Entries from the Guest Book-Apartment 309 8-8-10 Amazing stay, really comfortable, no wierd or crazy neighbors, walking distance to EVERYTHING. Johnny was great, really really cool guy. Definitely recomment to friends. 100% satisfied. Very spacious. No haunted rooms, which I'm grateful for :) Most definitely made our stay in Seattle amazing. -Dan from Los Angeles 8-8-10 The BEST place I ever stayed in! I don't ever want to stay in a Hotel again. This place set the standards very high. I would love to come again soon. I'll recommend to everyone. Thanks for a wonderful experience! -Paloma, from L.A. CA 7-31-10 We had a great time. The apartment was wonderful. Comfortable beds, stocked kitchen, 3 TVs, and 2 bathrooms. Everything was clean and the music was nice. We used the bus a lot. We did have a last minute car so thanks Johnny for the last minute parking pass! Everyone we met was friendly and if we come back to Seatle we wold definitely come to stay here again. Thanks for a great experience here! Natalie Poulin, Irvine, CA 9-12-10 Had a blast-fabulous location, lovely accommodations, and remarkable Seattle weather! Thanks so much for the hospitality, we'll absolutely stay here again. P.S. Quinn's had great food, Rosebud great nightcaps, & Pike Street great entertainment (the people watching was superb!) -Maria, Krustin and Jeff, Houghton, Mi 9-18-10 Thank you for the beautiful home. Great to be right in the city and so comfortable. We all really enjoyed our stay. -Joleen Rumsey and Mark Rumsey, Michigan 6/8/08 Love your place! Very comfortable and well furnished with everything we needed-even a BBQ! Made our stay very enjoyable-hate to leave! -The Hendrens, Pittsburg CA 6/9-6/18/08 What a comfy place! A real home away from home. My parents and I came up from Lake Charles, Louisiana to see my sister's graduation and wedding. But seriously, this place has a wonderful view, triple thick windowpanes, and really soft pillows. It's well furnished, and at a great location. (For all you out-of-town folks with cars, there's a Shell station right up on Broadway-it's incredibly difficult to find a fill-station around here.) Another thing to check out are the parks. Cal-Anderson's in walking distance. Ask Johnny about the cool resale shops. Even better, ask Johnny about going to swim-it's great, you'll have a blast. The weather was nice and cool, the people here are really friendly! People watching here was a blast. Anyways, we loved it! We're staying here if we/when we pass this way again. -Written by the daughter of Glenn and Johnnye Ward 6/29/08 We loved the apartment and location! Thanks for making the process from start to finish so easy. We will definitely stay here again when in the area. -Nancy and Sean Gunderson, Phoenix, AZ 7/02/08 Great place to stay-well furnished and comfortable-close to downtown and convenient for travel in all directions. Wonderful weather-even an bit warm. Seattle has so much to see and do -great restaurants. We loved our day trips to La Conner, B.C. and Bainbridge. The Pike neighborhood was great-wonderful diversity. -John and Sherry Billings, San Antonio, TX 7/9/08 What a wonderful place. We enjoyed staying in such a comfortable place. Wish our stay was longer. -Brad Johnson and Family, Pittsburg, PA P.S. Special shout-out to Johnny-thanks for taking such good care of us. 7/10 - 7/23/09 Had a great time people watching around the neighborhood. Great restaurants: Seattle Art Museum-Taste; The Pink Door-Patio; Elliott's-nice views; Café Champagne, Steelhead. Went to Snoqualmie Falls, Mt. Rainier, Ballard (Chittenden) Locks, Red Hook Brewery, Discovery Park. For Sunday Brunch try Crave on 12th Ave and Pine. -Unsigned entry 7/30/08 Wow! What a fast paced fun loving apartment right at the center of everything…literally!! We had an amazing stay. We look forward to another stay at St. John's! Thank you Johnny for taking such good care of us! -The Lyons, from Alberta Canada 8/4/08 Wow! What a blast we had at the St. John. We were in town for my sister's wedding here on Capitol Hill and the apartment was perfect for our two boys. Johnny was so helpful and we enjoyed having out with him at the Rosebud on our first night here! We will come back the next time we're in town! Thanks so much! Meg, Todd, Jack and Will, from Vermont 8/21/08 What can we say? We love this place, both Seattle and St. John's. We first found it on VRBO.com. Feels like we've come home when we arrive. Unit 309's appointments, furnishings, and the friendly management team provide the creature comforts that we long for but seldom find at, or with, any other lodging. We've been on the road for a week so far and have finally had a good night's sleep. This is the 2nd time here-last year when we visited there was no availability and we stayed at another VRBO.com. That was a disappointment ad we're happy to be back and look forward to our next visit to our 2nd home at St. John's. Favorite Stops: Nordstrom's, downtown. Pike Market. St. Mark's Cathedral (Episcopal Church with a great gift shop). La Rustica, restaurant in West Seattle. All restaurants downstairs. Teri and Steve Allstaedt, Ashville N.C. 9/12/08 Thanks for a very pleasant stay. We enjoyed the City and its lively activity. Pike's market was great and so were the restaurants. Everyone was very helpful and kind. Our yearly girls weekend was a great success. -The Women of Minnesota! 