The studio was as depicted, and Antosh met me to let me in and show me around. I didn't get to meet Barbara more than momentarily, but had several conversations with Antosh and got some good feedback on pros and cons of different parts of the Easy Bay as permanent homes. He was also kind enough to let me use their laundry, and pinged me to let me know I'd left two shirts behind after checkout. The space was good to work in - quiet, hard-wired Ethernet as well as WiFi, and the broadband connection was around 175 Mbps/peak, great for a business traveller. Would happily stay again. Oakland neighborhoods vary a great deal, and this was a very pleasant part of town, though within walking distance of the Safeway. Walking up to the top of the hill is only about half a mile, but enough elevation change to make a decent workout :-)