Tamara's place is comfortable and she made me feel at home. Her dog is friendly and generally quiet. It is in a busy area, close to many good restaurants, near Century 21 department store, around the corner from a subway entrance. The down side of that is that nearby parking is not easy to find, and I found the place somewhat noisy at night given open windows, which were needed because it's a NYC apartment with steam heat that would be on the warm side otherwise. But parking was available without much difficulty a few blocks away, and I was prepared with ear plugs.