Kara's place was great for our trip. It is a lovely, surprisingly spacious (for NY) and cozy apartment. We enjoyed the great big couch, color coded bookshelf, Apple TV, kind and pleasant building neighbors, nicely furnished and finished rooms- bath and kitchen are nice! Bed was very comfortable- and more. Morningside was great for breakfast, as Kara recommended, and so was Pompette wine shop on 131st. She was very accommodating in every way and using her space was comfortable and felt natural. We loved being able to walk to the 135th st. Station to catch 2 & 3 trains to get around Manhattan easily. The only difficulty for us was parking- free parking on the street is ample but we had to do a little dance to get a spot on a busy holiday weekend. It was no problem, just a necessary challenge because we had our car.