Dena is very friendly and open minded person who is ready to put all her effort to make you feel like home. The only issue we had was regarding the heating - as it was pretty cold in NYC when we were there, it was pretty cold in the apartment as well. We were allowed to use the heaters at our room but the other parts of the apartment were still too cool for me. Consider this if you are sensitive to the cold issues as I am. Other than this was all fine and I would recommed Dena as your host in NYC.