We loved this apartment - it is light, airy and has bags of character and charm. Our family of four - two adults, two children aged 9 and 11 - stayed for a week while on a longer trip to the US from the UK. As Europeans, we’re used to smaller-sized rooms than many American guests, but we found it spacious and totally adequate to our needs. Bucktown/Wicker Park is a fantastic area, full of atmospheric houses from the late 19th century and crammed with quirky shops and restaurants. Handlebar, a hip vegetarian cafe/brunch place with a garden just two minutes walk away, was our favourite (we went twice), but we also loved local spots Margie’s Candies (for giant retro ice-cream sundaes), Devil Dawgz (gourmet hot dogs, with vegan options), Stan’s Donuts, Jeni’s Splendid Ice-creams and Ramen Wasabi - all within 10 mins walk - and there were so many cool places we didn’t get chance to try. My husband was in vinyl-hunting heaven a few minutes’ walk further down Milwaukee Ave towards Division, where Chicago’s best record stores are located. The apartment is about 7 minutes’ walk to Damen metro station and it’s very easy to get to the downtown attractions and to O’Hare. Rachel was a great host, she communicated with us quickly and efficiently and even couriered some dishwasher liquid to us when we realised it was missing - above and beyond! We had a rental car for the first couple of days and street parking was also easy. However, other travellers might find it useful to know that if you have a late flight from O’Hare, you can’t store your bags at the property after checkout - we used luggage storage service Bounce which was more expensive than the one Rachel recommended but more conveniently located. All in all, I highly recommend this apartment which really made our trip to Chicago.