Marie Krien-Schmidt and Mark Hall live in the heart of the Irish Channel, in a two-story house that could only be found in New Orleans. The walls are strewn with old Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest prints, along with Meyersdorf watercolors, an old trombone, a jester head, and a replica bowsprit from the HMS Britannia, whose ample bosoms greet visitors at the door. And then there are the nine cats and Ingrid the dog. Marie works in environmental management, and Mark's "an artist and I cook h...