Sonja's apartment was just the thing my husband and I needed for our short business trip to Portland. The location is very convenient to downtown. The kitchen is well stocked and there is a Safeway directly across the street, for preparing food "at home." It is directly on a tram line, and the tram is quite loud, though it never woke us in the night. The apartment is the access point for the fire escape for that entire floor of the building, which means that the door only has a thumb lock and there is a tiny glass panel in the door with a metal rod on a chain outside in the hall to break the glass in case of emergency, so people can get to the fire escape. I'd never seen this before and it threw me at first, but the building itself is only accessible by key fob and we hardly saw anyone else around, so we felt perfectly safe even with the unusual door situation. There was an unpleasant smell in the apartment and hallway outside that lingered in our clothes and bags when we got back, but once that issue is taken care of, I would recommend this stay for its convenience and downtown location.