Laurel's place is very quiet, surrounded by oak trees and redwoods. Here, there's a sense of privacy and calm even though the cottage has an incredibly convenient location--only a few blocks from shopping, highway, and campus. We loved sitting out on the patio for supper and the well-equipped kitchen more than met our needs. Laurel was great about communications and made plans for us to check in conveniently (although we'd been delayed a bit from original arrival estimate). This is a cheerful, classic, suburban California hideaway and was ideal for our "mini-reunion" with friends.