Helen and Scott's garden place is a wonderful place to stay. Yes, I stayed a whole month there and enjoyed my stay thoroughly. The location is quite close to the golden gate park and I took walks in this beautiful park almost daily. The place is also very quiet so I can concentrate on my (research) work whenever I need to do so. It is also convenient to travel to the city center by taking buses nearby (route 1, 38, 31). I was also invited to an amazing party hosted by Scott, enjoying immensely Scott's excellent performance of Saxophone and meeting many interesting people as well.