It was Thanksgiving week which was chaotic enough, but Shelli-Anne was there with her two charming little girls, Eva and Ella, to greet us road weary travelers when I knocked on their front door. She was very accommodating letting us park in the driveway to unload the car. The apartment is above the garage at the back of the property that is lushly landscaped with tropical plants - some that have grown two stories tall. There is a small yard at the base of the stairs and a small deck at the rear of the house with a table and chairs for outdoor gatherings.

The apartment was small, but well stocked for any length of stay. There is a flat screen TV, Wi-Fi for your laptop, a wonderful queen size bed and excellent water pressure in the shower which is very important. We needed more towels and I emailed Shelli-anne about it and as soon as I sent it it seemed like she was at out door with a stack of freshly washed towels with an apology that the cleaning lady had not left them for us as she was supposed to do. She was so embarrassed. So if you needed anything at any time all you need to do is email [or call] Shelli-Anne and she will help you if she can. We enjoyed staying in the apartment and learned how to make coffee with a French press for the first time. I looked up the brand name of the french press they have for the directions so I could use it correctly.

Atwater Village offers you all kinds of stores and restaurants and you can ask Shelli-Anne all about them as she is the expert on this area of Los Angeles. This place is centrally located so getting around to seeing my 95-yr. old uncle for Thanksgiving was easy. Everything looked entirely different in the daytime and I was able to figure out exactly where I was so getting around was not so difficult after that for the rest of the week. We had a great time and the week went by way too fast.

Sadly, we were not able to spend more time with Shelli-Anne, Gavin and the girls. They are really nice people. Very casual and laid back. Easy to get along with. Being from Australia they don't celebrate Thanksgiving so they decided to take a trip to the mountains for a few days. We left before they returned. Atwater is an interesting area I have been interested in knowing more about and Shelli-Anne is apparently very involved in what is going on there so she is the one to ask. Maybe next time. We recommend the Gorgeous Spanish/Modern Guesthouse and think that Shelli-Anne is a wonderful host-ess who is the mostess! Gavin, Eva and Ella are the mostess, too, and their little puppy dog, too! CHEERS!