We had a lovely time in Kalorama. Allen's place was walkable to our conference site at Marriott Wardman Park and Omni Shoreham, to the Woodley Park/Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro stop, to the Zoo, and to tons of restaurants. There is an amazing playground for kiddos at Marie Reed Learning Center just past the restaurant row on 18th. It was perfect to share between two families as each got their own floor of bedrooms and a bathroom with the ground floor as common area. Stairs are steep, so if you have a learning walker, this would be a place that would take some energy to stay in, but ours were either pre walkers or well established! We had four adults and six children, and we are missing it already!