Margaret is just wonderful! I can hardly imagine a better host. She is not only very helpful (among a lot of other things, she let me use her bike, and she drove me --- and also my girlfriend who came visiting me for one week --- from and to SFO airport), but we can also have very interesting discussions with her on many subjects.

The house is also very nice. The bathroom even has a heated floor. The kitchen is spacious, and there all kinds of utensils, including two egg beaters (very useful for some cakes). The room in which I stayed has two single beds, and is large (even for two people).

In addition, the location is excellent. The house is a 10 min walk from a small shopping center (with Safeway and Walmart, in particular), and a 10 min bike ride from Stanford and Downtown Palo Alto. Furthermore, biking is very enjoyable in Palo Alto: there are not so many cars and car drivers are very respectful of bikes.

Therefore I highly recommend Margaret's place to anyone wanting to stay in Palo Alto, or more generally, in the Bay area.