Let's go shopping. Photograph: AP
Summer and lists are clearly the themes du jour down on the blog. And we want to give away some lovely copy from next Sunday's Food magazine. So how about the ultimate list of places to find a man this summer, as exclusively researched by OFM's team of femmes fatales.
1. The Macamudo Fumoir at Claridge's, Brook Street, London W1 Upscale hotel bars simultaneously suggest class and sleaze. Fumoir at Claridge's is cigar-y, bloke-y, yet chic. Man type: older, suave, pin- striped variety of male.
2. The Living Room, 80 Deansgate, Manchester Unremarkable except for the fact that it's a fave destination for Manchester United players. Man type: footballers, footballer wannabes, flash boys.
3. Nikki Beach, St-Jean, St Barts It's hot, it's beautiful, it's a draw for the decadent young jet set who are in the habit of giving themselves champagne showers, and it's got individual canopied booths. Man type: P Diddy inspired.
4. The Passerby, 436 West 15th Street, New York A bar designed to impress the hipster dive-connoisseur variety of boy. Edgy, dark, debauched. Man type: Indie, arty, drunk.
5. Dome, 14 George Street, Edinburgh Housed in a beautiful -building, it's got mosaics and a spectacular cupola. Man type: Scottish, I imagine.
6. The Elbow Room, 64 Park Street, Clifton, Bristol West Country outpost of London's premier pool bar: sleek and lounge-y. Man type: Polo shirt-wearing casual.
7. Blanch House, 17 Atlingworth Street, Brighton A very sexy bar in a very sexy hotel. Is it a bar, or is it foreplay? Man type: Decadent music video producers.
8. The Princess, 76 Paul Street, London E2 A brilliant hybrid of a gastropub and reckless young Hoxton person's local. Man type: Cool scenesters.
9. Sobar, Arcadian Centre, Birmingham A pre-club noodle bar with cocktails, dim lighting and a terrace for summer boozing. Suitable for the buzzy high voltage variety of date. Man type: Neo clubbers.
10. Randall & Aubin, 16 Brewer Street, London WC2 A lightly flirtatious bar, which says lots of good things about the bird that selects it for a date venue. Like 'decadent,' and 'sexy' and also 'champagne and oysters.' Man type: Fish lovers.
