All I can say is WOW!! My Mom and I decided to hop the Amtrak from Greenville to NOLA for 4 days during the last week of December, and had an absolutely PHENOMENAL visit at Tom’s place!! I know we started out as being problem guests as we had a couple issues that Tom was fabulous about, the first being that my mom got the sick the day before our trip, so we ended up having to leave 2 days later and Tom was so great about having to change our dates at the last minute! Then our train ended up arriving FOUR hours late!! Thankfully check in was an electronic breeze. We were completely exhausted, so were thrilled when we arrived at Tom’s and found a fully stocked kitchen including beer/wine, half & half, muffins, eggs, yougart, tea, fruit, spices and condiments, even some Andes chocolates :)
Now, to be truthful, I was a little worried with the bathroom after reading reviews about the hand held sprayer and no shower curtain, but to the contrary, there was a curtain around the magnificent claw foot tub, and an insert to hold the sprayer near the top of the pipe so showers were no problem at all!
The bedroom was fabulous with plenty of closet/drawer space for clothes, and a bed so comfortable that my mom said it was the best bed she’d ever slept on and even wrote down the info :)
The rest of the apartment was great as well, you truly felt at home with a sofa and chair you could sink into after a long day wandering around downtown. There are dozens of books/brochures about things to do and places to see in NOLA.
The apartment is in a great location with a friendly, laid back neighborhood. I loved to spend the morning with my coffee on the front porch where you ended up in a conversation with every person that walked by, and of course the convenience of the streetcar stations being only 2 blocks away made trips to downtown & City Park super easy and inexpensive at $1.25 per trip or $3.00 for 24 hours (exact change only!!)
So overall I would highly recommend Tom as a fantastic, laid back, thoughtful host and the apartment as the perfect place with a stocked kitchen, a comfortable bed and cozy living room that is located outside of the craziness of the FQ in a quiet, friendly neighborhood, yet 10 min from anywhere you would want to go!!