay.

Denim jacket.

I'm not mad at a denim jacket.

That shirt is older than Dorian,
and I absolutely love it.

This is a crime scene.

-No. No.
-[laughs]

[Tan] Doreen's spunky.

She's fun. She's vibrant. She's energetic.

-No. No.
-[laughs]

These clothes...

-The greatest no I've said in a long time.
-Oh my God!

...are just blah.

Absolutely no.

Have you lost your damn mind?

It is not okay.

Do you feel good in this?

I mean, even if somebody comes up

and they're like,
"Look at the way she's dressed,"

I start playing and they're like,
"Oh my goodness gracious!" so I'm good.

But wouldn't you like to look nice?

[Doreen] Oh, now, let me tell you.

There are some heavier women,
like, on television.

-[Tan] Yeah.
-And I'm like, "Wow."

But I'm... I can't do that.
You know what I mean?

Why can't you?

You can look great.

I wanna show you how easy it can be.

Oh my God. That's like... Thank you.

[suspenseful music playing]

Holy sh*t. Mmm.

[Jonathan] Oh my God.
Okay. Tell me everything.

What's your self-care routine like?

-I wash my face, I brush my teeth, and...
-[Jonathan] Yes. Check, check.

-...I'm good.
-[Jonathan] And we're good to go.

'Cause I do the hair,
and it lasts for a while.

-Yes.
-So I don't have to worry about that.

So is that kind of
where the inspo for the braids came from?

It's like... it's low-maintenance,
it looks chic.

Yeah, convenience for sure.

And I don't really worry
about the makeup thing,

but, boy, when Dorian makes me up.

I mean, look at your face.

-Your face is stunning.
-Oh.

I remember the first time
she put eyelashes on me.

-I'm, like, "Oh man!"
-These eyes!

I just felt queen-ish.

-[Jonathan] I love feeling queen-ish.
-Oh man.

Do you ever want any of that glam
in your daily?

Would you wanna learn
how to do a little of it?

Heck yeah.

[Karamo] Hi, gorgeous.

Hello, handsome.

When I look at you,
all I see is just pure talent.

Really?

How does it feel
to know you're living a life

where you just make so many people
feel happy?

Well...

Thank you. I just found out.

[both laugh]

-You are!
-That's so cool.

-[Karamo] You are!
-Well...

When we were driving here,

you'd said how many people try to save you
because you're a street performer.

Yeah. Yep.

When people don't get to know you,
they assume things.

Yep.

You know, they say,

"Well, they're on the street,
so must be a drug problem."

"Must be some kind of alcohol problem."

We've been blacklisted for a long time

from really nice club gigs and stuff,
you know?

The people that hire, they don't see
the legacy that you've created.

Yeah, it's a trip,

but, you know,
we're just doing what we love to do.

Yeah. You ever feel worn down
and tired sometimes?

[scoffs] Yes, indeed. You know,
I used to love traveling,

but now, the walks through the airport...

Airports are huge!

-Aren't they?
-[laughs] They're so huge!

-And oh man.
-You ain't gotta tell me, girl.

I hit 41, I said,
"Girl, what's going on with these knees?"

-"What's happening?"
-Oh, 41? Oh, Lord.

As I said, I'm a baby.

I do... I recognize it,
but the effects is coming in.

-They coming.
-Yeah.

Forty-one came, and my eyes changed.

-And I'm like, "Whoa. Here it is."
-Okay.

-"We're in it." Oh sh*t.
-"We're in it!" "We're in it."

I mean, I'm not gonna say
downhill since then, but...

-No, you going up.
-...you know, amplified, for sure.

Emotionally, what are you feeling?

Even when I'm overwhelmed,
it's like I'm not complaining,

because it's better to be overwhelmed,
you know, because you have so much to do

than to have nothing to do, so I'm good.

I just have to catch up.

-You thrive in your passion.
-That's a good way of saying it.

Yeah. Yeah, that's good.

[Tan] Ant, you're down to your
final three! Come on, you can do this!

-[Doreen] Hey.
-Hi, lady.

Almost there!

Ah! [laughs]

I'm sorry! My fingers went in your mouth!

So your lovely daughter
has given me some photos.

Is that your mama?

-[Doreen] That's my mom. That's Anna May.
-[Bobby] Yeah.

Yeah, that's my girl.

My mom went
from cleaning up people's houses

to having her own successful business
for decades.

-[Bobby] She's beautiful.
-Mm-hmm. Mmm. Yep.

