Karen and Marcella took great care of us while there for the Chicago Marathon. I would've liked to have remembered to ask about some of the history of the house-but I forgot! I bet there's some history there-evidence right at the top of the stairs with the sign for Gordon Manor. How lovely! Karen has truly thought of every possible detail ahead of her guests! We needed an additional umbrella-there was one more in the bureau, breakfast for our kids the morning after arrival-there was some waiting in the refrigerator.. little touches like that all over the beautiful 3rd story Buena Park apartment during our visit. The only thing I found tricky was when I went to look for the silverware in the kitchen-after about 2 minutes I found it and just laughed at myself for taking that long to find it. A favorite memory of mine will be waking earlier than the rest of my crew to see children with their parents walking to school in the light rain on the school sidewalk behind the backyard fence. Thanks so much for the use of the parking spot off the street-we parked and didn't see our car for days because in Chicago we prefer to use the bus and the L trains to get around. Also, we felt very safe and tucked away in Buena Park-I ran my normal few miles each morning we were there and enjoyed Dollop and Klein's for coffee/pastries as well as Michaels Pizza as a group 2 times for dinner in order to stay close-by! Wishing we could have made a longer visit of our time here-we definitely enjoyed ourselves. Thanks so much!