Karen's place is an excellent place to stay for a first time trip to NOLA. It's about a 20 minute walk to the FQ, and Ubers were usually about $10 to get to most of the places we were trying to go. The place is SUPER clean and very comfortable. Karen is also really hospitable and has a bunch of suggestions of where to go. It's not hard to figure out how to get to the touristy spots on your own though. Definitely want to come back to NOLA and would stay here again.