There are a lot of things to appreciate about this place. Apart from the name(and a love of plastic flowers outside and in), it is put together with good taste, and the strong personal touch makes a weekend here like being in the home of a friend. It set out in a very characterful way, is very well appointed and avoids the rustic trappings some other cottages in the Sierra have(no love bird birdhouses or deer-with-candlestick-in-its-back lamps or paint-by-numbers bear pictures here). Its also ideal for a small group or a couple(and this seems a rarity in Tahoe: 8 person cottages seem the norm). Our party was three adults, and it worked really well. The location, in the wooded back streets of Kings Beach, is nothing special(at least in winter when we were there) but we were out on the slopes all day anyway and it provides convenient access to North Star and, somewhat further away, Alpine and Squaw. It is also really close to the I80 and Truckee. Despite a snow storm the weekend of our visit, the back streets were well-ploughed, and we had no problem getting to it. We had a caretaker-oversight which soured our arrival(no water) but the owners were very responsive the next day, got it sorted out quickly and were generally very helpful.
