This review was written by my mother, who stayed with Phil and Susan earlier this month:
Discovering Phil and Susan’s wonderful Air B&B earlier this month during a long weekend in Pasadena (visiting my daughter and her boyfriend) was one of the many highlights of a great trip, and I am already looking forward to returning on future trips to LA. The house is in a lovely residential neighborhood near the CalTech campus and downtown Pasadena. The accommodations – a two-story apartment in a converted garage at the far end of their back yard -- were clean, spacious, and full of light. Downstairs was a sitting room; upstairs, the bedroom (incredibly comfortable bed!), bath and kitchen. The AC, WiFi, and cable TV all worked beautifully. The kitchen had been prepped with everything I could have possibly needed – coffee, milk, eggs, snacks, cheese and crackers, and even a lovely bottle of wine that I shared with my daughter on the beautiful patio just outside – shady or sun-dappled, depending on where one sat. Bookshelves upstairs and downstairs offered quirky and thought-provoking books to peruse (including wonderful guides to LA and the California coast); gorgeous framed broadsheets of poetry by Dana Gioia were an added treat. Phil and Susan were incredibly gracious hosts, offering me the perfect balance of attentiveness and privacy, and my wide-ranging conversations with Phil about teaching, poetry, and a host of other topics are still resonating with me. FIVE STARS!!