This place absolutely lives up to the rave reviews its gotten from previous guests! The photos and description on the site are spot on. Have successfully rented apartments in Hamburg and Toronto using other servers, so this was the first time with AirBnB. They should use Valerie's place as their prime advertisement! For us, two seniors in Portland for a Lions Clubs conference, the ease of parking and the ten-minute drive to the convention center were especially convenient. But everything else was so very perfect that we wished we were there simply for a vacation, and we felt sorry for our friends who were stuck in local hotel rooms. It's tempting to run on about all the great facets of this quite special place, but all of the info is available at the site, so we'll just say that if we ever get back to the area, the first place we'll check for availability will be Valerie's!