Doreen's Sweet Shop.

My dad did some work in it, you know,
and put it together and put a counter up

and the kids would come.

And they would just line up
and just go up there,

and my mom was so nice.

You know? "Hi, dear. May I help you?"
You know?

And it stayed open for how long?

-Thirty-five years.
-Wow.

So it was
absolutely a neighborhood staple.

Yeah. That was the joint.

-It's a pretty amazing legacy.
-It is amazing. It is.

But I didn't want it to end with them,
so we bought the building.

-What year was that?
-That had to be 2002.

So you guys have worked on it a bit
over the years?

-[Doreen] Oh, heck yeah.
-Yeah.

Heck yeah, and it's really a shame,

because when Katrina came,

three and a half feet of water. Boom.

-And so everything had to come out then.
-Right.

It's had so many things wrong
in so many ways

and for so long.

You wanna make it happen, but you can't.

Life happens, and after a while, you know,
you just got a big pile of dreams.

-I have already been in there working.
-[Doreen] Really?

-Shall we go check it out?
-Okay.

Yeah, let's do it.

-Kids!
-[guys] Yeah?

Kids, are y'all ready
to go to the sweet shop?

[Jonathan] Yes!

[Doreen] Tremé is the oldest
free Black neighborhood in the country.

Here, there was a lady named Miss Dorothy.
She used to sit on the porch.

And she'd know everything
about the neighborhood.

I love the old women
that always know everyone's business.

-She knew everything.
-Bobby, that's you.

-[laughing]
-Hey, it'll be me one day. It will be me.

We call them "curtain twitchers"
back home.

[laughs]

-You used to live here?
-Used to live right here.

-Right here.
-Hi, house!

-[Bobby] This is the candy shop.
-[Doreen] Yes.

Right? I got the little magical elves
going on in here. Things are happening.

Just hearing the echoes is just amazing
because there were no echoes before.

[Bobby] Right?

-It's been quiet for a while, right?
-Yeah, it's been very quiet.

So I would love for you to go in
and see some progress already,

but you can't.

-I was like, "Oh, let's go."
-[laughs]

Man, I feel like you just gave me
some brown Es!

[laughs]

Are you ready to get this week started?

Heck yeah.

[Karamo] Okay?

[upbeat music playing]

[Tan] At the end of this week,
the New Orleans City Council

is gonna surprise Doreen
as a cultural ambassador of New Orleans,

and I want her to feel incredible.

I want her to feel powerful.

I want to feel like this is something
that she absolutely deserves.

Doreen is going through a lot of changes.
Her daughter's leaving the band.

She's nervous about being able
to play on the streets much longer.

This is a moment
that can be a little scary for her.

Reminding Doreen of the impact
she's already had on this community

and the legacy
that she's gonna leave behind

will help make these changes
a little bit easier.

As much as she loves music,

Doreen is turning the page
to a new chapter,

and it's so wonderful
that she decided to look at her past

and she wants
to bring Doreen's Sweet Shop back.

I want her to get excited
about this next chapter in her life.

[Jonathan] Doreen is one of the greats,

and I'm here to make sure
that when she is celebrated by her peers,

we also celebrate her beauty,
'cause look at her.

She's so cute!

[Bobby] Often your plan for something

doesn't always happen
in the steps you want it to,

but this week, I really hope
that I can help Doreen

come back to her mama's sweet shop

and just really start
to envision her future.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ You ain't seen nothing yet ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothing yet ♪

♪ I stay ahead of all the rest ♪

♪ Never even broke a sweat ♪

♪ You ain't seen nothing yet... ♪

Well, welcome to Sephora!
Shopping spree for us!

-[Dorian squeals]
-[Doreen] Wow.

[Dorian] I love Sephora.

Dorian, this is like
our childhood dreams coming true.

It is.

[Jonathan] I'm so excited to help Doreen.

I'm about to get my basket
and clear these shelves. Ah!

This is, like, a once-in-a-lifetime moment
for her to receive this award,

and I wanna show Doreen
how to express herself

in new, beautiful ways.

-I don't know nothing about this stuff.
-Your little baby eyes were just like...

And so it's time for us to enhance.

It is time for us to engage.

Oh!

sh*t, it's gonna be hot!
You're not even ready.

♪ I like it... ♪

This is contour stuff.

Really good stuff for our complexion.

If you can see it,
it's not the right color.

[Dorian] Right. Exactly.

-Ooh!
-[Dorian squeals] Ah!

That's pretty!

Okay, so we need seven of those.

