Splash!

Splash is the answer to a traveller’s last minute or late night personal shopping needs. The Boutique is immediately inside the Loew’s Hotel. It’s signature feature is an undulating aquarium, over a white leather bench that separates the hotel lobby from the store. Inside, there are gift items smacking of chi-​chi Miami Beach. There is also a great assortment of men’s casual clothes, primarily made in Italy. And women’s evening wear — featuring form-​fitting silks and sequins in the $ 300 range. For toiletries, Splash takes the discrete route and provides rows of travel sized toothpaste etc inside a stack of drawers, almost hidden in a corner wall. The kids can pick plush toys, which were stacked about six high and one over the other on top of a lounge — I think in homage to a similar exhibit at the Art fair in town. No snooty service — the most annoying questions that we couldn’t help but overhear were answered with a smile.