Booking with Annie and Dan was a breeze, and staying at their lovely home in the stylish heart of downtown Manhattan was a dream. We arrived a couple of hours earlier than expected and they moved heaven and earth to accommodate and get the place ready for us (and checked in during our stay to make sure everything was going okay). The apartment is at the top of five steep flights of stairs; your reward for the climb is a relatively quiet perch above SoHo with a quintessential gorgeous skyline view of rooftops and water towers. It’s NYC-sized one-bedroom, and might be a tight fit for two couples, but it’s pretty, bright, super-comfortable (both beds are amazing) and absolutely immaculate — and the kitchen is weirdly spacious and well-equipped with not one but two different kinds of coffeemaker. Both heat and AC work really well, which can be a big deal given the extremes of NYC weather. And of course we were steps away from good bodegas, subway lines, cafes and restaurants, and the new Morgenstern’s ice cream shop! In short, the perfect place for a perfect city jaunt.