Who needs central heating when you can blow your bonus on premium spirits that will have you feeling toasty inside and out? Here’s a baker’s dozen that will keep you warm and happy until the first buds of spring appear.

Not only did our immortal nightlife columnist Steve Lewis design the interior of Stash, the new cozy crypt tucked beneath Snap and The Darby, but on Wednesday night he filled the joint with his patented raucous rock. The occasion was a holiday party of sorts, sponsored by the generous folks at Patrón.

If the tequila drinker in your life graduated from the school of añejo, Gran Patrón Burdeos is what they asked Santa for this year. This limited-quantity handmade añejo tequila is distilled at 55-percent-alcohol volume from the finest blue agave grown in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, and comes in a handcrafted box made from a single piece of black walnut, designed to double as a badass display case for the bar. Gran Patrón Burdeos, $535, PatronSpirits.com.

Last night, BlackBook and The Supper Club celebrated the holidays with a special sneak preview of the new Lower East Side den APL, which was designed by our very own renaissance man, Steve Lewis. Delicious hors d’oeuvres were provided by APL Chef Camille Becerra, whose pulled pork tostadas had us hanging by the kitchen door in anticipation of the next batch.

BlackBook teamed up with The Supper Club for a holiday fête and sneak preview of APL, that restaurant my crew and I have been designing at 146 Orchard Street for Camille Becerra and her crew. I actually got invited to this event—usually I’m told about BlackBook events 11 minutes after they begin. I may actually be the black sheep of BlackBook—and that’s OK, I‘ve been called worse. They say it happens, the “not being invited thing,” because I’m rarely at the office, and so they forget. If anything, I have always endeavored to be unforgettable, and so my New Years resolution will be to step up the pace. In the hectic effort to get the place presentable for the event, I was told that a publicist from Think PR, the restaurant's flack, had severely criticized one of the key design elements and was in a tizzy about it. I get criticized a lot. If I didn’t, I would firmly believe that I wasn’t pushing the envelope as much as I should. I have always taken jabs and answered them. I used to spend hours on the old DBTH site arguing with detractors. Indeed I welcome constructive debate, and can go toe to toe with assholes anytime. I do make mistakes, and relish the opportunity to listen to the critics and possibly learn. However, these remarks irked me. There is nothing about her, from what I have seen, that speaks of any creative talent, education, or experience. I always consider the source of attacks, but despite from where it came, I was—what do they say?—miffed.

Last night, in the bowels of the Meatpacking District, a few hundred people showed up because we decided to throw ourselves a little jam, again. This time, the occasion was our November issue, better known as The Protest Issue, starring cover girl Freida Pinto. SL, that sleek, subterranean den was the gracious host, and Patron, that slick, smooth tequila was the sponsor. Anna Cavazos took care of the tunes, and we took care of the rest. Check out the exclusive photo gallery, portraits coming courtesy of Zhanyi Jiang.

Mix any magazine release party with V1 Private Jets and the modish W New York Downtown Hotel and Residences, and the product is always a fashionable fete. We should have known better this Tuesday night, as we arrived to the Gradient Magazine launch party in our abysmal work garb, only to find a crowd of impossibly chic party-goers posing for Patrick McMullan on the red carpet. As Annabel Vartanian, Emma Snowdon-Jones, and "Gossip Girl" designer Abigail Lorick, put our outfits to shame with their frothy summer dresses, we are compelled to turn on our heels and head for home. But naturally, we are lured in to the downtown fashion parade, with the Patron sponsored bar persuading us to stay even later for the real fashion show, Michael Frido’s red carpet interviews for "Fame Is TV."