Our host Beverly was fantastic. She was very welcoming and friendly and a super busy lady. We asked Beverly to supply a toaster, a frypan and 2 drying racks to hang our towels and clothes on as there is no washing machine. There is however a laundromat which is only 4 blocks away and is open from 8am to 8pm and a load of washing is $2.50 and dryers are 25c for 6 minutes. Frenchmen Street is the next Street over and only a 10 minute walk, we actually preferred that to Bourbon St and felt the restaurants were better there. There is a Walgrens supermarket a couple of blocks away. Three places we can recommend to eat are The Ruby Slipper which is 2-3 blocks up Touro Street on LHS for breakfast/lunch and one block further up on the RHS is Horns, their food is to die for. Harrahs Casino in Downtown has a fantastic steak restaurant called Besh Steak House which was more expensive than the average restaurant but well worth it, the steaks were divine. Went to Oak Alley Plantation which was about an hours drive and well worth seeing.