Y’ALL — ok, we’ve been going to Seattle once or twice a year for 10 years now and this is, hands down, the best place we’ve ever stayed. Easy-breezy street parking on the curb right in front of the front door, a beautifully landscaped front yard for morning coffee, and a view that is so completely unexpected. The photos in the listing don’t do it justice. In fact, I don’t think any photos could ever do it justice. That VIEW! The entire west wall of the house is one big picture window after another that looks out over the Elliot Bay and Puget Sound. The owners have even renovated the deck in Brazilian hardwoods and honestly, that’s where we spent almost every day of our two-week vacation — sitting on that deck and watching watching the sailboats, ferries, cruise ships, tugboats. hummingbirds, jays, the Harvest moon, night after night of spectacular sunsets and then the star-filled sky and the soft evening glow of all the hilltop neighborhoods from Magnolia to Alki Beach and behind to Bainbridge, Vashon and more. The first few nights we were there, our iPhones started filling up with photos of sunrises, sunsets, mountain vistas and full moons, and after a while we just stopped taking any more photos because when we looked back at them we realized there was absolutely no way we could capture & convey all that beauty on these little electronic toys and bring it all back home with us. Inside the house, the gorgeously renovated bathroom with operable shower window and GREAT WATER PRESSURE (so, so important) was a great way to start and end each day. Both bedrooms had hotel-quality comfy beds with the cutest antique casement windows that opened out to the front yard and let in the breeze at night. Both bedrooms also had nice walk-in closets that said, “Empty your suitcases and stay a while!” The brand new kitchen had everything we needed — every pot, pan, utensil and appliance we had back home, and we used every singe one while we were there. There is even a little 2-seater “office cubby” / breakfast nook off the kitchen overlooking the water where we easily got our east-coast work hours out of the way every morning. Best of all, this property is less than a 15- to 20-minute walk to Kerry Park, Molly Moon’s ice cream on Galer Street, 5 Spot restaurant on Queen Anne Avenue, and sits squarely in the middle of the 8th Avenue West & West Highland Drive scenic pathway which makes for some pretty spectacular early morning walks. Last but not least, the owners and property manager were the most accommodating AirBnB hosts we’ve ever encountered in Seattle. Book NOW or forever hold your peace — you’ll be glad you did!