Our month-long stay at Rachel's allowed us to feel very much at home in a great neighborhood as we finished up the project of relocating our lives to the Denver area this summer. Rachel's cozy, but spacious place allowed us to work from a “home” base while we searched for an apartment, hosted friends and family visiting from out of town, and familiarized ourselves with all of the unique things this part of Highlands offers. Throughout our visit, Rachel was an exceptionally flexible, accommodating, and communicative host who made us feel completely welcome and encouraged us to make full use of her space and yard, which was very helpful to us as we began the process of moving into our apartment at the end of the month. We were really impressed with the roominess and privacy of the master bedroom and bathroom, features which helped us feel like we could truly relax and unpack while we were there. The back patio provided a great space for evening meals and grilling out. The off-street parking in the back proved to be very useful during our visit. Also, Rachel allowed us to add to her compost in the backyard and we really appreciated the opportunity to compost while we staying somewhere temporarily. The walk to downtown became one of our favorite elements of our time in this part of the city. We both love walking and enjoyed checking out the various neighborhoods and businesses that we would pass on our way downtown. If we needed to cool our heels when returning from downtown, we liked to stop at Prost Brewing and partake of a refreshing German-style beer. The neighborhood was bike friendly, as well, and we really valued the central location of Rachel's place in terms of getting around the city on bike. Among the local businesses that we came to love in the month we stayed at Rachel's are Black Eye Coffee Shop, Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe, the Freyja Project, and Jinji Cycles. We had no trouble finding tasty options for lunch or dinner and our favorites from the neighborhood are Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe, Lou's Food Bar, Linger, Gaetano's, and Root Down. Highlands Tavern quickly became a late night favorite of ours and we had fun with the combination of attentive staff, ambience, solid drink selection, and quality food offerings (including the delicious house-made Tavern Tots). Saturday mornings at the farmer's market became a nice little routine for us and we were consistently impressed with the generosity, openness, and warmth of the various vendors. Rachel's place stands among our favorite AirBnB experiences and we feel very fortunate that it worked our for us to stay there in August. We both really appreciated the conversations we shared with Rachel during the relatively few times we overlapped during our stay and were happy to meet such a warm, thoughtful person. We feel that Rachel's place would work very well for shorter periods as well as it did for an extended stay like...