In the ample open-air seating, visitors can sip gourmet cocktails stirred up by mixologist Marco Faraone and dine on authentic Italian spuntini platters and wood-fired pizzas in Sydney's world-renowned summer weather.

BBC: Sydney's Island Bar in full swing

One woman had enough dexterity to pick up a cup and take a sip of coffee through a straw.

WSJ: Bionic Brains and Beyond

Sit back and debonairly sip your choice of beverage from the extensive drinks menu, made up of creative cocktails, local specialist beers and a largely organic and biodynamic wine list.

BBC: Sydney��s hotel bars, back in vogue

Several hundred invited guests, all wearing the blue hard hats, took construction elevators up to a top floor to stare out over the turquoise water, sip similarly colored cocktails and hear a speech or five.

FORBES: Baha Mar: The Biggest Thing in the Bahamas

He took another sip, which he kept in his mouth a long time, his eyebrows parting, moving up his forehead, then shooting back down into a collision of uncertainty.

NEWYORKER: Ziggurat

Sip a serious scotch and watch him dab beef ribs and pork chops with his homemade sauce, serving them up along with rice, beans and collard greens to those with the late-night munchies.

BBC: H Street heats up