To only be able to give 5 stars for location left me no place to give it the 5 more that I wanted to award it!
In the context of the city, it is located just outside of the French Quarter (the far end away from the city center). That is a wonderful thing, for you can enter the quieter, more interesting part of the Quarter by walking just a few blocks. Then you can walk further into it until you run into the hordes and want to turn around and return to the Marigny where Ashley's property is located. In the context of the Marigny, her place is located on a quiet street that is surprisingly peaceful given that many of the top music clubs in New Orleans are just a few blocks away on Frenchmen Street.
You can also walk to the new street car line from her place and basically ride the streetcar lines around the city if you want, including the one that goes out to the Garden District.
The house was just right for the two of us, with plenty of space and a nice, stylish front room as you can see from the photos. I spent every morning with a cup of coffee on the front stoop of the property enjoying the shaded street while planning out the day.
Horn's is a block away (you can see it from the stoop) and had excellent breakfast dishes with all of the NOLA-type food you would expect. The Elysian Bar was a couple of blocks the other way and had great food and drinks.
I am a real fan of NOLA music and so even though we had spent each of three days at Jazzfest, we were at dba, Blue Nile and the other clubs on Frenchmen Street in the evenings. You can find pretty much any of the many different jazz genres playing at any given time in one of them.
Ashley was great. She arranged to help us with one thing we needed for Jazzfest, and was always ready to help with info (on top of the great tips she provides when you book).
So if you want to feel a part of the real New Orleans, stay with Ashley in the Marigny. You can easily see the rest of the city when you want, assuming you can tear yourself away from Frenchmen Street! (:
Dan