LOCATION: right next to the beautiful Highline Park, a scenic (check out the architecture) short walk to subway, surrounded by bus stops, in the heart of gorgeous Chelsea - you won't be disappointed! Mum and I felt perfectly safe travelling to and from at all hours of the day and night.
FOOD: We loved having so many great options for eating out right at our doorstep. Art and Ed kindly provided us with coffee and breakfast items and also recommended some awesome places to eat lunch and dinner. If you're lucky, they might even whip up their signature dishes for you - Ed, I'm still thinking about that Navy bean soup :)
OUR ROOM: oh so comfy beds, perfect temperature, quiet (even though there was renovations happening in the building we didn't hear a thing), TV was great to chill out to, a big plus was power points everywhere for us to charge our gear, sufficient wardrobe space and the bathrobes were a lovely touch! We slept like babies.
BATHROOM: Spotless, clean, our own space to use with everything we needed right next to our room which was super handy.
KITCHEN: Personally, I loved this space the most as it was the hub of Art & Ed's place. A light filled, clean cozy area to have breakfast while watching people walk the highline, recount the day/night adventures to Art & Ed and if you're deemed acceptable, play with Castor & Pollux (the tabbies). Got my mum's stamp of approval for clean & tidy too :)
LOUNGE: We used the kitchen area mostly but we loved the soft music in the lounge as we came home.
ART & ED: Talk about raising the bar - my mum's bucket list trip to NYC was made extra special by these two stand-out hosts. Genuine care for our need for space and a willingness to interact with us, share their stories and listen to ours really helped us to connect with the new Manhattan. Art's communication from the start reassured us that things were organised! Art was instrumental in prioritising our sight-seeing (the UN tour & The MET rooftop was a great tip) - he's just a wonderfully kind person that we are so grateful to have met :) Ed is full of awesome stories and I wish we had more time to chat!! Thanks for the movie too Ed :) Castor & Pollux - the space wouldn't be fun without these gorgeous creatures. I'm not a cat person but I loved these two. They keep to themselves and are immaculately clean.
VALUE: If you're looking for the best of NYC & Airbnb combined, you can't go wrong with these hosts. Can't recommend highly enough.