Bay St. Louis is a sturdy arts colony with galleries, shops and fine restaurants. New Orleans and the French Quarter are an easy one hour's drive to the west, while Ocean Springs/Biloxi are 30 minutes to the east. The Bay beach - is pleasantly uncrowded and just a short walk from the house. For the Hancock County Tourism site, which contains a full calendar of local events, click here!Click here to read how this house survived the storm and some remarkable stories of our town, from the owner's upcoming book "Under Surge, Under Siege, the Odyssey of Bay St. Louis and Katrina." The book is being published by University Press of Mississippi and will be released in early summer 2010.