Cynthia was a wonderful host. My son and I stayed 2 nights, while we got ready to drop him off at a summer camp. We arrived late on a Friday and Cynthia had even prepared a second mattress for him, and left water out for us, which was great since we had just come in on cross-country flight. Anyway, the rest of our stay was great. Really enjoyed sleeping with the windows open and catching the cool breeze off the ocean. Her condo is very nice and she has a great book collection, would have been fun to simply sit on the balcony and read if I had more time. If you want to experience living on the beach in one classic so-cal surf towns, I highly recommend staying at Cynthia's