I Heart Brooklyn

Our hosts, Allen and Ann, are old-school AirBnb, greeting us at the door and inviting us to join them for their nightly news-viewing. Their home is beautiful; high-ceilinged and filled with art and books. Allen tells me it has been leased to celebrities over the years; Keira Knightly, Emily Blunt, and Matthew Goode, who lived here for six months while filming a series. They aren’t supposed to know who their tenants are, but the neighbours keep an eye out, and report back. I would want to live here, if I could. I mean, who wouldn’t?

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