I really like this handbag (bag; purse) -- a lot. It is difficult to find a bag with these dimensions (and dimension-ratio) plus in Hobo style plus has shoulder-strap. My old handbag, a Stone Mountain (leather) hobo I've used for 30 years, does not fit my iPad 1, a bottled-water, or has an outer cellphone pocket -- this does. This handbag/bag fits iPad 1 (in Speck Pixelskin Silicone Case for iPad 1st Generation). [As people may know, the iPad 1 is bigger than iPad 2 and 3.] The righthand front (zipper) pocket is perfect for cellphone (in my case, iPhone in Speck Pixelskin Silicone Case) (I would've liked a pen-slot for my stylus too). The lefthand front (flap) pocket I put my keys (keyring) in. I do not buy any bag that doesn't have shoulder-strap -- this bag has a shoulder-strap (I usually wear my bag crossbody).

I would've preferred at least one of the end zipper pockets be HIGHER and a tad WIDER so it (formally) fits a bottle of water (in my case, Perrier, which is a wider-than-usual circumference), and which has a "double" zipper (to zip up the bottle on both sides of the bottle). Pockets for water-bottles are usually designed poorly (as an afterthought), by being made of mesh (yuck) that (1) has elastic that is too tight, therefore, not universal; (2) is not high enough; and (3) is not wide enough. I hate mesh-with-elastic bottle-pockets cuz they are almost always too tight, too small, and too unstable -- I need a pocket where the bottle stays put most of the time but the bottle is easy to remove/replace with one hand). The two (identical) end pockets of this bag are the bare-minimum of what I'm looking for in a bottle-pocket.

I use this bag as my everyday handbag, but it can also be considered a small/medium tote, travel, or book bag.

Somewhere in my readings of reviews on various websites, someone said that Baggallini is finally making more of its bags to have "structure" where the bag stands up on its own when set down instead of ending up in a slouched pile. This bag has structure (which I like). I hate it when the bag is otherwise perfect except when put down, it crumples into a 1-inch mess, sorta like a pool of water.

Being I am infinitely-picky in my handbag (it has to be "just so"), oftentimes when I finally find a handbag, after it gets old, that style is no longer made. Therefore, in the next month or two, I will be buying three more of this same bag in three different colors (4 bags total) -- to pack away for future use.

The color Bronze in the photo is not true to life -- the photo is way too dark. The true color is more of a tan. Go to the Baggallini website for the correct "Bronze" color (search for hobo).