Jai was a fantastic host. She accepted a last minute booking, and the space at her home was better than advertised. The basement room is huge (as in big enough for both me and my boyfriend to get a workout in comfortably), the futon was comfortable, and it's always a plus to have a private bathroom (which happened to be stocked with Jason's soap, my personal favorite). Jai was great to communicate with and very responsive.

The neighborhood is safe, which was our number one priority because we are roadtripping and have a lot of things in our car. The downtown Edina area (about 1.5 miles from the house) is great! We had dinner one night at Red Cow on 50th (I HIGHLY recommend - excellent food, excellent service), the next day we checked out Coconut Thai for dinner (great Thai food), and we even went to Edina Grill for breakfast our last morning (great little spot). We walked down there one of the evenings, it's a very nice area.

There is a bus stop on the street, but we drove into Minneapolis, Mall of America, etc., so I don't have any insight on that mode of transportation. I highly recommend staying with Jai and in Edina.