My family and I (2 adults, one teen and one pre-teen) stayed at Joanna's place for 8 days in July, while Manhattan was baking in a scorching heat wave. Staying in Joanna's house (built in 1854) was the quintessential East Village experience, perhaps the best and most atmospheric AirBnB we ever stayed at. Take some time to look at the pictures and read the framed letters. This is a house with stories and history, a house with a heart and lungs, not a pre-fab, "built-for-rent" accommodation. Have a glass of rose on the patio hanging amongst brick walls and vines. If you're a writer (who isn't?), take yourself to the artist's studio on the fourth floor at night and work on your blog or novel. The location is second to none, close to great restaurants, parks, subway and archetypal NYC sights. After a long, hot day of exploration, it was nice to come back to Joanna's house, open a beer and sit on the front steps with a book. Joanna's house became a central feature of our stay in Manhattan. We would return in a heartbeat.