Check in was effortless. Linda texted me a couple of days before my stay and was there when I arrived to show me the particulars of the studio. She provided a detailed printout of recommendations of places to eat, info on parking, etc and also said she and Gil would be available for any questions since they live in the same compound where the studio is located. The studio itself is as pictured. It's in a quiet residential neighborhood and well set up for an extended stay. There's a mini fridge and everything you need to cook with in the studio and a washer dryer in the compound. With the exception of a number of storefront exercise studios, there's not a lot to see or do in the neighborhood. One of the exercise places is only two doors down from the studio and offers Zumba classes week nights from 7:00 to 9:00. When I first heard the pumping loud music coming from there, I got a little freaked out thinking it was coming from a club that was going to go all night long. But the music stopped by 9:00 and the next day when I learned it was for a Zumba class, I found the activity a fitting part of the neighborhood's daily life. The studio, is very central to most sights and has good access to public transportation. The #37 bus, which travels east west and takes you into the downtown, has stops almost in front of the studio. The #206 and #207 buses, which run north south, have stops only a couple of blocks away.