I travelled to Portland for a conference and could not have picked a better place as my "home base". Cheryl's lovely house is situated in a very nice, green neighbourhood from which it was easy to get to and from the Oregon Convention Center using public transport (bus line 15 is right around the corner, other bus stops are in ~10 minutes walking distance). The house is on a quiet street – apart from the odd car, I only heard the neighbours' chickens clucking sometimes – yet only minutes away from a cluster of small restaurants, coffee shops (& a tea house!) and Portland's oldest cinema (Avalon Theater, a second-run cinema where I caught a movie I'd missed at home) on Southeast Belmont Street. I arrived late, when Cheryl had already gone to bed, but she'd sent me instructions on how to get into the house and I was greeted by another guest, who was staying in the downstairs room. As a European bewildered by the custom of wearing shoes inside one's home, particularly on carpeted floors, I welcomed Cheryl's "leave shoes at the front door" policy. Both rooms available are really nice and just as pictured, and have a pitcher of fresh (filtered) water and several sheets with lots of info, including recommendations for nearby places to eat and drink, waiting for guests. I'd been unaware each has a small room/walk-in closet attached to it, which is convenient for storing one's suitcase and things. The wooden floor of the upper room as well as the stairs are a bit creaky, so I was worried I might wake someone at some point, but it seemed not to be a problem. I had not actually looked for a place that included breakfast, but was happy in the end this AirBnB did! There was bread + margarine, various kinds of cereal + milk, fresh fruit and tea available and we guests sometimes even had brekkie together. As I was busy with my conference, I sadly could not join a wine tasting Cheryl suggested we and her go to, but we had a really tasty home-cooked dinner together on one of my first nights, during which we had a chance to get better acquainted with one another. Cheryl has lived in my home-city in the past, which quickly became one of the topics of our conversation, though we certainly did not run out of things to talk about! Cheryl turned out to be a wonderful host who was happy to chat when she was home; at the same time, I had all the "alone time" I needed. Due to other plans, I missed out on accompanying her to her vegetable garden in another part of the city, but she and I managed to have another excellent dinner at a Thai restaurant close-by on my last evening. I'm definitely going to recommend Cheryl's place to all friends and acquaintances travelling to Portland and would happily stay with her and her cat Pepino again!