Gridskipper

Last week the Washington City Paper came out with its annual Best of, with a multitude of categories both essential (Best Burger, Best Bikini Wax, Best Place to Have Your Mom Buy You Slacks) and arbitrary (Best Front Desk Operators, Best Remnant of the Liberal Media, Best Wonk). Some highlights after the jump. (Holzer sculpture: afagen/flickr)

• Best Strip Clubs: "The question of D.C.'s best strip club can be summarized thusly: Ass? Perhaps M Street's Camelot shoots too high with its storied kingdom namesake; with both joints offering no cover charge, attractive strippers, and a friendly staff, Camelot could well be called the white House. . . . If you like big butts, head to the House; if you're interested in more subtle assets (subtle for strip clubs, anyway), ride on to Camelot."
• Best Hamburger: "From any angle you look at it, Quarry House offers the ultimate burger experience."
• Best Panhandler: Blelvis — a black man famous for appropriating the music of a white man famous for appropriating the music of black men—claims to know every song Elvis Presley ever sang."
• Best Intersection of New and Old D.C.: Florida Avenue Market. Back in the mid-'90s, this hive of groceries and wholesalers between New York and Florida Avenues NE was a dump. . . These days, there's renewal in the form of fresh development, and yet some of the standbys and old-school charm remain.
• Best Museum Acquisition: Jenny Holzer's pillar-shaped installation of LEDs, For SAAM, installed last November at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.