I would highly recommend staying with Evan and Anja. When we arrived, Evan was in the middle of making pretzels which he shared with us and were absolutely delicious! Evan was very friendly, welcoming and accommodating. He offered wonderful suggestions around town and would have been a fun person to hang out with had we had more time in Santa Cruz. It was raining during out time with Evan and Anja so we were not able to enjoy the bikes/hot tub/surf boards but we will definitely be back again! I highly recommend this room!