Tara's place is excellent. The Hawthorne Guest House is in a perfect location in between two great streets for shopping, food, bars and coffee. The guest house is always clean and tidy. Very comfortable bed and great shower with plenty of hot water. Its in a nice quiet neighborhood with only a short walk to those shopping areas I mentioned. Tara is a great host, easy to contact with questions, and check-in and check-out are easy. This is such a nice place I've stayed here on two different trips to Portland.