Karin's house is clean, comfortable, and offers safe, walkable access to some of Portland's best restaurants and bars. It's also convenient to the highways you'll need to go into town, out to the Gorge, or wherever else you might day-trip in the area. The lack of a kitchen might throw you at first, but it's the same as most hotels and far more pleasant otherwise -- we never found it inconvenient. Karin also thoughtfully provided compensation for some construction work at the house, although we were never disturbed by it. And in the middle of August, the A/C was much appreciated!