Marin gave us a very friendly welcome to a nice apartment in a wonderful, tree-lined neighborhood. Easy to walk to lots of stores and restaurants, and downtown is no more than 20 minutes, even if you walk slowly. Bus service is only a couple of blocks away to get you anywhere you want to go.

The only complaint was the noise in the neighborhood, but I'm guessing that's entirely because we were there on the 4th of July. We could have closed the windows, but the refreshing night air was worth it, even with random fireworks until at least 1:00 am.