This lovely home is just what we needed on our first visit to Portland. The two bedroom, one bath suited our party of three perfectly. The beds were remarkably comfortable - we all slept very well during our five nights here. The first day of our visit to Portland received an unseasonable high of +/- 100 degrees, so we really appreciated the window A/C units in the bedrooms! The remaining days were so nice we spent the mornings and evenings with the doors open. The fully equipped kitchen had everything we needed. Though we didn’t really “cook” you could easily make all your meals here. The available washer and drier (in the kitchen area) helped us travel lighter and not have to pack home stinky running clothes.
We appreciated the opportunity to “live like a local”, enjoying time in a quiet neighborhood (Woodstock in this case) that was away from downtown. Note that neighborhood living means narrower streets with curbside parking on each side with basically one lane down the middle. Everyone works with this, however, giving oncoming cars room by pulling to the curb when space allows. If you want to give the Portland public transit a try, the #17 bus that runs downtown is a short walk down the street. Know that this home is on the East side of the river, so if you plan to spend a lot of time downtown, at Washington park or anything else on the West side of the river, you will spend a bit of time in your car. There are only so many bridges that connect West to East and it gets quite clogged during normal rush hour times.
We found plenty of good food options within 10 minutes of the house. Mary Beth recommended Cibo’s /chee-bo/ happy hour menu. Look them up for details – their pizza is great!
Mary Beth is a gracious hostess. During our two brief visits in the yard (she lives in the house behind this one), she was full of information about activities and good food options. And this woman keeps a beautiful garden! All areas around the house from the curb to the back house had flowers a-bloom during our late-June visit and everything was neat as a pin!
Can you tell we liked this place? We did! You will too!