Izabela was a wonderful host! I visited Vancouver for a work conference, but wanted to tack on a couple of extra days to explore. Her place is easy to find, and is definitely cute! There's an Asian grocery store on the ground level, if you're looking for some good, cheap snacks to keep you going during your explorations, and a couple of nice restaurants right around the corner. The only thing I might say (and this has nothing to do with Izabela, who was incredibly accommodating and the best host one could ask for), is that if you're a girl traveling by yourself, I might carefully plan my route back to her place if you plan to stay out after dark. I was completely comfortable during the day, but usually made sure I was back at the apartment around dusk and made sure I took certain streets back to avoid some of the people from East Hastings.