Chris and Tim were brilliant hosts for our first experience in San Francisco. We stayed five nights at their place is in a fairly quiet neighborhood about a 35 minute bus ride to Fisherman's Wharf and some of the other main tourist areas of San Francisco. It takes about 10 minutes to walk from their apartment to the nearest bus lines along San Bruno Avenue and/or Bayshore Boulevard where you can get the 8x or the 9 buses straight into downtown. Every morning they put out a fresh bowl of fruit salad along with toast and juices, coffee or tea as well as great conversation to go with breakfast. They gave us plenty of maps including public transportation guides for the city as well as great recommendations for less obvious things to do like going to see the city views from Twin Peaks. We were also allowed to use their washer and dryer which came in handy during our five-day stay. Communication was excellent before and after we arrived to stay with them. I left a t-shirt in their house after I checked out and they have been nice enough to arrange to ship it back to me. They have a dog, Pepper, but if you are on the fence about staying in a house with pets don't be alarmed. Over our five-day stay Pepper literally did not bark once from the time we entered until we left. Pepper is the most well behaved dog I've ever seen. We had not planned on renting a car at all and used public transportation most of the time we were in the city, but we rented a car towards the end of our stay to drive up to Muir Woods. While there is some street parking, Chris moved his car so we could park in their driveway so we didn't have to worry about getting a parking ticket if we happened to misread a street sign. It was one of many very hospitable gestures during our stay. If you don't mind being outside downtown and like using public transportation to get to where you need in the city, Chris and Tim are fantastic people to stay with.