We stayed four nights with Pamela and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. She was very welcoming and kind - even to our six year old daughter who wanted a tour of the entire house upon arrival! The location of her home is perfect - it is on a quiet tree lined street yet there are top restaurants within just a few blocks. We had a car and parking was easy except for the one evening when a local venue had music for the evening. With the car and the location of the house, getting downtown or anywhere was very very easy. The ease of going in an out of our private door was great - I did not feel like we were bothering the hosts at all, The thing I would mention is that this is a beautiful old pdx home with lots of charm - but that also means lots of wood floors upstairs which did creak in the early am when one of the hosts was up for work. But that really didn't bother us too much and good sleepers will not even notice. Having the entire basement was great - like a home away from home with bedroom, living area with extra futon bed and private bath. Very homey!