My boyfriend and I LOVED staying in Rita's front Parlor! It was perfect, we felt very at home and were sad to leave. The space and house is beautiful and she has done a great job in caring for, decorating and keeping the character of an older home and the character of the city. We loved the artwork and furniture she's collected. The space is impeccably clean and very comfortable. The bed is incredibly comfortable, I slept so well I wish we had the same exact mattress at home! We were visiting the city as an extended trip surrounding a friend's wedding and we had everything we needed: enough space to get ready in a whirlwind before heading to the formal wedding, an iron and ironing board for a suit, hair dryer and the armoire to hang my dress in. Beyond that there were things we wouldn't have even thought of needing that ended up being very useful, Rita has everything very well thought out to anticipate guests' needs. We were able to easily connect to wifi and used the tv to watch the weather and some news. The location is also perfect. The neighborhood is very quiet, and we were able to easily walk to get coffee, there are multiple cafes within a few blocks, we got snacks and tea from Mardi Gras Zone one block away as well as the New Orleans Food Co-op a few blocks walk in the other direction, both of which had everything we could want/need (which we kept in the mini-fridge and used the dishes and microwave to heat some things up). The house is walking distance to many restaurants, local bars and music venues, attractions, shops. The most popular destinations, French Quarter, French Market and Frenchmen Street and the Esplanade are all within a very pleasant 12-15 minute walk from the house, so you can easily explore all those areas by foot. About an 8-10 minute walk in the other direction are restaurants, antique/thrift shops, smaller boutique shops, Frady's, bars, cafes and The Country Club. Our schedules didn't meet up so we didn't get to run into Rita during our trip, but she was very responsive over airbnb and text message whenever we had questions, helped us out with turning on some lights and lending a flashlight when had to do some last minute laundry late at night before the wedding. There's much more that we wanted to see, do and people to meet but had limited time due to wedding events, we definitely plan on coming back to New Orleans and we hope to stay with Rita again.