My two teenage daughters and I wanted to venture outside of our city of Seattle and chose to land in New York City for a seven-day vacation. I wanted to share with them the experience of embedding in a NYC residential community. I myself hadn't been to the city since 1990, barely a post teen at that time, so I too was looking to see what it's like to live in the City of New York. Thus, staying at a hotel was not an option. I was thrilled to find VRBO, to say the least. We had thousands of options, but we chose this unit, and I made the best choice for many reasons, and so should you. Here's why: The apartment is situated on a very quite residential street. I woke up on the sleeper sofa every morning hearing only birds chirping at 7A. I imagined there would be more hustle and bustle! The 10 ft windows gleamed with sunlight, overlooking this very quite street. Of course, I could have shuddered them, but why? The interior is mixed with new: beautiful wood flooring and tiled bathroom; and old: the woodwork around the fireplace and above the kitchen is true mastery from early 1910. The detail in the wood was remarkable. The bathroom housed all of my and my teenager's belongings with much more drawers and shelving left over, unused. The lighting in the bathroom is perfect: not too dark or not too bright, just perfect. The granite counter space is beautiful. My daughters stayed in the bedroom, which had lots of storage space. We unpacked and we each had more then enough space in this room for our shoes, clothing, suitcases, computers. The kitchen offers a host of amenities, there was nothing it did not have to offer that we needed. It served it's purpose, as we ate in most of the time. Fresh food was just around the corner, and priced below moderate, which surprised me, as I've heard "everything in New York City is expensive". Not true in this neighborhood. The building is secured with a camera above the stoop, which is comforting, yet I never felt unease walking the streets coming back from our adventure that day at sometimes 11, Midnight. The neighboring people, overall are very nice offering us smiles, pats to their dogs as we walked by at all times of the day. Subway stations are offered on each side of the street, depending on where you go. Commuting only by subway, we saw may stations. The stations close to this apartment (81st and 79th) were some of the cleanest, well-lit of them all. I need not look any further for a home-away-from home in NYC!