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.

Overheard in DuPont Circle - "you know, I think I have begun to believe my own spin" #deepelectionthoughts (@feldmike)

Couldn't resist chocolate apricot scone! (@ Blind Dog Cafe): http://4sq.com/PRqWQP (@floridagirlindc)

File under things I never want to do again: drive over the Bay Bridge in the dead of night. (@ShapsinDC)

Wedding Statistics for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV - Average Number of Guests 153 - 163 http://ow.ly/2t28t0 (@weddingreport)

D.C. gastropub Againn is no more. For real this time. http://is.gd/SOvC8E (@wcp)

congrats, bearded man handing out homemade "coupons" for a "free EMBASSY ROW MASSAGE" at Metro entrance -- you are the peak of creepiness. (@amorrissey)

When developers get exemptions to parking minimums, they should add bike parking: http://bit.ly/Yv3ObD on http://ggwash.org/16671 (@ggwash)

Incumbents Vincent Orange and Michael Brown refused to share their views -- D.C. at-large candidates on the issues (@timcraigpost)

A Frederick County teen's geomapping software wins science contest while helping FEMA with superstorm Sandy. http://wapo.st/YJ6rGb (@postlocal)

Mixed greens w/ pancetta, apples, pecans, cranberries, shallot and ale vinaigrette paired w/ @dogfishbeer Po http://instagr.am/p/RoNqdDSxXm/ (@stephaniekays)

No RT @EnoTrans: Would Building an Outer Beltway Around D.C. Save the Planet? http://tinyurl.com/b94cfj7 (@gabe_klein)

Learn more about MPD's Online Reporting Tool at http://tinyurl.com/9xn3tvq  (@DCPoliceDept)

Oh boy. This has been the longest weekend. And not just because literally this has been the longest weekend. (@heathermg)

Cheh wants "saturation" of cameras so that drivers know they could be caught wherever in D.C. they are (@dcist_martin)

And it's official, in my usual state of pre-election anxiety. You can take the girl outside the DC beltway but... (@melaniepenn)

Crazy uninformed tourist talking politics on the Metro are making me ragey this morning. Being in DC doesn't magically make you knowledgeable (@CourtCourt510)

First time experiencing the DC High Heel Drag Queen Race (@ Dupont Circle w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/Vgm9tv (@TomHorsman)

I love @Uber_DC. I feel so much safer taking it home late at night than I do in a cab. (@jigolden)

we don't rule some wet flakes out Wed night, but big storm less likely RT @lalaloveliz: so, I'm NOT going to need snow gear this week? #Phew (@capitalweather)

I saw someone eating a bowl of cereal on their steering wheel in morning traffic once. Insane. (@Queengwen)