Polly Vernon stalks TV sensation Serena van de Woodsen in Manhattan's Palace Hotel Gilt Bar

An East End bar takes CG back to the irresistible glamour of the speakeasy and prohibition says Polly Vernon

Lush new furnishings, roaring log fires ... it was all going so well - until we found the bar, says Polly Vernon

Salon de Ning at The Peninsula in New York has everything going for it, says Polly Vernon

Forget the doom and gloom and cheer yourself up with gilt-edged luxury, liveried doormen and killer cocktails. Polly Vernon visits the Connaught Bar

Take a poolside setting, jet lag, some famous faces, a good climate, lots of Pinot Grigiot and stir well. Polly Vernon checks out the Skybar in Los Angeles

Cocktail Girl relives her date with the world's most fancied - and most fictional - man

London's most famous alternative venue does a roaring trade in Snakebite and Black, and mysterious - and very potent - shots, says Polly Vernon

A flawless V&T, an impressive celeb count and a trip to the loo with Agyness Deyn - welcome to Northern glamour, says Polly Vernon

Drinks in the visitors' room, a bedroom in a cell - the Malmaison's former jail in Oxford is truly Clink Chic

Chilly and packed it may be, but the new London St Pancras champagne bar is romance itself, says Polly Vernon

It doesn't come much cooler and more desirable than the bar at the Hotel Costes, Paris, say Polly Vernon

Bungalow 8 is London's most desirable watering hole, it's glitzy ... and it's empty, says Polly Vernon.

Polly Vernon goes off piste at Brumus.

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