if you are on your way to san diego and want to stay in the coolest & most well-loved place ever-- please, do yourself a favour and STAY HERE.

michael was unable to be at the house when we arrived but we were greeted by adam who was both gracious and thorough in familiarizing us w. the property. the house obviously looks great on the airbnb site but somehow it is even SO MUCH BETTER than that in person.

my friend and i truly were just looking for a place to sleep at night but when we walked into the lavender room and were met by gorgeous views of downtown, pt. loma AND one of the coronado islands (not to mention a lovely room that was much bigger than expected) i knew for sure we would be spending more time than just sleeping there.

i wish i could express how much we fell in love with this place and aaall of the reasons WHY, but the heart of it is this-- the house was condemned and on the verge of destruction, and then purchased by michael & brought back to life with a vivacious vengeance and is now a ridiculously comfortable, lush & garden-y zen beacon on a hill w. gorgeous views but still extremely close to everything (little italy + the surrounding area is w.in a few minutes walk). honestly, what else is there !? oh wait, there IS more-- in our room we found a list michael had printed up of places to eat/things to see & do, there was little yoga nook downstairs, a beautiful kitchen, a ridiculously cool outside space, brochures for all kinds of activities, really really lovely bathrooms and tender, love & care radiating out of every corner of the house.

regardless of what you're doing when you visit san diego, you should stay here.