We loved our stay at Emily's place. Great location, immaculate apartment, responsive host, and luxury linens. Emily was kind and welcoming and had clearly put a lot of attention into all the details of creating a comfortable space for guests. We loved the location of North Beach, too... there is a park right across the street with one of our children's favorite playgrounds and the view is a quintessential city view. It was easy to pull up to the curb to load/ unload and we found city safe parking easily. The neighborhood was inviting and we found it to be very peaceful at night.
We have visited San Francisco a number of times but always stayed in Marin County and ferried over. We weren't sure of what we'd think of staying in the city but after staying at Emily's we are eager to return!