自我介绍

I was born in New Orleans and raised in the French Quarter. My father moved from his native London as a professional Jazz musician and started his family at this epicenter of fantastic architecture, amazing food and renowned music. A childhood like that tends to make a permanent impression so after studying architecture and design in college I worked around the country but was drawn back to this wonderful sticky hot magical city. Moving back I realized just how many amazing historic homes in this city were being forgotten and lost. I started on just one project, one house, but it turned out to just be the "first house". I fell in love with a guy who had the same shared passion for design and preservation and now with our daughter in tow, our family works relentlesly on acquiring and restoring historic architecture. So far we've restored more than a dozen virtually lost houses (mostly in the LGD) and have no plans to stop anytime soon. Almost all of the houses we have brought back were abandoned, partially collapsed "basket cases" (some even had huge trees growing through their roofs). Often it seems the worse they are, the more we want them. Their former beauty shines through and their history speaks to us. You see, we think that the history and romanticism of New Orleans is best conveyed through the preservation and use of its unique architecture, cooking it's amazing food, and playing it's fantastic music. And well, since we can't boil water or play a single instrument between us, we've decided to concentrate on the houses. We hope you like what we've done; it wasn't easy. You never know, maybe our daughter will grow up to be a chef who plays the clarinet.