I was staying in a room in Alessandro’s place during my work related trip to Rome and spent 11 days there. Since Alessandro was absent it was actually his brother Luca who hosted me and despite the language barrier we communicated with almost no problems thanks to the advances in speech recognition technology :)
Luca provided me with all the information I needed about the restaurants, sights and public transport (the place is next to the bus #170 stop and not too far away from the hip Trastevere region). On top of that, Pompi, a pasticceria where they serve probably the best tiramisu in Rome, is just round the corner.