We spent nice 4 days at Mark and Shara's backyard studio that has a wonderful small garden. We loved the place! It's small but lovely and perfectly functional. Neighborhood is nice and quiet. Hosts are cool and friendly people. There is a perfect Oakland guide book in their "liberary" that we recommend. Also we recomend visiting a great bookstore with excellent selection on College st that is nearby. All in all we would like to come back to Bay area and visit those guys again!