His partner resurfaced as the owner of trendy hotels.

In a few years, they'd be able to afford a nice weekend at a trendy hotel.

The same goes for other cities that have sprouted bumper crops of inexpensive, trendy hotels.

New art galleries, shops, public sculptures and a host of trendy little hotels are still multiplying.

A concierge at a trendy hotel can help, too.

There are a few fancy restaurants and boutiques, but the trendiest hotel in town is across the street from an auto parts store.

"They have turned out to be very popular," André Balazs, owner of the trendy year-old hotel, said.

"Going to Miami and sitting by the pool at some trendy hotel that you've been to a million times doesn't seem very interesting to me," he said.

That's all they wear at these trendy hotels.

The former bullfighters' haunt was recently converted into the city's trendiest hotel.