Marv was an excellent host!!! Left us enough to get us started - bagels, coffee, water, etc. that was really a nice touch! He was also very helpful during our stay, answering any questions we had about Chicago, plus he left plenty of brochures and maps, which we found very helpful when planning our activities. The air conditioner in one of the rooms stopped working one night, and he had someone in the next day to fix it!!

The kitchen is a little dated, but very clean and well stocked. The apartment is very nice and spacious. It was perfect for us! We were traveling with a baby, and the bedrooms were big enough to set up his playpen with plenty of room left over. Plus the bathtub was great for giving the baby baths. You do have to go up 2 flights of stairs to get to the apartment, but we really didn't find that a problem.

You really can't beat the location, it's close to downtown, the beach, it took us one 15 minute bus ride to get to the Lincoln park zoo, and the "L" train station on the red line is literally less than a block away. Plus there are plenty of great restaurants, supermarkets, etc. all within walking distance. The only downside to being in the middle of it all, is that it can be a bit noisy. If you're a light sleeper you might have issues, but it really wasn't bad. Totally worth it to be in that location.

It was easy to get to from O'Hare. I took the blue line to division and transferred to the 70 bus on the way there, and took the red line to the blue line on the way back. Both worked well.

It was a great experience, and we would definitely stay there again if we went to Chicago again.