Immaculately clean studio apartment on a comfortable residential street in a nice, and by all appearances, safe neighborhood. Carolyn's home is a beautiful craftsman style house with a charming coach house, converted to tri-pex, (3 apartments), accessed through a rear gated yard. The apartment is situated 15-20 minutes from downtown by car, (when LA's notoriously congested freeways are only moderately crowded). Carolyn and Mike were great hosts, Mike offered us a ride to the Santa Monica oeanfront our first night in town and, Carolyn picked up fresh strawberries from a local farmers market. LA is not an easy city for newbies, but good hosts make a world of difference. The only regret is we didn't have more time to explore