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New Boutique Hotel Opens in Cartagena

Yesterday, while browsing at the incomparable Idelwild, a travel book store in New York's Union Square, I learned that the store is having trouble keeping South American guide books in stock -- the weather starts to get super nice down around those parts just as North American weather takes a nose dive.

If you're looking for a good South American destination to aim for, try Cartagena -- which has been called the next Buenos Aires. There's a new place to stay, too: The Tcherassi, a boutique hotel owned and designed by Latin fashion designer Silvia Tcherassi. She restored and renovated a 250 year old colonial mansion in the heart of the old city for the project, creating a hotel with just seven rooms, each named after a fabric she works with. The result seems a decidedly happy marriage of the old with sleek contemporary lines. (The roof pool is pictured here, see the gallery below for other images.) If The Tcherassi lives up to its promise, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see it become a regular on hot design hotel lists.

Gallery: The Tcherassi Hotel in Cartagena

Entrance to Hotel Tcherassi Restaurant VERA

Tags: boutique hotel, BoutiqueHotel, cartagena, hotel, southamerica, wintertravel, wintertravel-pedia

Cartagena Satchel by 7 for All Mankind, Handbag of the Day

by Laura Malesich (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Handbags

Certainly 7 for All Mankind has created some beautiful, chic and comfortable jeans but handbags? I wasn't so sure but I have to say, I like it! This patent leather and canvas satchel in subtle gray hues features a zig-zag pattern along the handles and outer rim with a splash of raspberry. The bag has a top zipper, inside pockets and two outer slit pockets and comes with a dust bag to keep it protected on the rare occasion it isn't on your arm. Pick this beauty up for a mere $365. (10.2" x 15.9" x 4.7")

[via What's Haute]

Gallery: Cartagena Satchel