Okay. Cute.
Do you wanna pick out some lip?

-If I were nominated for some award...
-When you're nominated...

-Thank you.
-Thank you. Yes, not...

We don't have space for these ifs.
Know what I'm saying? We are manifesting.

So I should have something
that I could whip out.

Ooh.
Purples and berries are, like, so for you.

Sometimes I feel we teach women,
as they get older,

that they can't celebrate beauty
in the ways that they used to.

"You can't play with color
or do things with your hair."

"You gotta, like, blend in."
No! It does not matter what age you are.

You can celebrate yourself
in whatever way you want to.

Who is that hot girl?

[Dorian] Period, Mama.

-Ah!
-[Dorian] Ah!

[Jonathan]
Now we're gonna do some skincare.

This is toner. You just press it
into your skin out of the shower.

-[Dorian] Right.
-It's luxury.

-You know?
-Yeah.

Oh my God. This plumping eye gel, so good.

Plumping serum, gel moisturizer,
and then vitamin C rose oil.

So good for both of you.

The order, it's like this. Ready?

♪ Toner, then serum
Eye cream, moisturizer, oil ♪

♪ Toner, then serum
Eye cream, moisturizer, oil ♪

Okay!

♪ Toner, then serum
Eye cream, moisturizer, oil ♪

Okay.

And you just...
belly-bump the person next to you.

Or hip a hip bump. That's even better.

-Much cuter.
-[Dorian] You need another basket.

[uplifting music playing]

-[Tan] Do you love being a mom?
-Oh my goodness gra...

In every element,
every step has just been awesome.

Oh God. That makes me so happy.

[Doreen] Oh yeah.

[Tan] So I love to shop,
but I can't help someone

unless I really understand
who they are, what they're all about.

Now, you were raised in a sweet shop.
Then you become a musician.

Yeah. Well, I mean,
I had to succeed at music,

because I had this great career
laid out for me.

[Tan] We did something similar.

We had, like,
a little grocery-store section,

a sweet-store section.

-That's how we made our living.
-Yeah.

And our families thought that, eventually,
we, the kids, would take over.

We didn't. You didn't.

My dad said, "This is for you,"
and I'm like, "I don't want this."

-Yeah.
-And I know it hurt him.

And the passion
is what gave me the strength to do that.

-[Tan] Yeah.
-I mean, I was good at clarinet.

I just was from the very beginning,
you know, better than average,

and I had never really been
better than average before.

I didn't say I didn't want it at all.

I just said I wanted to do my thing,
you know,

and later on,
you know, I'd take care of it.

[somber music playing]

-And then I got to call about my dad.
-Oh wow.

[Doreen] Yeah, my dad d*ed.

[Tan] I'm sorry.

Yeah.

[Tan] So did your mum
keep the sweet shop afloat?

Uh-huh, until she came down with dementia.

-Okay.
-[Doreen] And, um... yeah.

It's crazy.

You know? So I guess the reason
I remember that conversation with my dad,

"This is for you," you know,
and, "I don't want this,"

is because, you know, "How dare
you hurt your father's feelings?"

Is that why it's important to you
to try and build up the sweet shop again?

To honor your parents?

-They worked so hard.
-[Tan] Yeah.

And they did so much,
and their dreams were realized,

and they wanted it for me,

and I chose the clarinet.

Yeah.

[Tan] I understand
why there's some guilt there,

but I hate that she's torturing herself
all these decades on.

At this point in her life,

she clearly is in a position
to be able to rebuild their legacy,

and I want her to feel worthy
of all of this,

and part of that
is a look that makes you feel that way.

-Ready?
-[Doreen] Yeah.

Gonna open the curtain.

Ah!

Come with me.

-[chuckles]
-[Tan] Okay.

Before, you were just a ball of fabric,

and I had no idea
what you might look like underneath,

so with this, it gives you the proportions
that your body actually is.

You've got a waist.

You've got a torso.

You've got a leg.

And now we're showing it off.

The thing is,
the short shirt would be an issue.

Explain to me.

When you are playing the clarinet,

you are lifting,
and it would show a little bit of stomach.

It would, and then when I come down,
it would still show my stomach.

Yes.

It would just sit up there. Okay.

So, for you, going forward,

we need a longer top
to make sure we give you coverage.

Yeah.

The shoes though.

I mean, as long as I'm standing still?
Yeah!

I get it. If you need a flat,
you need a flat. So be it.

-Yeah.
-Forget playing the clarinet in it.

