Colleen was the most friendly, gracious and accommodating host one could ask for. From the complementary bottle of wine, to the fresh delicious coffee in the morning to the helpful getting-around advice to the jovial banter of conversation, she was the best host. And the house!! Beautifully laid out and furnished, complete with the interesting avant-garde artwork of her spouse, it had everything that was promised: porches front and back, nice quiet tree-lined street and close to some great restaurants and the subway which goes either straight to the airport or downtown.

We had a choice of two bedrooms but chose the downstairs (that even had a separate entrance, though the privacy of the house negated its use) mainly because of the incredible steam room/shower bath. The dog (Emilu?) was adorable and quiet, the cat very reclusive. It seems that we've known Colleen for years even though we were only there for two nights. It was $11 dollars by Uber cars to where we wanted to go at night and only 3 bucks by (clean) subway in the day. We were a little leery at first about renting a room in someone's house, as opposed to having it all to ourselves, but Colleen provided such a level of privacy and camaraderie that all such concerns were put to rest. Only regret is that we weren't able to spend more time just hanging out there. Oh, and she spontaneously came up with a novel and completely effective solution to our wants for a white noise device (not that we really needed it due to the quiet peacefulness of the house and neighborhood)-- a dehumidifier!