I was fortunate enough to spend 1 week with Patricia in her beautiful home in Wallingford. I've used airbnb just a few times and while I've had mostly good luck there is always a level of uncertainty about what you're really going to get as far as the quality, privacy, amenities, etc etc. In this case, I got very lucky! While it's described as a private room, I had the entire downstairs of her house which is basically like a 1 bed 1 bath apartment in itself. Although you don't have your own private kitchen, Patricia provides a coffee maker, toaster, and mini fridge fully stocked with coffee, fruits, yogurt, gronola, milk and all kinds of goodies to basically make you fully self-sufficient downstairs. On the other hand, if you like some interaction and Patricia is home, she is always willing to have a good conversation or point you in the right direction for things to do or places eat. On a couple of occasions she actually cooked me a hot breakfast which was incredibly delicious and we talked all morning.

All in all, this was a great place to stay in Seattle and Patricia really made me feel like I was at home. I hope to visit again sometime!