Washington Tweets

Washington Tweets
by Bill Adler


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. Washington Tweets is Washington in the raw. Spot or write a great tweet? Send it to tweets (at) fastmail (dot) net for consideration for the next Washington Tweets column. Bill Adler tweets at @billadler.


Forecast: Mid-March to more closely resemble mid-May weatherwise wapo.st/wsjgVR (@capitalweather)

DC's @capcitydiner is available for purchase on eBay (sniff). Perhaps you'd like to bring it to your city? bit.ly/wwqu6M (@sommermathis)

D.C.'s mayor has spent nearly $1M to engage residents through summits, town halls and other gatherings since last year wapo.st/w09u3g (@postlocal)

driving through dc at the brink of rush hour when it's dark and rainy is like a real-life game of #mariokart. scary. (@jessmassimino)

(MT @gpmoratorium: City Paper on @gloverpark "younger residents who proactively want something" ) @Kildea

New rule: If you love an Adams Morgan business, patronize it. It just might help them outlast the construction. (@sleepymurph)

Extremely Loud Spanish-Singing Guy is walking down Connecticut Avenue again. #clevelandpark (@kcivey)

Weird....last night I had a dream I DJ'd Justin Beiber's bday party in my old hood in Southeast DC. Had no clue 2day is really his bday (@DJHeatDC)

32 bus just completely blew past stop @ Wisconsin & Albemarle with people waiting. Wasn't even in the lane to stop (@danielleRwest)

Does anyone know a great seafood restaurant in DC other than Sequoia and please don't tell me McCormick???? (@DiamondeDesigns)

#BlackHerstory: DC high-school principal Anna Julia Cooper refused racist textbooks in 1880s. We need her now! ow.ly/9lITO (@msmagazine)

In DC this man on the sidewalk selling dead flowers. Shame smh (@klwatkins1)

A third car-sharing option is coming to the District in less than a month: tbd.ly/y2nZxY (@TBDOnFoot)

@wmata your new alert system is an #SMSfail (1) I should be able to reply STOP to opt-out (2) They shouldn't always be 2 texts #wmata (@scbalazs)

The awkward game of leaving voicemails, having no idea if you actually have the right number. #crimereporterproblems (@emilybabay)

And my Metrobus just ran a red light. Dear @wmata I like my buses to stay on schedule but not that way. (@gkygirlengineer)

Man my age driving a car through Dupont Circle with the windows down, blasting klezmer music? A great start to the day! (@Pavahotti)

Landed, cleared the immigration and waiting my bag. #IAD luggage handlers never ever release them according to priority tags... (@mutaco79)

Since I've been of dating age & in DC - only 2 men have had the sense to open all doors & just...BE GENTLEMEN! ( @AddisonBless)

You know what DC needs? A good Filipino restaurant. (@Yogitastic)


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