My wife and I had a great time at Cy's studio in Venice. Its perfectly located one block away from the beach. Cy is a very warm and happy host and gave us a lot of information. The Taco place down the street has some good garlic shrimp and chicken tacos!! Overall, we were extremely happy with our stay here, and we owe it to Cy.
If there was any advice I would give to future users, I would say, to practice up on your parallel parking. Its the case for most locations in Los Angeles, and it will definitely come in handy when you stay here.
Aside from parallel parking...its really a great location and I am really glad we decided to stay here :)