10/25/08 Had a great time-great apartment-so convenient for us-we will be back-hard for us to leave. Thanks so much for everything! -Mike and Jody Orreck, Illinois 11-30-08 this was our first time visiting Seattle and it won't be the last! We had so much fun and everyone was overwhelmingly nice. This apartment was so perfect for us. Thank you so much! -Kelly McNaught, Boston MA 12/3/08 We were here for work from Victoria, Canada. It was a huge snow and ice storm. The downside was not so much work got done, but the upside was a fabulous time in a lovely apartment in a great neighborhood. Thanks! -Rebecca,Victoria 12/8/08 Hi! I came to Seattle from Cheyenne Wyoming. I had an awesome time here in the city. Boy was it interesting. I met a lot of really nice people here. The apartment was wonderful! I hope I can come and visit again. Thank you to Johnny for all your help. Thanks so much! -Heather 1/2/09 Thank you for everything! We had such a wonderful time ringing in the New Year, tasting cream cheese and onion hot dogs and experiencing downtown. We would love to visit again and will definitely look you up. -On behalf of Jason, Nikoletta, Robert and Jamaal 1/13/09 We had and wonderful time. What a great place to be! Cozy, convenient & in the heart of this busy city! Thanks for the experience! -Jonnie, Billings MT 2/20/09 Many thinks for a wonderful stay in Seattle! We had a great time and the apartment was nice and convenient to come back to when we needed a break from sightseeing. Well be back again when we come through Seattle again! -Ming and Family 3/3/09 Thanks for the great place. Comfortable beds, nice towels, well stocked and clean. Great location and Johnny was very accommodating. We will recommend it! -The Smith Family 5/29/09 A great spot in the middle of an ultra hip area with great funky vibe made for a great trip. Bus lines nearby will run straight downtown which is walking distance anyhow. There's an awesome park nearby up a couple of blocks from Broadway. Beer drinkers head up Pike several blocks to Elysian Brewing…top notch. Great people watching, nice area to stroll. Mayor Johnny knows all, see/ask him for any tips/info. -Tim 6/10/09 A great place to stay! Walk one block north to Pine and catch bus #10, 11 or 49, goes West to within one block of Pikes Market-catch same bus between 3rd and 4th or Pike to come back-take bus 10 or 11 West to 5th and Pine to catch monorail to go to Space Needle-the Exp Music and Sciene Fiction Museum. Catch bus 5 just North of Pine on 3rd St. to go to Woodland Zoo. -Trace and Conner Wilhite, Collinsville, OK 6/24/09 We loved the apartment! Recommendations: the Pike Place Market for breakfast. La Paniera-croissants and piroskys are best! In Post Alley go to Yarmulka for Eastern European Veggie stuffed cabbage. Pike Place Chowder. Restaurants on Broadway: Annapurna (Indian) Byzantium (Greek). Steer clear of Bruno's on 3rd. Anthony's on the water-good, Chinnok on Lake Union-great. Check out the Center for Wooden Boats on Lake Union-free boat rides on Sunday Afternoon. Take a ferry ride to Pt. Townsend. Be sure to see Sterret House on Clay St. and Manresa Castle Hotel. Mitsker Maps on 1st Ave. And don't miss the Olympic Sculpture garden on the waterfront north of Pier 70. -Don and Terry Foster 6/28/09 We came for the inaugural Seattle Rock n Roll marathon and discovered what a great city Seattle is. St. John's is in the center of everything, restaurants, downtown, grocery store across the street, Hot Mama's Pizza is AWESOME! This is a beautiful city and I'm sure we will come back next year for the Seattle Marathon. Thank you! -Rose and friends, from L.A. 7/5/09 We came all the way from Sweden to see Seattle and it certainly didn't disappoint! My friends and I were so happy to have found this apartment to rent, and that didn't disappoint either! The place is clean and convenient, everything we needed was right here. It was like coming to stay at a friend's house. Thoroughly enjoyable! We were pleasantly surprised by the Honey Hole sandwiches place. Very interesting décor and excellent hamburgers! Thanks so much for providing this place for people to rent, it made our whole stay great! -Kimberly, Theresa and Seth 7/15/09 We had a fabulous time in Seattle. We were here for the national Veterinary conference. We loved the apartment; great location, very clean, perfect size. Johnny was very accommodating. We would definite stay here again, and would recommend it to anybody. This was our first trip to the Pacific Northwest, and we're excited to come back and see more in the future. We visited the International Rose Garden in Portland Or. And drove out to see the Columbia River Gorge. Very scenic. Of course we had to do the Space Needle. And Elliott's Oyster House had some of the best salmon we've had. Great City. -Aaron, Amber, Annika, Pat and Rhonda, from Tipton, Indiana 7/31/09 This was a very nice place to spend the week. We were in a great location and enjoyed the whole time we were here. Thank you! -Kate, Kyla, Zach, JJ 8/16/09 This was our 3rd time staying at St. John's-we won't stay anywhere else on our yearly visit. Can't beat hospitality, convenience, and comfort of this place. Remember to book early if you're planning a return visit since the book up pretty quickly-we missed out one year due to our delay9. Walked to everything-next year I think we'll forego the car for Seattle portion of our vacation. Best Restaurant found this trip: Tulio's, on 5th Ave between Seneca and Marion. We're foodies! It was great! Teri and Steve Allstaedt, Ashville, N.C. 8/31/09 We had a great stay here in Seattle! The apartment was clean, spacious, and comfortable, and convenient to public transportation. Thank you for your hospitality! -Family from Tasmania, Australia 9/22/09 I suggest you go downtown to the markets, it's really great! I also recommend a restaurant called "Boom Noodle" about 3 blocks up Pike (thanks for the tip, Johnny!). The hotel room is great! It's nice and clean, lots of room, etc. -Joe, Sandra, Sean, Sara, Gina and Liam 10/1/09 Four of us traveled from New Mexico to vacation here-had a wonderful time! Accommodations were great-well located to get everywhere we wanted to go by foot, and buses. Apartment was well equipped, quiet and clean. Thanks a Bunch! Tom and Susan, Gill and Julia, Albuquerque, N.M. 1/2/10 What a great New Year's in Seattle! The apartment was great. Good location, quiet and comfortable. Can't wait to come back! Thanks! -Nate and Leah, Shakopee, MN