States.
What do you think?
Mmm. Delicious. Really good.
I think it could use just a tad
of cayenne pepper.
Maurice, do you have
any balsamic vinegar?
Yeah, it's in that cupboard right there.
Well, fellas, chow's on.
You wanna get
the pasta there, Ron?
Sure.
The chaise, is it Empire?
Ah, no. That's Country Friar.
Oh, I always get it wrong.
Erick's the antique maven in the family.
? The corn is as high
as an elephant's eye?
It's a terrific collection, Maurice.
You know, he's got the complete Mitzi Gaynor.
Yeah?
- He's even got that bootleg Ethel Merman.
- I'm glad you enjoy good music.
- There are a lot of people around here
who couldn't care less.
- I can imagine.
Uh, how long have you been
in the hotel game?
Well, actually, this is our first venture.
We, uh, were in a dog-grooming business
for the last seven years.
Eight.
Eight. Really?
- All right. What year'd we get together?
- '83. We met at Dan Presley's Halloween party.
That was '84.
No, '84 we were at Russian River.
That's right.
I, uh, forgot all about that party.
Erick came as Barbra Streisand.
- That a fact?
- Anyway, last year we're on vacation
at this little bed and breakfast in Seattle,
and we thought,
"Now, this is a great way to live.''
- Uh-huh.
- You know, Maurice, you move to a new town,
you set up a business-
Uh, it's a big step.
You worry about things.
But already we've met someone
we have a lot in common with.
We feel very good about
makin' the move up here.
You hated the idea of statehood.
I did not!
Holling Vincoeur, you did too!
Now, I remember a night
in the Last Chance.
You stood up on the bar
and you told everybody that
the day Alaska became a state,
you could kiss
the wilderness good-bye.
Well, I'm, uh-
Wait a minute.
- I thought Alaska was always a state.
- Oh, no.
- Not till '59.
- Now, just think, hon.
We were squabblin' and fightin' back then.
You weren't even a twinkle in your papa's eye.
I guess.
Well, anyway, I think what happened
to Rick is really the pits.
Yeah. It was a terrible thing.
Reminds me of Abe Kellog
when he got caught in
the machinery at the cannery.
They had to recall
a hundred cases of salmon.
I'll never forget that funeral,
watchin' them lower all those
little bitty cans into the ground.
Hey, is anybody hungry?
I could put the chicken potpies in.
You remember the day
they voted in statehood?
The whole territory was one huge party.
Oh, there was dancin' in the streets.
Yeah. Bonfires everywhere
lightin' up the sky.
And those fellas in Fairbanks
pourin' gold dye in the Chena River.
There's never been
anything like it since.
Hey, you should've seen
the beer bust we had when we beat
Cessford High in the regionals.
We had a band that looked
just like Motley Crue.
And everybody got really bombed...
and went out and stole
people's sprinkler heads and stuff.
It was a riot.
There's my little darlin'.
You got a lot of energy.
I sure have.
I'd think you'd be pooped after
all that yakking you did tonight.
Yeah, it was nice seeing
that ol' gal again.
How come we never talk like that?
Like what?
Like you and Anita.
We talk, Shelly.
Not like that.
All we ever talk about
is moose meat and pickles
and how sticky the tables get.
We never just "talk'' talk.
Oh, honey, that's not true.
It is too! All you ever
want to do is grope me.
Well, today didn't we have
a conversation about orderin' you
a new pair of shoes?
That doesn't count.
You and Anita talk about
friends and stuff you did.
I wanna talk like that.
Well, Shelly, honey,
I've known Anita for 40 years.
So?
Well, I don't know.
With you it's different.
Come on, Shelly.
Haven't we talked plenty just now?
Rick got hit by a spaceship today.
Yeah.
Well, I think you're bein' really selfish.
Hi, Gary.
Hello, Maggie.
Gary.
I- I brought these for you.
They're cookies-
oatmeal... with raisins.
Thank you.
I thought you might be hungry.
Place sure looks nice.