Ginger’s place in Pasadena has everything you need for a comfortable stay. It’s about ten / fifteen min walk to the metro into downtown or a 20 min walk into Old Pasadena. We were a little unsure of the area after dark but we’re travelling with our baby so didn’t explore it much, and didn’t get to meet Ginger until our last morning and that would have likely reassured us! it takes about half an hour to get to downtown and about 2 hours to reach Santa Monica on public transport - v easy to navigate. Communication with Ginger was brilliant - always very quick to respond and very helpful.