Do you feel nice in it?

Yeah. I look like those people on TV.

You do look beautiful.

-Thank you.
-[Tan] You do!

The fact that she's saying
this is the clothing

of the kind of woman she admires?

That's it! That's the moment.

She looks gorgeous.

She looks attention-grabbing.

Oh.

Hollywood.

[Tan laughs] Hollywood!

You look like the cool, powerful,
creative woman that you are.

Wow.

Who knew?

[upbeat music playing]

[Bobby] Doesn't look that different
from outside yet, does it?

You know, we've walked
into a lot of hot messes

throughout the years on q*eer Eye,
but this is a pretty big hot mess.

I wanted to bring Lawrence by,

because I gotta pass the husband test
to make sure I'm on the right track.

-I love all of this.
-[Bobby] Right? Nice and open.

-This is Taika.
-[Taika] Hi.

She has found a lot of great photos
that we wanna put up in here.

[Lawrence] There are so many people
from this neighborhood

who remember this place
and remember Miss Annie May.

They can remember coming here
as a kid, like I do.

Ever since Dorian gave me the keys,

we got through a ton of the mold
and the hurricane debris,

but there is still so much more work
to be done

before the sweet shop
can open for business.

But I wanted to get the place set up
so Doreen can now remember the past,

but start envisioning reopening
the sweet shop for the future generations.

-It's a lot of that was done already.
-Yeah?

-It's a whole new lease on life.
-It's gonna be amazing.

I know her mom is smiling in heaven

knowing that this place
is getting worked on.

Oh, I'm so happy.

["Love It When You Do That Thing" playing]

♪ Come show me what you got ♪

♪ Oh, baby, love it
When you do that thing ♪

♪ Come show me what you got ♪

♪ Oh, baby, love it
When you do that thing ♪

So I was chatting with your mom
the other day.

We had a conversation about
what she would like in the sweet shop.

Her face really lit up when she talked
about the idea of puff pastry.

-Yes.
-I got excited about that.

Puff pastry is like a blank slate.

We can make it sweet, salty.
We can put anything in it,

and we're gonna experiment.

I am gonna teach you
a few different shapes and sizes.

-I thought we could do this together.
-Yeah, amazing.

-[chuckles]
-Yes. Okay.

Dorian really wants to encourage her mom
in this next chapter of her life

to make sure that she's okay.

First, a classic Danish.

So I wanna show different ways
the puff pastries can be cut.

This is called a Danish braid.

You basically wrap them around,
and you end up with a beautiful braid.

We're on a mission.

And then pinwheel.

A mission for puff pastry.

S. Plural.

We do a little circle,

You fill it with whatever you want
that makes you happy.

[chuckles]

-All right. Let's do it.
-What you making?

[Doreen]
I'mma make the most difficult one.

-You're going through the hardest first?
-[Doreen] Yeah.

[Antoni] Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

So, Dorian, how do you feel
about the renaissance of the sweet shop?

[Dorian] I'm excited
what she's gonna do with it,

and what we're gonna be
spending all night working on.

[Antoni] "We?" You're gonna help?

I mean, yeah.
It's always fun cooking with her.

We're best friends,
so, like, it's always a good time.

[Antoni] That's such a sweet thing to say
about your mom.

-We are. We're buddies, huh?
-That's my buddy.

[Antoni] You love each other,
and you like each other.

[Doreen] Very much so.

-Look at it!
-That's beautiful.

[Antoni] That is beautiful.

-[Dorian] Oh my gosh.
-[Antoni] You're ready for your wash.

-It feels weird putting raw egg on it.
-Yeah, that's why I'm like...

It'll make sense
once it comes out of the oven.

The sugar clings to the wash nicely.

I love that.

When I saw it,
I was like, "Oh, fresh dill at that?"

"Goodness gracious."

Mmm.

[Antoni] That's very smart.

Sometimes you wanna look at a cookbook
and follow the recipe step by step...

I think I wanna do a berries and cream.

...but then there's other days
you wanna play, have fun,

you wanna be creative,
you wanna see what works.

You just want to channel jazz.

I'm gonna go ahead and put mine in.

Oven's set at 400.

It's going to be 15 to 17 minutes,
and they're going to be ready.

Wow.

[Antoni] I'm just so fascinated
at the fact that you live together,

you work together.

Is that what it was like for you, Doreen?

-I was definitely a mama's girl.
-Were you?

-I still am a mama's girl.
-Yeah, she still is.

