The Bywater where the Treasure lies is the secret ingredient. If one wants a sanitized, disneyfied, cloned and perfect vacation - go stay at some behemoth near the French Quarter. If you want to wander streets or sit on a porch and be part of the imperfect, fascinating and colorful world of New Orleans - then stay at Carmen and Steve's aptly named shotgun down on France Street. The house was PERFECT for five of us. Everything was as advertised, only better.