Alejandra is a very communicative and responsive host, and her place is as advertised. Very clean and comfortable, other guests were friendly. Short walk to a "EL" subway station to get downtown. Free non-permit parking is available in the immediate neighborhood (surrounding streets), but in our experience it is just a matter of luck to get a spot on her street (but she had let us know about this, so we weren't surprised). We were there for 2 nights, Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday night some of the neighbors across the street held a somewhat loud party on the sidewalk directly opposite her place, and we happened to be assigned to room #1 (front of the house). So it took a while to get to sleep. But this is obviously not something within Alejandra's control. Sunday night, all was quiet. All in all, a decent base for exploring Chicago. Thanks Alejandra!