Andrew met us at our apartment in Greenwich Village on our first morning in NYC and immediately gave us a sense of our locality, pointing out that our street was where the iconic Bob Dylan album Freewheelin' cover photo was taken. He was thoughtful about accommodating our interests and gave us an eclectic mix of history, architecture, pop culture and the immigrant experience, taking us on a fascinating tour of lower Manhattan, including Chelsea, Chinatown and the Lower East Side. As a native New Yorker, he drew on his personal knowledge of the city to inform us about the history and culture, both past and more recent of the neighbourhoods we visited. Andrew also showed us how to use the the subway which is fairly daunting for first-timers and helped us feel confident enough to travel solo at the end of the tour. He was exceptionally kind and helpful when one of our party left a camera in a shop on our trail and tirelessly tracked it down for us. He was also good at taking us to out of the way places like the Sephardic-Romaniot synagogue and Essex Market. Andrew's relaxed and unhurried style was great, very reassuring, and yet we still managed to see so much and our half-day with him, which was without a doubt one of the most memorable of our stay,