Maurine was an excellent communicator and was of great help getting me from SFO to her house on the day of my arrival, which was great! The house is in a nice, older neighborhood of San Mateo, as well as being within a ten or fifteen walk of the downtown area, where there are lots of restaurants and such.
I was a little uncomfortable with the open-access aspects of the home, but everything worked out OK. Thanks, Maurine, for a nice introduction to San Mateo!