We loved Scott and Emma's place. LA is home for me but I had been gone several years and returning with my husband and two young children. This place was our launch pad.
We had never been to the Herman area of Highland Park, but thought it was great. Just a few mins from south Pasadena, which meant that if we wanted to go to cool bars, restaurants, thrift shops Etc on York or Fig we could head into highland park, but we could also hit trader Joe's in south Pasadena and feel like we were in the burbs. A safe and green area of LA but close to the action (balcony views were great). Scott responded promptly to every issue immediately (we were there for a month). The house itself was spacious, clean, really well decorated, and stocked with amenities (all the paper towels and organic dish soap you could dream of). I can't really fault this place, except to note that permanent renters live directly below so as you can imagine we were always conscious of not disturbing them (our 3 year old isn't the quietist person).
Beds were comfy btw, and parking easy. If you have kids, you can walk to the playground.
Thx for a lovely stay! We were quite happy here.