This is a simple but comfy place 10 minutes from downtown on the Grove Park Inn slope. Good basic supplies (he's an IKEA shopper) for cooking, hanging around watching movies, and taking in a beautiful vista before heading to the eateries, bookstores and brew pubs. It's halfway up a mountain, which makes snowfall heavy here compared to town: the main roads get fast service, but you need to park on the edge of the neighborhood to get to them in snow/ice. The heat works great. The Josh was very professional to deal with, offering helpful tips when snow was expected (in Oct!) and leaving us a snow shovel.