Location, location, location. And charming, engaged hosts make the Parks-Bowman a great choice for visiting New Orleans. The Garden District house is just a couple blocks from either the Magazine Ave bus or the St Charles streetcar line, with easy access to the French Quarter, downtown, uptown, and in between. If you don't know the Garden District, put it on your list -- it's an important part of NOLA. Adrienne and Bill made us welcome and gave us good advice about restaurants and things to do. Their dogs are creampuffs that welcome you home. Our only quibble is that the sofa bed is a little soft, and will not work for two big people. As long as we stay small-ish (not a given at our age!), we would go back to Adrienne's house in a minute.