Diane was very kind and responded quickly to my emails. She also let my 3 friends stay with me last minute (with an extra charge per an extra person). We were at her gorgeous, clean and spacious house for 3 days for a conference in downtown Minneapolis. She let us stay in her master bedroom because it is bigger than the guest room! She made us breakfast one morning and drove us twice to the convention center downtown (15-20 minute drive; it is around 40 minutes by bus I think)--but I certainly wouldn't expect her to do all this for everyone; she did this for us because we were young students and she was free at these times. She will sit down to share stories but she will give her guests privacy as well. We were comfortable and happy throughout the whole stay! The house also has two beautiful cats, which was a big plus for me.