If you look back, and when I do look back,

I mean, I was raised
behind the sweet shop, you know?

So Doreen's Sweet Shop
is just full of memories.

Right.

My mom was in the shop most of the time,

and I cooked in the sweet shop
before I started playing music.

That's what made it great too.

It was just wonderful just being with her.

-Yeah.
-For sure.

This sweet shop
brought so many happy moments

to Doreen and her mom,

and now that she thinks
about this next chapter in her life,

it's so much more than just a business.

It's about her family's legacy,
and she wants to honor that.

It's really beautiful.

Ah! They're so golden and beautiful!
I can't wait for you to see them!

-You scared me!
-No, that's just me being excited.

Voilà, mademoiselle.

Pour vous.

[Doreen] Wow. This is just so beautiful.

What is on there? Just egg wash?

And then I put a bit of demerara sugar,

'cause I like that sugary crunch
when you bite into it

because the pastry itself is just buttery.
It's kind of really neutral.

So pretty. So pretty.

[Antoni] You like the pinwheel?

-Yes.
-[Dorian] The pinwheel's very photogenic.

-[Doreen] Gorgeous.
-I'm gonna send you this photo.

-Oh yeah.
-That is beautiful.

-Our little test kitchen!
-[Doreen] Man, I'm telling you.

-[Antoni] I wanna start with savory.
-[Doreen] Yeah.

[Antoni] Holy crap.

I would never have thought dill,
but that's brilliant.

Oh man.

-[Dorian] Yeah.
-That dill.

[Antoni] This is ham and cheese.

[Dorian] You wanna cheers?

Cheers.

Cheers.

-That's it for me.
-Mm-hmm.

-Mmm.
-[Dorian chuckles]

-That's delicious.
-Consensus?

-I love that.
-We can make big old braids.

-And just cut, cut, cut.
-Yeah. 100%.

So we have a savory,
and now what about sweet?

Strawberry and blueberry.

I feel like they're such crowd-pleasers.

[Dorian] Berries and cream.
That's what it was.

I love this, but I would switch it
for the cream cheese and powdered sugar

because we're using fresh fruit,

otherwise, it's just
a little too, you know...

-Flat.
-Flat.

-What shape are we gonna do?
-You want a pinwheel?

-Yeah, that's what I like.
-Yes.

We're gonna do a classic pinwheel,

cream cheese, confectioners' sugar,
touch of vanilla base,

and then we're gonna
macerate some berries.

-Yes.
-We got it.

[Doreen] That's it.

Wow.

Wow.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ I just wanna ♪

♪ Feel ya ♪

♪ I just wanna... ♪

[Jonathan] Yes, Doreen! Oh my God.

Okay, come on in.

-[Doreen] Thank you.
-[Jonathan] Yes.

Ah. Welcome.

-Hi, Akeisha.
-Hello.

-How are you?
-[Jonathan] How are you?

-This is beautiful Doreen.
-Hey, Miss Doreen.

Take a seat, honey. Okay.

-Can I touch your hair?
-Of course.

[Jonathan] Okay, good.

You have exclusively
been wearing braids for...

Thirty-seven years?

That's longer than I thought.

It would be fun for us
to try something a little different.

We need to get you a haircut
that's doable, that's easy.

-It's thinning around the edges.
-We can't talk about it.

Follicles don't like it when we talk sh*t.

-Okay. Gotcha.
-[Jonathan] They're doing really good.

Someone I know, who's beautiful
and that I'm obsessed with,

did ask a lot of these follicles

by putting them in braids
without any breaks

since the Reagan administration,
so I just wanna say

there are still follicles up in here.
We can regrow.

Kick!

-All right.
-Kick!

I could do that, too,
but you have to call 911 first.

[laughs] No!

♪ I'mma, I'mma, I'mma make it hot... ♪

[Jonathan] For Doreen, braids are


and they look beautiful on her.

I just wanna show her
some low-maintenance, beautiful ways

to wear her hair.

-I'd like to let my hair rest.
-[Jonathan] It's nice to let it rest.

-I just like the look of it. Yeah.
-[Jonathan] Yes.

If you don't let it rest,
like, it's never gonna regenerate.

We are gonna let her hair breathe,
take a break,

but also keeping her hair in such a way
that she can go back to braids.

Yes, Doreen.

-Let her breathe. Let there be light.
-[laughs]

-The follicles are like, "Hallelujah!"
-[laughs]

♪ Hallelujah! ♪

I think Doreen's
feeling an instant relief,

an instant lightness,
just having the braids taken out,

having her hair washed.

