?From Google Wave to mommy blogs to TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington “stealing our tweets,” 2009 was a booming year for the Web and social media scene. To celebrate, LAWeekly.com is hosting the LA Web Awards 2009 and asked you to nominate the best in 36 categories. Who gives the best tweet? What’s the best site for gamers? From over a thousand nominations, a team of expert judges from LA and SF’s online communities — including Kevin Pereira, Andrew Nystrom, Gabe Rivera, Travis Keller, Sean Percival, Aubrey Sabala, Mike Prasad, Shira Lazar, John Resig, Maya Baratz, Andrew Sorcini, and VVM new media staff — combed through the sites and selected winners. And to keep it fair, none of the judges voted in a category they’re affiliated with. Check out the winners below and stay tuned for information on how you can win a spot on the guest list for our private party at Bardot on January 21st to celebrate 2009’s best online.
LA’s Best Twitterer
@XeniJardinLA’s Best Flickr Pool
LA AddictLA’s Best Flamer (i.e. best shit talker)
BuddyheadLA’s Best Food Blog
Eater LALA’s Best Music Blog
Aquarium DrunkardLA’s Best Police Blog
Witness LALA’s Best Tech Blog
LalawagLA’s Best Politics Blog
Top of the Ticket, LA TimesLA’s Best Drinking Blog
Caroline on CrackLA’s Best Low Brow Art Blog
The Streets are CallingLA’s Best High Brow Art Blog
Bldg BlogLA’s Best Business Twitterer
@kogibbqLA’s Best Local Activism Site
LA Streets BlogLA’s Best Gamer Site
G4 TVLA’s Best MySpace Music Page
SlashLA’s Best iPhone App
TextplusLA’s Best Most Shameless Self Promoter
Alana JoyBest Twitpic
Paid to be NiceLA’s Best News Blog
LAistLA’s Best Counterculture Blog
LA TacoLA’s Sexiest Site
Suicide GirlsLA’s Best Online Video
SecretSauce TV, “Where The Dirty Hipsters Are (Wild Things Spoof)”LA’s Best Home Page
GOOD Los AngelesLA’s Best Designed Site Aesthetic
CoilhouseLA’s Best Personal Blog
Wil WheatonLA’s Best Celebrity Fan Site
Her Name is Jane LynchLA’s Best Government Site
METROLA’s Best Restaurant Site
Eat at StreetLA’s Best Retail Site
Sorting with StyleLA’s Best Humor Site
CrackedLA’s Best 12 Seconds Account
Mike FXLA’s Best Commenter
Sarah J. Gim, The Delicious LifeLA’s Best Tweet of the Year
Roger Avary’s tweet from jail:
@avary : “#34 is ‘rolled up’ to a higher security facility for exercising his first amendment rights. The truth he has discovered is too dangerous.”LA’s Best Blog Post of the Year
“100 Things to try in LA Before You Die,” Caroline on CrackLA’s Best Online Photo of the Year
“Walkabout,” by Mathieu Young, GOOD Los AngelesLA’s Best Comment Thread of the Year
“Nike Confuses USC With that School Near Diddy Riese,” Lost Angeles Blog
w00t!
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