Have you ever read about the Gallagher brothers punching a stewardess in the face, ashing a cigarette on their own tongues, and then leaping out of a moving jet directly into a bed of buxom (and willing) British babes -- and thought to yourself, that's the life for me?>. Well Ben Sherman feels that longing, and they're looking to help. In teaming with national tourism giant VisitBritain, Mr. Sherman is giving you a chance to see London through the eyes of a Mick or a Keith. They're promising you the life (or rather, weekend) of a rock icon via "The Great British Getaway" competition.

Londoners often fancy a dram. Which is another way of saying they live to drink in large amounts (according to Brit and Supper Clubber-about towner Tamsin Lonsdale, their alcoholic thirst far exceeds our own). And while pub culture and the proverbial pints get most of the attention, we wondered what the city's more elegant watering holes have to offer. To that end, we sent BlackBook's London guide editor Rufus Purdy on a mission to find two proper cocktails one might encounter at a pair of the city's elegant hotel bars.