The house has been carefully and thoughtfully renovated and is clearly a work of love for Michael. It's a calm, zen, lovely communal-feeling place. Denise greeted me and gave me a tour that made me wish I had a bit more time to spend in some of the interesting spaces in the house. I had a room with a private bath, which was cleverly planned and compact but didn't feel crowded.

The house is in a location that's in easy walking distance to a lot of interesting things and some great new restaurants. As others have mentioned, it's directly in the landing path of planes landing at the airport. But the windows are really soundproof so once you're in the house you don't hear a thing. The bed is terrific so are the pillows (and I usually don't think about pillows).