If you want to walk to local yummy places to eat than Doug's apartment is just perfect for that. Simple and comfortable. The mornings are a bit noisy with airlines flying over. But that's Ocean beach. To our surprise there were wild green parrots we could watch out the window. It must be mating season, they were lively in the morning too and fun to watch out our window. My daughter loved that since birds are her favorite. We will stay again at surf lodge #4 when we come back to visit.