The Little Villa is a welcoming, well equipped, and wonderfully situated flat in the heart of Echo Park (Sunset Blvd is a short walk, and Echo Park Lake just beyond), with its terrific restaurants, cafes, bookstores, and vintage shops, and very close to Silver Lake (ditto) and downtown, which is undergoing a real renaissance. Phoebe is very proactive and responsive, and took a little emergency--my loss of keys--completely in stride. As a writer, I need to spend long hours at my desk at home, and the Little Villa turned out to be an ideal place to work in quiet during the day and to enjoy the cool of an LA evening. Street parking is straightforward and the location--bus lines are near and the freeway access quick and easy--is perfect for exploring LA in all directions.