Miss Joanne, the caretaker of the space was wonderful. We arrived early, and she let us in at 9 instead of noon, and we had a late flight out so she let us stow our bags on the locked patio while we had a final day around town. She called and texted to keep in touch about schedules, and went out of her way to say good-bye before we left.

The neighborhood was INCREDIBLE. Similar to up-and-coming parts of Oakland or Highland park, the location is situated in a bubble of beautiful little businesses. We were less than a 2 minute walk away from a fair-trade coffee shop, a myriad of fine and not so fine dining options and a lovely local market stocked with kombucha, beer, food and snacks. The neighborhood was perfect for walking to and from city park for Voodoo Fest, about a ten minute walk from the cable car line, and about a 10 minute Uber ride to all the tourist stops. We personally loved that it was outside the hubbub an felt very local. We also walked the 2.3 miles straight down Esplanade to the French Quarter and it was one of our favorite days.

The place itself was lovely, very clean and spacious, with a vase of fresh flowers in the small living room entryway. There were two mini bottles of Prosecco and some bottles of water waiting for us in the mini fridge, which kept things nice and cold. They also made sure there was Halloween Candy on the shared patio space every night we came in from the music festival.

The bed was large and comfy and the shower was the tallest I've ever seen in a tub combo - which was perfect for my 6'7'' husband. There were tons of towels and a couple of soft bathrobes.

The only catch is that space is definately portioned off from the main house and turned into its own second unit, but it still shares walls the full length of the unit. The adjoining door has been boarded over, but the walls are still very thin. We could hear them talking and chopping vegetables and such, so I'm sure they could hear us, too. That being said, they didn't seem to mind that we came in late every night or when our friends who were traveling with us came over to hang-out (in our small living room and on our somewhat private second patio.)