In a season where we've found ourselves doing more than a little self-medicating, this year's gift guides will follow our recipient's drink of choice.

We're starting off with an Old Fashioned - a classic, no-frills cocktail for a classic no-frills guy. He's a little rustic and a lot outdoorsy with a penchant for hardy handmade design, square-jawed style and functional goods. Treat him this holiday with gifts to make his winter a little warmer, indoors and out.

Most people who read this blog (which at this point is just an annual posting of gift guides) know that our lives in Washington are more than a little bit political. The results of the election have certainly hit us in all the big global ways and also in an assortment of far more personal ways.

Our final gift recipient has graced the guides frequently over the years - she's an It Girl Comedienne who's most certainly a Trend-Setter and Socialite. She's got big ambitions and a tiny budget and she wouldn't live anywhere other than New York.

It's a city of superlatives and a destination for dreamers everywhere. Big, busy, flashy and fast; it's one of a kind, just like her.

Celebrate her spirit with gifts that match her hustle and humor while helping her along her way. Because as we all know - if she can make it here, she'll make it anywhere.

The land of puppies and babies where stroller parking and BBQ grilling abound. This is where you'll find the subjects of this gift guide. They've appeared before as The Newcomer and we've spotted them in Tiny Town - they're the munchkins, the groms, the little people who are taking over the lives of our friends, our family and us.

Celebrate them this year with gifts that are creative, and classic. Leave the plastic and pre-packaged behind and instead opt for things mom or dad won't mind tripping over in the living room.

The Dude, Class Clown, that guy... he's a frequent guest on the gift guides. A little bit nerdy and a whole lot funny he's an incorrigible comedian who refuses to grow up.

We've spotted him before in Tokyo, but this year find him at home in Silicon Valley - the oft-parodied geek paradise where his tech skills and social ills fit right in.

She definitely could be an Artist or Gardener and the occasional Hostess or Baker but she's always been a Cowgirl. We've spotted her before in Austin, but this year we find her in one of my new favorite cities, Nashville.

Nashville is a city of music, charm and Southern hospitality. Classic and quirky with a little bit of kitsch - it's a hub for the homespun and time-honored traditions. With a food scene that's flourishing and a growing creative community, Nashville is now trending nationally.

Celebrate her this holiday with presents that honor her grit and gumption and bring the cowgirl cool of this city to wherever she lives.

She's more minimalist than maximalist, chic, polished and posh. A distant relative of the Archivist and cousin to the Socialite. Although there are things she loves about Paris, Amsterdam is much more her home.

Filled with history and stark beauty, it is the perfect blend of sophisticated practicality and understated luxury. Cobblestone-lined canals glow golden as light spills from large curtain-free windows. Inside are smart boutiques, delicious restaurants and museums, endless museums. Bicycles, black and artful objects are all at home in this place, as is she.

Spoil her with gifts that suit her euro-chic sensibilities regardless of the distance to her nearest canal.

Here's another familiar face, known to us as the Mountain Man or maybe the Lumbersexual? He's also kind of a Classicist, a little bit Butcher and always the Handyman. I've placed him in Durango, but really he couldn't be more at home in my hometown, Denver.

Rugged but urbane and only moments from the mountains, it's a city that serves all the parts of his heart. From endless outdoor adventures to an exploding epicurean scene, Denver's definitely a little bit hipster, but also something undeniably hipper.

Spoil him this year with gifts that celebrate the wildness of the west no matter where he currently resides.

She's a free-spirited wild child who has visited the gift guides under other names - The Muse and The Bohemian. We've seen her in Istanbul, but this year she has a new destination in mind.

Naturally beautiful, hedonistic and glamorous in a disheveled sort of way, Tulum is just her style. Days spent napping in hammocks and snorkeling in cenotes are followed by nights of mezcal and candle-lit beach dinners.

Gift her with things that bring this slice of paradise home to wherever she is.

How quickly the last year has blown by. 2015 has been good to us: tons of travel, more fun than we deserve and so many evenings spent with friends and family around a table with plenty of wine love and laughter. It's hard to believe that we're closing in on our seventh year in the nation's capital. This neglected blog was started to chronicle our journey east, then along the way we got married, got big jobs, left big jobs for other jobs, saw parts of the world we never thought we would and started a whole slew of traditions that we share with our beloved community here.

She's quirky and cute and finding her own way. She might not have it all figured out, but at least she's not basic. Promise she's not basic?

For the freest spirit you know. The modern hippie chick with a gypsy soul. Spoil her exotic tastes with color, flavor and just a little bit of wierdness.

The internet has spoken and the metrosexual is dead replaced by his bearded rugged brother, the lumbersexual. You can analyze all the cultural reasons for his rise here - and find some gifts to appeal to his midwestern manly aesthetic below.

For the desk jockey, the pencil pusher the 9-5er - enliven his office life with dapper gifts for his time on the job and off.

Because travel can be both a joy and a pain and having the right gear is more that half the battle. Gift your favorite frequent flier with luxe versions of in flight essentials to elevate her experience on the road.

I should probably start by apologizing for the lackluster life of this blog over the past 12 months, but statistics show that this is your favorite part anyways so hopefully you'll forgive me. I've been traveling a lot, had some big highs and a few lows. I've seen some amazing things, met wonderful people and eaten a lot of delicious food, but the holidays always feel like coming home.

Another installment of Valentines. This one goes to the ladies - your sisters, mom, colleagues and girlfriends, let them feel how loved they are.

Valentine's Day - the holiday of many interweb detractors - is just around the corner. As I have said before, I'm a fan of the day as an opportunity to tell all those you love in your life (and I'm guessing there are many) how much you do. Here are some sweet treats for your brother, your boyfriend, your father, your friends...

His digital dreams and technical talents make him right at home in this bright, big city. Gift him with gadgets that speak to his stream-lined style, but don't forget the toys for this (sort of) grown up boy.

For all the littles in your life. Treats to please parents and kiddos alike with smart, stylish design and plenty of cheek.