Sarah is kindness personified. She is very eager to make guests feel comfortable in her lovely home. My bedroom was clean, spacious, and nicely apportioned, as was the bathroom. It was dead quiet--the walls are well insulated--and the bed very comfortable. I was especially grateful since I was attending a funeral in Pasadena and afterwards heading up to Reno take care of my declining mother, so it was a very stressful trip. Sarah's gentle manner, the lovely accommodations, and the quiet were much appreciated, and I got the sleep I needed to power through everything. The neighborhood is the sort of leafy, upscale, gated community that one sees in the more upscale parts of San Marino/Pasadena. You will most definitely need a rental car to get around. But everything is close in Pasadena, so it won't take you more than 8-10 min. by car to get where you want. Even getting from Pasadena to downtown L.A. isn't that difficult (well, at least not by L.A. standards). I highly recommend it!