Lovely Private Room

This is a high ceilinged room with a built in fireplace. It has tall bay windows that face onto Ashbury Street. The four poster bed was handmade in Vermont and rugs are hand woven. The room is my guest room that I have opened up for BnB visitors. The 1900 victorian building is quiet, secure, and lovely, with long time trusted tenants in the other two rental units.

Neighborhood overview: This neighborhood has been the delight of my life. I moved around the corner on Downey Street with my 5 year old daughter in 1961 in order for her to enter kindergarten in a good S.F. public school.
Watching the Haight transform from a quiet old fashioned neighborhood to the center of the Hippie 60's has been fascinating, especially since my husband and I were part of it.
The changes are amazing, and gentrification has also made possible more paths, parks, transportation improvements, high rises, symphony halls and jazz centers.
We still have neighborhoods, a wonderful mix of ethnicities, and food that is known world wide.
Cole Street -- three blocks away -- now has Japanese, French, Italian and Spanish restaurants along with Pete's coffee, hamburger and crepes and a cheese shop.
Golden gate park is a 15 minute walk away. And Buena Vista park is 3 blocks away. My house is actually on the slopes of Mt Olympus which is the geographica

Neighbourhood: Haight Ashbury
Property type: Private room in home
Room type: Private room
Accommodates: 2
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1 shared bath
Beds: 1
Price per night: $90.00
Amenities: Private entrance, Fire extinguisher, Coffee maker, Smoke alarm, Bed linens, Indoor fireplace, Hot water, Backyard, Hair dryer, Ethernet connection, Heating, Dedicated workspace, Self check-in, Hangers, Lock on bedroom door, Carbon monoxide alarm, Essentials, Shampoo, Extra pillows and blankets, Lockbox, Wifi

About the host: I have lived in this converted 1900 victorian house for over 30 years. I fell in love with it and bought  it in 1974. 

Besides my passion for early childhood education, I have spent time with poets and environmentalists in the 50s, 60's and 70s. 
North Atlantic Press published my collected poems "Catching Light" in 2013. I spend weekends with my long time partner and filmmaker Lawrence Jordan.