The host is extremely helpful and gracious. The location - SoHo, 2 blocks from Chinatown - is a mixed bag: It is a short walk from many theaters, but it is almost in the middle of a lot of very crowded and noisy nightlife (especially Friday and Saturday). The kitchen is modern and useful; the remainder of the apartment is old (historical?) and peculiar. The shower is in a closet in one bedroom; the toilet is up a steep flight of stairs. I wonder what will happen when - not if - some guest falls down those stairs in the middle of the night.