We just loved staying at Catherine's lovely place in mid city NOLA. It's a lovely walk from St John's Bayou and along it to City Park, Chickie Wah Wah is right around the corner, and the house is perfect. Catherine was incredibly responsive and helpful -- she was there to help within 90 seconds if we needed something in the house, and she had lots of great recommendations in the city that she updates daily on a whiteboard in the kitchen. She was so pleasant and interesting to talk to, while also not being intrusive. She even invited us to accompany her to a lecture happening one night at Tulane, which we were so happy to do (Neil Degrasse Tyson is amazing!).

The house itself is impeccable, with everything you need -- coffee and tea, light breakfast/snack items, interesting books about New Orleans, and gorgeous decor.

We did have trouble with cab reliability and ended up relying on buses/streetcars more often than we'd planned -- the house is not walkable to the French Quarter or Garden District due to distance and potentially safety concerns along the way. That said, public transit is slow but comes eventually, and it's worth it to adjust to laidback Southern time while on vacation in this fabulous city.

Would highly recommend this place and Catherine as a host!