Sorina was a great host and welcomed us to the apartment and showed us where everything was. The place was great and very chic. I had to work one morning and it turned out to be a great place to work since she had a small desk set up already and good wifi. The neighborhood was fine - not too much around immediately but very close to many restaurants and other places. It was between two bus routes that took us straight into Culver City and there was a great bike/walking path a block away (though we did not get a chance to use Sorina's bicycles).