We had a great stay at Evan and Anja's place. We were lucky to get the place to ourselves but also sad we didn't get to meet our hosts! Nonetheless, the room was everything we needed for 2 nights in Santa Cruz. We checked out a couple of local options for dinner (Cole's BBQ and Casa Rosita for Mexican, both walking distance from the house). It's in a nice quiet spot but we had a car to get into town which was handy. We'd definitely stay again if we found ourselves in Santa Cruz :)