Alison's communication was excellent at all times. Once she knew my interests, she laid on a suite of great specialist books from her personal library for me to enjoy. So nice. Unfortunately, the weather was shockingly stormy (not Alison's fault!), with construction work next door and an unspeakably loud teenage street scene on Saturday night (admittedly the apartment is in the middle of party town and I knew this in advance). Alison is a great host but these other uncontrollables impacted my experience.