Name: Rachel Smith               Title: Freelance writer
 
Alias(es): Rach, Rachie, Rarch, Racquel, Smithy and The Glass and A Half Girl (speedy inebriation is a rare perk for the vertically challenged).
 
Known associates: Rachel and Kathy B can be often found on the blower gas-bagging about blokes, bad manners and whether a bar could ever resemble a llama/lion/liger. As for celebrity associates, Rachel liked to think she had a connection with Lisa Kudrow after their marathon phone conversation a few months ago, but Lisa never called back. What the...?
 
Regular haunts: Madame Fling Flong (for its Pink Fling and tasty tapas); the Zanzibar roof (Cosmo in one hand, garlic chicken skewer in the other); La Sala (its Rasputini cocktail is Rachel’s all-time favourite); Favela (for its blast-your-mouth-off Red Hot Chili concoctions); Miro (for Spanish vino and hot, choc-dipped churros); and Newtown Gym (where Rachel tries in vain to work off all the cocktails, vino, tapas, churros and garlic chicken skewers).
 
Last sighted: Sipping fine champagne and drooling over the panoramic view at 360 Dining with Dr Phil, her other half and dedicated bar-hopping buddy.
 
Current missions: To find melt-in-the-mouth salt’n’pepper squid instead of the typically chewy variety; to lobby SBS for the next series of Big Love; to make it through a spin class without needing a paramedic; to enjoy a day without encountering any of Sydney’s kamikaze motorists (the ones who drive like they’re in downtown Delhi).
 
Other activities: When she’s not rating Sydney’s best and worst bars, Rachel can be found reviewing movies and restaurants, writing travel, health and home/reno stories, twisting a celeb’s arm for a decent quote – or indulging her wildly opinionated side at her co-authored relationships/dating blog www.realitychick.com.au.   
 
Quote: “Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.”
 
Informants contact: rachel@rachelsmith.com.au