The experience with Brian was wonderful from beginning to end. I planned a trip to San Francisco to celebrate my wife's birthday. Most of the trip was a surprise to her, including our place to stay for the week. I wanted to find a place that would be extra special to her. She is an artist and loves everything that has to do with art so imagine my excitement when I found Brian's place. I reached out to him after booking his space and shared a little about why I was visiting and how special it was for me and my wife to be surrounded by artists. He was very responsive and excited for us.
Our experience once at his place was even better than I could have imagined. The place itself is so special. My wife was so in love with is (so was I!) The space is very spacious and comfortable with a large kitchen, walk in closet and cozy bed. It is very clean and beautifully decorated. He has some wonderful vintage pieces accenting all areas of the apartment (our favorite is the large wooden doors entering the bedroom). You can really feel the artistry and creativity that went into decorating his place. The entrance to his apartment is Brian's sculpture studio. That alone was really neat. We had to chance to be submerged into the world of another artist. We were there for a week and each night we got back to the apartment after being out, we got to see another piece of the sculpture he was working on at the time. It was very cool. His apartment is located in a large building made up of many other apartments all owned by local artists. There is a studio/theater in the building where we could hear people performing on Saturday afternoon. There is a little garden across his building that's great for morning coffee or even an afternoon BBQ.
Brian was a great host! He was very well informed and made sure to share all his wonderful tips and ideas of things to do around the city. He was very attentive to anything we needed, respectful and kind spirited. He even offered my wife his studio to paint! His piano installation in the center of the city is stunning. A must see! We really wish we would have had more time to spend with him or making art together, but plan to go back and will definitely choose to stay at Brian's place again!