Hilary's place is in a nice quite suburb in SE Portland that's just a 10 minute walk from local restaurants. Her place is very spacious and the shared area is comfortable. The room was clean, and my girlfriend had no trouble using the desk to work one day. The bathroom was shared with another guest, but it was well stocked and very clean. Hilary was very friendly and social and gave us great local tips, but also didn't mind us curling up in our room for a quiet night of relaxing. But of course the highlight of our stay was playing with her dogs Bear and Nina and her cat Buddha. They're all very friendly, but Bear in particular will never turn down a game of tug-of-war and he always put a smile on our face :)