Sarah's place is a great location if you're visiting The Mall area in D.C. It was clean and easy for us to get back and forth to Smithsonian Craft2Wear and we used the parking garage conveniently located across the street so we didn't even need our car all weekend. There are security lights outside the large windows and people who are bothered by light at night might want to plan accordingly. There was some noise in the middle of the night from the upstairs neighbor but overall it was much quieter than most hotels.