Penelope's Alberta Arts Abode is EXACTLY as pictured and described. I literally can't think of a single negative, or even less-than-positive, aspect of our stay. The place is clean and comfortable, and ideally located near the shops and eateries of Alberta Street (my wife walked for coffee each morning, and never went to the same coffee shop twice), yet is far enough from Alberta that you don't hear any traffic. And Penelope is a very communicative host. We were never in a position of wishing we knew how to contact her, or if it was OK to contact her (not that there was ever a need to). Everything was covered in her emails and house notes. When we visit Portland, we have no reason to want to stay anywhere else.