We couldn't be happier with our stay in Heidi's beautiful apartment. The space is even prettier than her photos, since the warm CA sun streams in for most of the day. The deck was a wonderful place to sit and relax. Heidi was waiting for us on the deck when we arrived, and let us "check in" early - as soon as we could after our plane arrived. We were delighted to find the Trader Joe's bagels and cream cheese, juice, tea and coffee she left for us on Saturday morning. We had breakfast at home instead of looking for a place in Oakland that was open at 6:30 AM, since we were still on east coast time. The initial attraction of staying at Heidi's was that it is about 1 mile from our son's Oakland apartment. Now we would recommend it to anyone who wants to visit Oakland. For us, it was a pleasure to have a real "home away from home" and easily visit our son and his wife during our week in Oakland.