While there are many blogs out there that are little more than self-indulgement ramblings or highfalutin attempts at taste-making, according to a post I just read on Boing Boing, we can actually use this populist technology to engender social change, or something like that. So if you were as bewildered and disappointed as we were by the results of the Post’s Best Bets poll last year, we ask that you rally behind a noble cause and help us ensure that the world knows that DC has more to offer than Ikea and Fuddruckers.

There are a few new categories in this year’s survey, including Best Chinese Food, Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners, and Best Vintage/Thrift Store, which I have a sinking feeling will be clinched by Urban Outfitters, if last year’s trend continues. The poll is currently in the nomination phase, which will continue until June 2nd, at which point the actual voting will begin. You’ll need an (easily registered) washingtonpost.com account to participate.