Washington Tweets

Photo by Thomas S. Mann

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. Washington Tweets is published on Monday. Bill Adler tweets at @billadler.


IAD to SFO - glad to be getting out of the Washington, DC heat and humidity and on to the Bay area with the @DotGreenTLD Team! (@tim_switzer)

Hot Town: DC's only going to get hotter. http://is.gd/AI3Big (@wcp)

DC City Council members move against Uber sedan service http://thedc.com/O1afxN (@Brendy438)

The Daily Caller is uber-late to the Uber story, and misses a lot of the nuance: http://thedc.com/Mf6iag (@dcist_martin)

Bella and her son want to save Washington DC's school #librarians. Check out Bella's petition to @MayorVinceGray: http://chn.ge/NEhApC (@econjustice)

I would like to thank everyone for making me in DC's top 30 people to follow in DC according to Twitaholic dot com (@VonniMediaMogul)

Our gallery of abandoned bikes continues to grow: http://wamu.fm/M0QEhI  Currently sitting at 25. (@wamu885news)

Walked by 14th and Florida where awful corner boys used to yell nasty things. Now it was one hipster eating sushi on the curb. Still gross. (@heathermg)

"Mayor for Life" @marionbarryjr says feds need to "speed it up" w/ investigation of Mayor Vincent Gray, intvu w @washingtonian posting soon (@caroljoynt)

With parking rates going up in some areas, biking, walking, and transit look even better... which is part of the point  http://bit.ly/RszOLA (@betterDCregion)

#factfriday DC is way too small...Chances are you are #sharing the person you are currently dating! LOL (@Skateboard_V)

While I think that Congress' 5 week recess is a joke, I sure do love my 15 minute commute in August. #dctraffic #dc (@l8dybug)

Sweet! RT @kerikaeindc: D.C. Looks to Expand Use of Building Rooftops for Restaurants, Offices and Lounges http://bit.ly/PzzjZS (@hillarygrove)

Just heard the good news on @ABC7News that the VA side of the 495 Express Lanes will be open by the end of August. :-) #dctraffic (@MrsAnnPisano)

Told friends I took a barre class at 9:30am. They all thought I meant bar class. So me drinking in am is more plausible than working out. (@metrocurean)

The house where George Washington bought Washington, D.C. is for sale in Cleveland Park. I need to win the lottery  http://bit.ly/MfcajP  (@nicjain)

Office of Planning's Harriet Tregoning bumps with #wmata over folding bike http://is.gd/jNK7fz (@wcp)

@unsuckdcmetro what takes 8 months? 1. Mission to mars 2. Building an escalator. @wmata Both! (@dachesons)

This is a sign on the lobby door on the floor where maybe 100 editors and writers work that says "Door is broke!!" :(( (@heathermg)

France has much to teach about how to build streetcar systems: http://bit.ly/NAKkey on http://ggwash.org/15609 (@ggwash)