My daughter flew in from out of town and we stayed at Lara's place for a weekend. It is a basement dwelling but there has been a lot of work done to it to make it a funky and comfortable place to stay. It is only a short 15 or so minute walk from Nicolett which is filled with many great shops and restaurants and about a half hour walk to Uptown. It was a great place to come back to after a day of adventuring in the cities!