Yeah, check to see if you can fit the venetia over your shoulder if that's important to you, I can, but I find I hold it in my hand most of the time anyhow.
The reason I chose it over the blake was because I'm one of those people who always, thoughtlessly puts items into my bag. I throw my keys in, my wallet, papers etc... so I'd ALWAYS be searching through the Blake, given it's design.
I knew it would be frustrating to spend time going through the three parts of it to find things, OR I'd just end up using the middle part of the bag, so I opted for the Venetia.
Plus, the Venetia is more esthetically pleasing to me.
HTH!!
