We had a great stay at Phyllis's place in La Jolla. We prefer to "live local" when traveling (don't much care for resorts) and Phyllis' place felt just like we wanted... You walk out the door through the garden path, down a quiet - but active - block of local residents in cool, diverse homes, to the dramatic and beautiful beach front.
The place was cozy, bright and airy, with new modern living and bedroom furniture, clean bathroom and shower with good water pressure, quaint funky kitchen outfitted with new placeware/dishes, washer/dryer with detergent, easy-to-use flatscreen with cable, and nice touches like fresh flowers in the rooms, and a jar of yummy local honey (for which we bought greek yogurt and granola to go with).
A couple great little local restaurants are a block away, including a great bagel bakery with high quality sandwiches, salads, fresh juices, and pastries that we loved (as we had our kids with us), but also a good tavern and a foody-joint.
Everything else you need is nearby as well, including a large grocery store, and an outdoor shopping area in LaJolla with high-end and medium-end shops, etc... which is very close to another section of LaJolla beach as well.
LaJolla is a great area to stay... plenty of its own great beaches and shopping if you want to stay local and not rent a car. But it's also right in the "middle" of the San Diego coast if you want to use it as home base to go South to downtown San Diego or North to other beach towns like Del Mar and Encinitas if you rent a car (which is what we did). Either way, you can't go wrong.
Phyllis was super responsive and easy to work with, with good-vibes and great suggestions every time we texted (which was many). In short, we recommend, and would definitely stay there again.