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. Bill Adler tweets at @billadler.

I can't be the only one thinking that the Dupont Underground would make a killer medical marijuana cultivation center: http://bit.ly/t6Jqeb

Blind or first date happening at this DC Starbucks right now. Exes are being discussed. SERIOUSLY people? Dating 101!

Mendo on @kojoshow reiterates that media should have access to encrypted police radio networks

Took chance there'd be H4 before NextBus said there would. Sure enough, ghost bus arrives, not showing up in system. #wmata

Yeah! RT @clevelandpark: Great news: Ireland's Four Fields' lease has been extended through April 2012: http://yhoo.it/tNnbsG #dc

Adams Morgan always takes all my money

If you want to challenge Jack Evans as a Statehood Green, you need only 3 sigs on your petition: http://bit.ly/tGnRT1 #DCision12

Active debate over whether chalking the McPherson statue is cool or not. #OccupyDC http://yfrog.com/h8m9balnj

How about: #OccupyDC can start mucking up our statues as soon as each of them can stand up and tell us who General McPherson et al was.

D.C.'s cupcake craze reaches Adams Morgan http://wcp.to/rCU7Zx

Anacostia's Uniontown Carries On, Despite Owner's Drug Charge, But For How Long? http://wcp.to/upXRso

Metro versus the 1% at the Dupont Circle escalators: http://tbd.ly/tfHWgi

Thank you, man with leaf blower, for parking beneath my office window just when I need to make a phone call. Sigh.

I take numerous metro buses & trains each week and my trips are almost always seamless...am I just lucky?

Modernization to begin at Cardozo High School: Mayor VincentGray will be among officials breaking ground ... http://bit.ly/u2aHun #WTOP

Sunrise over Dupont Circle today. http://lockerz.com/s/153804515

DC Water company's slogan is "Water is life." So in essence if they cut off your water are they cutting off your life? Is that manslaughter?

An early morning shooting has killed a man in NE DC today. http://bit.ly/tEK8sg has details and links.

@FixWMATA this bus driver is reading a paper bus schedule while driving the bus

Popeyes on H? LOL RT @smudgetown: now that Im embracing my inner foodie I need to hit all the trendy spots. The Source...... what else DC??

I believe in nonviolence but the constant sound of leaf blowers is making me want to throw a fragmentation grenade over my hedge

Occupy Cleveland Park #OCP: the 1% against the 0.1%. Demands #Sidwell tuition kept below $30k.

So excited someone is finally fixing up this space! http://tinyurl.com/85afl4y New French Restaurant/Bistro in #LoganCircle #DC

Ill be damned. ~RT @mikedebonis Blog Post: Marion Barry eyes his son as D.C. Council successor http://ow.ly/1fwS87