Tanya's loft was great! The space is as depicted from her photos and maybe even better in person. When we arrived, she had a window air conditioner going that made the space feel airy and cool despite the warm temperatures outside. She had a great list of places to go and things to do that we referred to often (add Jam to your breakfast list, we stumbled upon it on our way to Medina and went back to it the next day). The walk through shower is an especially unique aspect of the loft and felt luxurious. There is a TV with Netflix (way up high in the bedroom space), but for a nice change of pace we found ourselves relaxing instead and listening to a record. I wish we would have planned more meals in to use the awesome kitchen space, but alas we were called out to all the restaurants near by. We brought our bikes and were able to travel very easily to near by restaurants, the convention center and to Stanley park and around the sea wall.
Parking: we parked in the garage maybe 1 block away (Easy Park). We were contemplating parking on the street from 10pm-9am and in the garage the other time, but a tenant we spoke to in the elevator said she often comes out in the morning to head to work and finds a pile of glass on the ground from someone breaking into a car...so we chose the garage as it has a security guard. The garage has a convenient phone app that you can pay from, but the only stinker is you have to be up or set an alarm (if you're not an early riser) to add time at 6am.
All in all, great-easy-access location and a lovely space to return to after a day of adventuring. Thanks Tanya!