I needed somewhere to stay last-minute and Maria's place was in a neighborhood I liked, so I reached out to her. She was away but her friend Audrey filled in and was responsive and helpful.

Maria's place is a spacious one-bedroom apartment with high ceilings and a lot of interesting furnishings and pictures from her travels. She is walkable to both Piedmont and Grand avenues with their cute shops and restaurants and about a mile from Lake Merritt, and the latter made her place perfect for a morning lake run. The only thing that may concern some is the curtains over the large windows in the living room are kind of thin...I've always been a little paranoid about someone peeking in on me at night. But the window is elevated, so there is a low likelihood of such things. :)

I would absolutely stay at Maria's again!