This is awesome!
Oh my goodness gracious. [laughs]

♪ Life of the party
Yeah, it's the best you've ever seen... ♪

[Jonathan]
I cannot get over how nice your hair is.

I know.

What the heck? So cool.

[chuckles]

What was the favorite show
you ever played?

-[Doreen] So we were in Bogotá, Colombia.
-[Jonathan gasps]

And we were in a parade,

and the beginning of the parade
was at the top of the mountain,

and we just glided all the way down,

but when we got to the middle,

for as far as my eye I could see,
there were people.

I couldn't speak any Spanish,

and not too many of 'em,
you know, could speak English,

so there's this Mardi Gras song
where I did this question-answer thing,

and I said, "Let me hear you sing."

And it's just like,
I had never seen so many people.

-The language was universal!
-Yeah, it was amazing.

Oh my God. That is so cool.

Doreen is incredible.

It's the way that she performs.

It's the way that she becomes
the music she's playing.

She deserves to be celebrated,

and I'm so excited that she's gonna be
honored by her community.

Now I do want to prepare yourself
'cause you're looking really good.

You're looking really fine.

We still are gonna, like,
love our husbands after this, you know?

Okay? We're not going to play the field
after this, okay? Ready? Three, two, one.

Whoa. Whoa.

I love it. Wow.

-Gorgeous, right?
-Yes. Wow.

And it's light.

-It feels light, right?
-It feels so much... Yeah.

Oh. [chuckles]

[Jonathan] Do you wanna
get up in here and look at it?

Oh my God! Look at how beautiful it looks
when you stand up and it moves!

Who are we?

So cool.

[Jonathan] Right?
You can feel the wind in your hair!

Yes. Yes. Yes.

[Jonathan] Can I have the biggest hug?
That was so much fun.

[jazz playing]

[Karamo] Hey, everybody! We're here!

-[Bobby] Hello!
-[Tan] Hi! Come on, Bobby!

Okay, I'm coming.

-Oh, look how cute you look!
-[Doreen] Hi!

Oh my gosh, you've got hair!

[laughs]

-Beautiful.
-Yeah, I got a lot of hair.

Hi, honey. Aw.

[Doreen] And now I've discovered it
thanks to someone.

How has your week been?

[Doreen] Guilty.

All the attention, not actually working.

I can't relate at all.
I love the attention. Don't you?

-I didn't say I couldn't get used to it.
-[Karamo] Okay!

I didn't say I wanted it to stop.

-Yeah.
-[Karamo] You deserve it though.

We're not quite done,
'cause we still have more planned for you.

Let's get her ready for her close-up,
Mr. DeMille.

Nice to meet you.

Here is the thing.

Doreen has no idea
that she's going to be honored today.

She just thinks we're going
to the sweet shop.

Damn, I didn't realize
Naomi Campbell was here.

I thought her name was Doreen.

[laughs]

How excited are we that Doreen
is going to walk into a roomful of people

that wanna celebrate her and her music?

She deserves to look and feel amazing.

You better press pause
and go get a snack, honey,

'cause you don't wanna have
low blood sugar when you see this.

Look at you.

[Tan] Okay.
Now shall we talk about the clothes?

Wow.

Lots of colors.

[Tan] Yeah.
We got you a bunch of dresses.

I know you are not ordinarily the one
to wear dresses,

but it's just a really easy way
to put on an outfit

without having to really think about it.

-Cool.
-[Tan] The look's done.

Just need to find a shoe to match.

-Wow.
-[Tan laughs]

That's the word of this whole week,
is "wow." [chuckles]

It's a whole different way
of looking at... me.

Tonight I'm gonna belt it
to really highlight that shape.

And I'm sure you noticed,
I gave you a flat.

-Yes.
-[Tan] I want you to be comfortable.

-[Doreen] A man who listens.
-[Tan laughs]

-All right, ready for this?
-[guys] Yes.

Doreen, beauty, will you please join me?

Oh my God. I'm excited.

She looks gorgeous!

Wow!

-[Antoni] Love!
-[Tan] I know!

So gorgeous!

-[Bobby] You look beautiful.
-[Jonathan] I love your little flats!

I'm trying to say... I mean,
I had to figure out how to walk.

[laughs]

Oh my gosh, you're gorgeous!

You look beautiful.

[Doreen] It's really cool.
Like, the possibilities.

It's like a parallel universe before. Wow.

Here's the thing. I've got a feeling
somebody else might want a chat.

