So many things came together to make out visit to Seattle successful, both professionally and personally. Chief among them was having a comfortable and secure "home base." Indeed, we often remarked that we were "going home" when we meant returning to Mel's place. It had everything we needed. Well, perhaps we could have cleaned things a bit more before we left with a bit more in the way of cleaning supplies, but who are we to complain that the host wants to clean up after us. The Wi-Fi was better than we had at the University of Washington where we had visiting appointments. The location was perfect. It was close enough to Broadway that we could easily walk to shop, to the light rail, or to entertain ourselves, but far enough away that it was quiet. We loved the fact that we would see families walking children to school in the morning. Our only regret was that we never personally encountered Mel or Autumn or Lori. Yet, on the other hand, everything worked so smoothly that we had no reason to interact other than by text, e-mail, or the Airbnb interface.