We had a lovely time on our trip, and our stay at Lauren's was great. Anything you could possibly want (coffee, food, drinks, entertainment) is a very short walk, and the apartment itself is on a super quiet street. All of the noise of Valencia, and the Mission in general just fade away as you walk toward her place. We didn't have a lot of interaction with Lauren in person. She was always very quick with an answer with the questions we did have.