I actually have
my own little surprise for you.

You thought you were gonna go this week
without spending time with me

and me spoiling you as well?

We're gonna take a quick little car drive
and then maybe make a stop along the way.

Okay, that'll work.

-[Jonathan] Bye, honey.
-[Doreen] See y'all later.

Because Doreen is performing
on the street,

the struggle to get into
the cultural institutions has been hard.

It doesn't take away from anything
of who she is as a musician,

even though some doors
have been closed to her,

'cause she's made a big impact
on the New Orleans jazz community.

For you, the legacy
that you've created here

is beyond yourself.

It is something
that generations will admire.

I know you told me,
like, the establishment,

you know, the powers,
those places don't honor you.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Playing on the streets is a challenge,
you know?

'Cause you're trying to get people
to notice you, to stop,

you know, be entertained,
and give you money, you know?

And I mean, the money comes now,

but the whole time I was coming up,

I was trying
to get appreciation and respect

from authority figures or peers.

Yeah.

But now I'm thinking
it's just not gonna happen.

I realize that, you know? Um...

-But so many other people love me anyway.
-Yeah.

It's been too long.

What you do, as a Black woman,
is beyond powerful.

[chuckles]

You make every single one of us
feel alive.

When I'm in the grocery store

and somebody in front of me,

they look back,
and they're like, "Oh my God! It's her!"

and I'm like, "Who?"

[laughing]

I'm looking for her too, man.

Like, golly.

We get into that space,
and we don't even realize the magnitude

and how big it is,
because it's just you being you.

-And that impact because of that...
-Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

...has gone far beyond
what you could have ever imagined.

-Oh, thank you.
-[Karamo] Seriously.

Yeah.

So now, um, I'm stopping here.

[Doreen] Okay.

So I figured we'd take a little tour
around the Jazz Museum.

Okay. Well, this is my thing.

[Karamo] To see the legacy,
for me, as a young Black man,

that they have inside of here.

-There gon' be some Louis in here.
-Yeah.

Ain't gon' be no Doreen,
but there gon' be some Louis.

-[Karamo] Ain't gon' be no Doreen?
-[Doreen] Ain't gon' be no Doreen.

[chuckles]

Everyone...

Doreen Ketchens!

[cheering]

[Dorian] Oh my gosh!

[cheering]

[Lawrence] I like that.

Yes.

-Look at her face. Like, "What?"
-Oh my God!

-I sure like it. That's awesome.
-Oh, Mommy!

You look beautiful.

You sure do.

-[Tan] Aw. "You sure do"!
-Oh my gosh!

[Lawrence] Girl, we back in college.

[laughing]

[Antoni] Yes!

[man] Hello, Doreen.

We're excited to have you
at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

I'm a big fan personally,

and, uh, I don't know if you recognize
some of the things here.

[laughs]

We would love to have a display here,
part of our exhibit,

we would love to have you in it,
and we'd love to talk to you about it.

Your own exhibit...

I'm saying!

...in the museum!

[chuckles]

If wanna actually bring up
the whole family. Can you all come up?

[Karamo] She's been busking on the streets
of New Orleans for 40 years.

She's finally getting affirmation that
her impact was made here in New Orleans

and that her legacy will live on forever.

-You ready?
-I think so.

Okay.

"Whereas jazz virtuoso, educator, and icon

Dr. Doreen J. Ketchens, a clarinetist,

has played
for four United States presidents,

recorded an album
almost every year since 1994,

and is widely considered
a cultural ambassador of New Orleans."

"And whereas for decades,
the Clarinet Queen..."

I love saying that!

"...the Clarinet Queen has played
along Royal Street in the French Quarter

with her band Doreen's Jazz New Orleans,
a group that has traveled the world

performing their joyful, energetic,
and soulful New Orleans jazz

in 47 States and 24 countries."

"She has also performed
alongside musical greats

such as Ellis Marsalis
and Trombone Shorty."

"Doreen has performed
with the Louisiana Philharmonic

at the St. Louis Cathedral,
at the Orpheum Theater,

and during the New Orleans
tricentennial celebration."

"And now, therefore, at the request
of City Council President Helena Moreno,

be it proclaimed
by the City of New Orleans

that the council honors
Dr. Doreen J. Ketchens,

American jazz clarinetist
and cultural ambassador."

"Thank you for sharing your talents
with the world

on behalf of the beautiful city
of New Orleans."

Signed by all seven members.

[cheering]

[Helena] We love you so much.

