This clean, modern, stylish guest house is a great base for exploring Seattle and environs. We appreciated all the artistic and thoughtful touches: handmade soap (made by the host!), Starbucks coffee, cereals, guidebooks, etc. Sheila was very friendly and chatted with us about our upcoming adventures in Olympic NP. Columbia City is a vibrant neighborhood with many African restaurants -- we chose Bana, an Ethiopian restaurant, and the food was fantastic. There's also a wonderful bookstore-cafe-bar-restaurant in easy walking distance; just Google "Raconteur". The Light Rail system made it easy to get into Seattle. We would definitely stay here again!