Washington Tweets

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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. Washington Tweets is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv, www.cleveland-park.com, on Monday. Bill Adler tweets at @billadler.

City now charging sales tax on food trucks http://is.gd/K5yVj6 (@wcp)

2012 warmest year on record in DC to date, by fairly wide margin (1.6 deg): http://wapo.st/STqqSd  (@capitalweather)

Good morning from the Washington Monument http://pic.twitter.com/cJDWe1sO (@SteveCase)

One of the #smartrip machines is broken and has been for a while at Clarendon. only one works to load card. Let's fix that, shall we? #wmata (@welch_alice)

A win for @Uber: FCC Chairman backs Uber in Washington DC - "I'm on the side of innovation" http://tnw.to/a5CL #Apps (@littleylittley)

Early 6am flight back 2 DC but having @Uber_DC take me to work in a beautiful Lincoln MKZ ride. helps ease the morning pain (@gdkarsas)

Went to dinner at Cleveland Park's family-run Italian resto Sorriso and owner came out to greet us http://instagr.am/p/QOHh0LQLqJ/  (@rachelryan1004)

I am tired of rude and ignorant bus drivers. #wmata #metrobus (@PinguinPower)

D.C. Council member Mary Cheh is happy to have her cat back after he escaped from her home http://washington.cityandpress.com/node/5260146 (@WashingtonCP)

Dulles seems to have borrowed Siri's voice for the automated reminder about not leaving items at security checkpoints. Weird. (@robpegoraro)

Mendo says he kind of wishes DC had fronted $ for Nats metro bec he thinks Living Social will probably get its $$ back (@LizFarmerDC)

A typical @wmata escalator. pic.twitter.com/V6RzhLEQ (@cfstraumsheim)

A merciful god would make it easy to catch a cab in Cleveland Park and hard to get strep on your 30th birthday. Awesome. (@brianbeutler)

Two Virginia Tech fans, getting married in the parking lot at FedEx Field http://wapo.st/SucH2X (@dcsportsbog)

Stairway to Heaven @ Dupont Circle Metro Station http://instagr.am/p/QPqt2MHflW/ (@rsuanes)

@dcreddit HELP! About to go on vacation to Bayeux, Paris, and London. NEED MINI DC-FLAG FOR PHOTOS. WHERE CAN ... http://bit.ly/TYV1zi #reddit

Metro driver this AM sounds like Mrs. Tracy Jordan: "The next stop is Farragut North. HAM!" (@estherysong)

Thank you Vace for existing. For pizza on the fly. For stocking Italian Nutella. For having fresh pasta and cheese and sauce and meat. <3 (@floridagirlindc)

#Passbook fail at IAD: app didn't reflect a gate change, while @united's app had the correct number. Gate agent: "At this airport?" [shrug] (@robpegoraro)

Looking back, living in the DC area, I wasted away a lot of my life sitting in traffic. (@KButter5)

If it weren't for commercial loading zones, Glover Park would run out of beer. Thank you, @DDOTDC (@gloverpark)

Dooring is a big problem: in 2011, 1 in 5 bike crashes were caused by dooring. http://wny.cc/RuMv7z (@betterDCregion)

Proposed DC regs require all existing residential building w/8 or more units to provide secure bicycle parking. 1 space for every 3 units. (@NeibsWBJ)