AMENITIES (One day we'll figure out how to break up all this text with  graphics that don't take too long to load. Until then, at least this is a good overview of our amenities.)

ALL our accommodations have that "new fangled" stuff:

• heat (Nope. We don't have what the 'Northerners" call cold weather, but we try to keep you warm.)

• air conditioning (Yep. It gets hot in New Orleans in the Summer, so we try to keep y'all cool.)

• television (usually cable)

• telephone (unlike most hotels, stay with us and local 'phone calls are FREE)

• alarm clock (often a clock-radio)

• comfortable rooms with individual character

• pleasant atmosphere for working, lounging or meeting.

• in residential section, not busy commercial center where reveler's noise never ends

• B&B rooms: most have an in suite sitting area

• B&B accommodations include free, generous, Continental breakfast (if you stay at the B&B, our 'resident raconteur' serves breakfast in the dining room)

• Long term accommodations with kitchens are fully equipped with appliances (refrigerator, toaster, coffee maker, usually a stove, cooktop or microwave), plus the tools you need to cook or  eat at home). (It's hard to imagine anyone cooking when they come to the Big Easy, but some do.)

• Accommodations with kitchens are also stocked with coffee, tea, creamer, sugar, etc. (We want to get y'all  'cranked off'  in the morning.)

• A few of our apartments have a washer and dryer. (If they don't, we'll point you to the laundromat nearby.)

• Most of our accommodations have an iron and board.

• The B&B has a parking lot. Some of our other accommodations have a garage or driveway.

• A few of our accommodations have a VCR (See? We DO have a few 'new fangled' devices! But who wants to watch a movie when you have all our quaint Southern characters in the French Quarter?)

ADDITIONAL amenities at the main B&B:

• adapters for electricity (international current), by request (if we can find where put them!)

• alarm clocks in each room (It's just 'Mom' and 'Pop' here, so no wake up calls)

• antiques and vintage furniture

• art, interesting collectibles & lots of 'stuff (We've been told that anything you have more than 2 of is a 'collection'.)

• business travelers (If you ask 'really nice', we can coordinate your laundry and dry cleaning, or your shoe repair.)

• catering (Yep.  Our 'resident raconteur' LOVES to fiddle around in the kitchen, but he's got to have lots of advance notice and you 'gotta' pay for it, too.)

• ceiling fans (Yep. We even have them in most bathrooms)

• coffee maker: in guest common areas (ask which rooms have them, ensuite)

• complimentary Continental breakfast: Wake up to the smell of French Quarter coffee brewing, then enjoy a generous breakfast served in the dining room. We keep fruit in a basket on the dining room table, for any time you want some. (We try to have a local "treat" from the bakery, when available.)

• concierge services (That's a fancy name for us telling you about all the places only we 'locals' know about.)

• courtyard and verandah (That's another fancy word we Southerners use for a patio and a porch.)

• fireplaces (decorative)

• Grill: in the courtyard, there is a gas grill for guest use

• hair dryers in each room (I'm even trying to put diffusers there, too)

• hammock

• iron and ironing board

• Internet: WIFI throughout house.  (Ask which rooms have high speed Internet, ensuite)

• lounge / library

• microwave in public areas (ask which rooms have this ensuite)

• parking lot

• picnic baskets (special order, fee)

• public transportation: we are only 2 blocks from French Quarter shuttle bus and a few blocks from the streetcar

• refrigerators: we have small refrigerators in shared access guest areas for your "doggie bags", beer or wine, and soft drinks, or insulin storage (ask which rooms have these , ensuite)

• in bedroom telephone

• transportation to and from airport (city regulated fee)

• TV/television (cable)

This is not exactly an amenity, but I can't figure out where else to put it:

• At the B&B, most of the year, YOU GET ME or Laurie personally greeting you at the gate, or sometimes, our handicapped 'resident raconteur' hobbling down the stairs.