Marlene's place is exactly as advertised and for that---- a great deal! We stayed here for New Years and had a seamless check-in as we drove in from Portland and had no idea when we would actually arrive. She used a lock box for us to get our key and we found out afterwards that we were the first ones she tried this on- IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE! To have the freedom of checking in late when on the road and not feeling like you're disturbing the house. We quite liked this upon check out as well as we simply cleaned up and left the key in the box. Marlene seemed like a very cool person when we met her the day after we arrived and the day we left (we were only there for two nights!) Definitely a spot we'd recommend staying at. Super close to everything you want and need and even though we were driving the whole time, we appreciated that there were public transit maps left in the room. Only wish we could have been there in warmer summer times as her garden is a DREAM!