We highly recommend staying with Michele! When we arrived in Austin, our hotel reservation was a fiasco, and there wasn't another room to be found this side of San Antonio. It was late, we were frantic and as a shot in the dark, we reached out to Michele. She replied right away, and even though it was totally last minute, and she could have EASILY turned us away, she welcomed us into her home. Her house is great and in a neat location, and like everyone else says - the outdoor shower is not to be missed! :-) (There is a library in the front yard and a shower in the backyard -- does it get any better?) What started out as a lodging disaster turned into the best Austin adventure we could have asked for because of Michele's kindness. We can't thank her enough for everything and now have a new friend in Austin!