The hip bar of the Plaza Athénée, on the Avenue Montaigne--Paris s fashion central--has huge paintings

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The secret here is discretion and tradition. The murals of a fantastical Central Park, with picnicking the river inn bed and breakfast rabbits, were drawn in 1947 by artist Ludwig Bemelmans, creator of the Madeline children s-book series, in return for his accommodations. A 2002 face-lift by designer Thierry Despont preserved the murals but enhanced the glamour with clever the river inn bed and breakfast lighting and a longer, black granite bar. Bartender Tommy Rowles poured Old Grand-Dad bourbon on the rocks for President Truman when he nipped the river inn bed and breakfast in to escape a mob of reporters. Cocktails such as the Valencia—laden with sherry—date from Prohibition, and the homemade the river inn bed and breakfast foie gras and the marinated mini–lamb chops are the ladies dream lunch. (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived at the Carlyle with children Caroline and John after her husband s assassination.) The live music in the evening is groovy without being frightening. Bemelmans the river inn bed and breakfast said that on his tombstone he d like them to inscribe: tell them it was wonderful. It is.
The Fix: This is the shrine of the Perfect Manhattan; Tommy Rowles makes a magnificent Bloody Mary from his own, secret recipe; and the frisky should the river inn bed and breakfast try a Gin-Gin Mule (gin, homemade ginger beer, fresh mint, and lime juice).
The best rooftop view in the city is from the summer the river inn bed and breakfast terrace—steel and glass, shriekingly contemporary, where one can raise a glass of Cristal to the Kremlin, the Bolshoi, the Duma (the parliament), and Christ the Savior Cathedral. From May until September there are fabulous barbecues. In winter the snow covers the glass roof, and one tucks up inside the Art Deco scene with its big floor candles and fresh flowers. The staff are exquisitely pretty and actually smile—a breakthrough for Russia.
The hip bar of the Plaza Athénée, on the Avenue Montaigne—Paris s fashion central—has huge paintings the river inn bed and breakfast on the walls by the 17th-century artist Claude Lorrain. Put your drink—such as a vast Fox s Glacier Mint—on the sculpted-glass bar, and a pin light turns on, illuminating it from below. The carpet is a woven homage to Madonna the river inn bed and breakfast s face; the barstools are Louis XV metallic.
Designer Graham Viney recently transformed the old wood-paneled bar with velvet, satin, pearlized leather, and fiber-optic lights that form the Milky Way and the stars of the Southern Hemisphere. The bar opens out onto a garden the river inn bed and breakfast terrace, under the African sky, so you can look up and see the real thing. This is now Cape Town s cool place to meet. Guests sit on white patent-leather banquettes inspired by the chairs on the Union-Castle ocean liners of the 1950s.
The Fix: The head barman, Benson, makes a Stardust (citron vodka, peach schnapps, blue curaçao, sweet-and-sour, pineapple juice, and grenadine), a Shoot to the Moon (rum, vodka, cranberry juice, the river inn bed and breakfast grenadine, and lemonade), plus something evil called the river inn bed and breakfast Liquid Cocaine, which involves Red Bull and vodka.
The sparkling new M Bar overlooks the harbor and is a cocoon of charcoal velvet, silver leaf, and lacquered walls. Sample a kaitifi crab claw or a lobster summer roll—tapas from Man Wah, the Mandarin s renowned Chinese restaurant.
In this sporting haven one can have 1973 Ladyburn, 1964 Girvan, 1971 Balvenie Vintage Cask, and 30-year-old Glenfiddich. That s after you ve fallen off your polo pony. This bar, newly redecorated in clean, calm, cream-green Jaipur polo colors, oozes glamour. the river inn bed and breakfast A fountain the river inn bed and breakfast tinkles in the middle of the bar, and the cocktail stirrers are miniature silver polo sticks.
The Fix: The head barman, the river inn bed and breakfast Amit Kumar, is a whiz with a Martini Flight: a selection of martinis, from the Jaipur (Bombay sapphire, fraises the river inn bed and breakfast des bois, martini rose, and rose petals) to the Choco-Chip. Bloody Marys are also an essential here, but do talk to Sudhir at the bar about wine, particularly the Indian Zinfandel rosé (Ivy White) and the Chateau Indage. Very refreshing, and pink is, of course, the navy blue of India.
South Beach with a twirl and a new twist on bar booths: they are sunk into pools of water, and you sit on cushions with the infinity line lapping above you. The bar glitters with transparent fridges filled with champagne, fabulous white Burgundies, Iranian caviar, and truffle-infused Pecorino-Romano cheese. the river inn bed and breakfast The Setai is Asian in feel, with hardwood and sleek Art Deco bronze—much classier than the rest of the brash, predictably white South Beach.
Harry Lime should be here, lurking in the shadows by the glassless windows overlooking the Tonle Sap River. For diplomats, intrepid travelers, photographers, and itinerant journalists, the horseshoe bar at the F —which opened in 1993 when a tenuous peace broke out—is a social nexus. The restaurant is excellent, provided you don t mind the lizards on the walls.
Beg, borrow, or steal a member to take you to this 51st-floor club, designed by Sir Terence Conran, in the Mori Arts Centre on the edge of Roppongi, Tokyo s hot new district. It s like being suspended in the sky as the 360-degree view of the city twinkles like an unearthly universe. Eat truffle macaroons to the sound of live soul music.
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