Can you see us blushing through our computer screens? We’ve just learned that Washingtonian readers have voted DCist their Favorite Local Blog in the magazine’s annual Best & Worst issue, which hit newsstands today.

The honor certainly makes us feel sheepish about questioning the publication’s readership’s taste in the past. At first, we were sure that this award was merely the result of the magazine’s excellent personnel decisions over the last year, but we’re assured that it is the result of a reader poll, and not merely due to some friends of ours giving us a pat on the back. So let it be said: we were wrong about you, Washingtonian readers! It’s clear to us now that you are right about all the things that really matter. Let’s kiss and make up.

Some of our favorite local blogs were also winners, with Wonkette and DCFoodies coming in second and third place, respectively. Congratulations to those great sites for being almost as great as us. (We kid!)

Be sure to pick up a copy of the newest July issue of Washingtonian to read the entire Best & Worst feature, which also contains an interview with our own Music Editor, Amanda Mattos, giving the straight lowdown on the local music scene.