Washington Tweets

Washington tweets. A lot. The Washington Tweets column is a collection of the most interesting, recent Washington-area tweets. These tweets reveal a candid and fascinating portrait of what is on our collective minds: Twitter gives a snapshot of what we're doing, thinking and hoping for as a group. Washington Tweets is Washington in the raw. Bill Adler tweets at @billadler.




I'm so glad #JenniferAniston is dating a guy who's hotter than Brad. Finally! Plus he's from DC!! Smart girl.

#wmata #redline - Oh Red Line riders, frustrated by Friday night's commute home? What happened? -- wapo.st/rcSjWI

St. Arnold's Belgian restaurant coming to fomer Club Soda space in Cleveland Park. Good news! yhoo.it/peKVtb #DC #clevelandpark

I've never been to Adams Morgan during the day

After three people get mushroom poisoning, GU docs urge people to leave the picking to knowledgeable foragers: http://wamu.fm/qaNB0K

Still can't hear me now? #WMATA falls short on cellphone upgrades at 27 stops, promised to finish by last fall: http://bit.ly/mPUUXh

Pigs. Flying all over the place. RT @wcp Columbia Heights Giant bows to popular will, opens all cash registers wcp.to/qm28u3

Re Mt. Pleasant Fest: "Please do not let these organizers and this event into Mt Pleasant again" he said. "They made my experience as a homeowner very unpleasant"

Should people be able to scuttle a 1-day festival just because it made their experience "unpleasant?" Some of this comes with city living.

RT if you think Vincent Gray has turned into all he accused Fenty of being and doing.

Leaf blowers must be the dumbest device ever invented. What was wrong with a rake and a broom and peace and quiet and clean air?

It's time to save fall — by banning leaf blowers

If you are a customer of #wmata you should also be following @dcfireems. They usually know more about WMATA operations than @WMATA.

@DCExaminerLocal: Grandma to argue insanity in toddler's death at Tysons Corner: bit.ly/nF6lY6

Two dozen unusual courses at @Rogue24DC, one $5 bite at a time http://wcp.to/oZKhNy

Motorcade with 15 police motorcycles at 7:50am on the DCBeltway...Really?!

OK this is getting weird -- Marion Barry is sticking up for the wealthy in Ward 3, accusing Mary Cheh of wanting to tax her own constituents

Stop the madness of CVS' super long receipts: http://yhoo.it/ojEEiS. #DC #CVS

Off to @dinodc in Cleveland Park with @themamateresa for tonight's #dctweetup! Such a great group coming tonight! #dcevents

I miss my Yoga Sat. mornings followed by my walk through Dupont Cir, Fro-Yo + Adams Morgan farmer's market, my little joy castle of an apt.

Cool. Restaurant industry poll: "more #DC diners say they dont eat meat than any other metropolis polled" http://prn.to/owgZ89 #vegetarian