My husband and I stayed at Manomi’s place for 5 days, as an extended long weekend vacation for the Rock’n Roll half marathon, sightseeing around downtown and nearby islands, visiting relatives and friends in the area, and getting away from work and busy routines yet still feeling just as comfortable as being as our own home.
The house is beautiful and corresponds exactly to the description, furnishing is very well curated, everything is kept clean, in order, and is very well organized for guests. Manomi gave us a very detailed description on how to check in, how to use things in the house, and how to move around Queen Anne and Seattle. The house is fairly large, but yet it felt cozy and welcoming; we appreciate a lot of her personal touch on the interior design and organization of the space -- really really enjoy it. We loved staying there, and we would be more than happy to be back next time we visit the city again.
Furthermore, the location of her place is perfect for us for several reasons: Queen Anne is a very pretty neighborhood, very quiet and relaxing, with several coffee shops, bakeries in the vicinity of Manomi’s place (we can't help but try to visit all of those that she recommended), and with the main shopping area at walking distance (10 minutes). Also, we enjoyed that the path to Seattle Center is all downhill and you can walk your way to the Space Needle in just about 25-30 minutes (this downhill run was our 10-min warm-up to the half-marathon start line next to the Space Needle); while strolling, we adore the beautiful views of houses and green gardens along the way. Another, unexpected bonus of the area: night and day views are amazing from the hill (Kerry Park is super close by), which overlooks the city and the Puget Sound area! Public transportation is also available just around the corner of the house, with a couple of bus lines heading downtown that make it easy to reach the most sought after attractions of Seattle with little effort. We flew in and out from Tacoma/Seattle airport: with bus and light rail the trip is just about 45 minutes.
Overall we had a great time, and we are very happy with our host, Manomi, for being welcoming, accommodating, and making her place so cozy. Manomi is a superb host; via text, she made sure we safely arrived on our way in and granted us flexible late-checkout so we can stay cozy before heading out to catch our late night flight. We definitely recommend her home if you want to stay in Seattle and want to experience the city in a pleasant and relaxed way.