Oh my gosh.
You're such an asset to the city.

We adore you.

That's for you.

[Tan] Speech! Speech! Speech!

Well, I tell you one thing.

When I walked in,
I said, "Louis Armstrong is my influence."

"You'll find a lot of him in here,

but you ain't gon' find
no Doreen up in here."

Well, I was wrong.

[laughing]

Thank you so much,

Miss Sadie, Miss Moreno, the Fab Five,

and just so many
of you wonderful, beautiful, absolute...

I'm just...

As I look through the room,
I'm like, "Calm down. Calm down."

"How'd you get here?"

I mean, goodness gracious!

[laughing]

Thank y'all. I mean, just... Wow.

I mean, wow.

It's so many levels. So many levels.

It's just amazing,
and I really appreciate it.

Thank you.

[upbeat music playing]

Thank you.

[squeals]

So often, we celebrate people when
they're not here to enjoy the celebration.

So for her to be able
to see the admiration

is so special.

Look at you. So glammed out.

I know, huh? What in the world?

Every single time I ever walked
or biked past you in the Quarter,

it's always my stop,
and it always gives me a ton of joy.

Thank you.

It's now time to go see
another New Orleans icon,

which is Doreen's Sweet Shop.

Is everybody ready
to go see Doreen's Sweet Shop?

-See Miss Anna May's legacy?
-Yes. Yes.

Yes? All right. Let's get out of here!

[man] All right! Let's go!

Whoo!

["When the Saints Go Marching In" playing]

Oh my!

Wow.

Oh my goodness gracious.

[uplifting music playing]

Looks like somebody else's joint.

No. This is yours.

Goodness gracious.

[Dorian] All you gotta do
is open them doors, girl.

You ready to go inside?

-Yeah.
-Yeah?

[Doreen] It smells like
my mother's in there.

-[cheering]
-[Bobby] Okay.

Open your eyes.

[laughing] Oh! Oh my gosh!

[Dorian] Your name's on every...

[gasps]

[Doreen laughing]

Oh my goodness gracious.

[chuckles]

Oh my goodness.

Oh my goodness gracious!

[laughs]

Oh my goodness gracious.

[laughing]

Oh my.

Just so full.

Just so grateful.

Just so blessed.

Just so thankful.

Goodness freaking gracious!

-Oh my God, she almost cussed!
-[laughing]

-Oh my God!
-[laughs]

[Doreen] First thing I saw was my mom,

then I see my dad,
and then I see my beautiful daughter.

Amazing to me
how they're just set in... stone.

[Bobby]
Your family has such a rich legacy here.

Music, culture, and this sweet shop.

Oh my goodness.
Thank you guys so very much.

Oh my goodness gracious.

-And our masterpieces.
-[Dorian] Pastry!

[Bobby]
I feel like we're on the right track.

It was really important to me for her
to just kind of remember what it was,

and that way, as they finish,

she can really prepare herself
for what it's about to be.

Can I be the first kid
that steals from the store?

[Karamo] He's the first kid!

[Doreen] Oh man. We gonna let 'em in?

-I'm ready.
-And look how hot you look!

[Doreen] We gotta do that walk.

-Yeah!
-Yes!

[crowd cheering]

[Doreen] Come on in.

Today, Doreen realizes that she is
an important part of this community.

-This is beautiful.
-Isn't it beautiful?

She has carved out a space

that is so unique
for the artist that she is.

And to have that immortalized
in an institution

so that when people come,
they get to learn about your life

and what you've contributed to your city
and to the jazz music scene,

it's decades in the making.

[Jonathan] Can never get enough candy.
It's free, okay?

Do you guys want some candy?

The sweet shop will also hopefully be

an avenue of passion, legacy,
and connection and community

that Doreen can pursue
for as long as she wants to.

Wow. So awesome.

Oh man. This is absolutely stunning.

[Antoni] Making these
and experimenting with you and Dorian

has been one of the most joyous things
I've experienced in a really long time.

-Same.
-Like, it was just so fun to play.

I'm at the stage now
where I got this huge head start,

and I got these great ideas

for something my mother and father
would definitely be proud of,

and young Doreen, you know?

And I really feel as though I was able
to realize a very important journey today,

having the music and the sweet shop,
the legacy, you know, hand in hand.

It's like a fairy tale, man.
It's just wonderful.

And I'll make sure, when you walk in here,
you smell and you hear love.

["When the Saints Go Marching In" playing]

[woman] Whoo-hoo!

[cheering and applause]