My husband and I just got back from our stay in New Orleans at the Oak Street Hangout. The apartment had everything you could need - space heater for the cooler mornings, a fully equiped kitchen and a folder of information of things to do and places to eat nearby. The place is in a great neighborhood with plenty of cafes, restaurants, shopes and bars in very short walking distance. The street car was short walk away, but will say that to get to the French Quarter by street car it does take about 40 min on a busy day with the contstruction going on. So you have to decide to take the $3 slow round trip, or the $40-50 quicker roundtrip cab ride.