Christina was a great, responsive host. She left us a parking permit for the block the apartment is on. It is very easy to park during the day - after 10pm the block is pretty packed but we always managed to park nearby. The location is perfect...near everything in the city, a few blocks from the farmers market and movie theatre and the Grove, museums, and great restaurants. A short ride to the beach, downtown and hiking locations. Ralph's grocery is across the street and around the corner, and if you want to go to the studios ( we saw Bill Mahr!) - you can walk to get there.
The apartment is cozy and well equipt - we had groups of 6 over for dinner which worked fine. There is a farmers market on Wednesdays with great empanadas and fresh veggies and fruit.
The main thing I can say is that Christine is a very nice, responsive host who does care about making her guests happy. In addition to the perfect location- this completed a wonderful few weeks we stayed there.
I would definately recommend this apartment to others - in fact we may be there again next year!!!! That says it all!