The apartment was first-rate. The landlady, Debbie, had gone out of her way to stock it with a large array of pots, pans, small appliances, kitchen utensils, tea towels and dish rags, numerous kitchen gadgets, disposables such as laundry detergent and softener, paper towels, Kleenex, dishwasher detergent -- there was even a welcome card and bottle of wine in the fridge. The apartment itself seems near new and was clean as could be. Debbie went out of her way to respond to needs and questions. I told her she set the gold standard for landladies.