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.


Good morning! Some good news for Dupont Circle Metro riders: The south entrance has reopened after an 8-month closure http://bit.ly/RPc6WT (@nbcwashington)

Now that @wmata has opened Dupont South a bunch of the businesses near it are giving out free food,coffee, and coupons as promotions. #score (@KYANimal)

@unsuckdcmetro People were literally high-fiving on the #dupontsouthescalator today. I'm refusing to be cynical about it. :) (@MetroTales)

Is there any other city in the world that tweets about escalators? (@unsuckdcmetro)

Case of the Mondays, #wmata? @unsuckdcmetro #Metro pic.twitter.com/mxsgI3Dv (@sharonmyep)

PIC: police stopping #traffic on Old Central Ave handing out flyers looking for clues in Marckel Ross murder pic.twitter.com/P4DtUDJS (@AugensteinWTOP)

Remind me never to drive to work again. I can't believe that I'm writing this but #wmata ftw pic.twitter.com/20x8Wq8r (@mkoplow)

Craving coconut milk, but the kitchen is 20 steps away - that's far for a girl tucked into bed with a broken toe and a lazy Netflix vibe. (@kellyanncollins)

According to a new report, D.C. is America's most affordable city. Huh? http://is.gd/XekS3g (@wcp)

Food Truck News - Mayor Vincent Gray's proposed food truck regulations stir controversy - WJLA: Mayor Vincent Gr... http://bit.ly/RblsfD  (@JustFoodTweets)

@IMGoph BTW, I think of "North Columbia Heights" the same way "North Cleveland Park" exists (@dcist_martin)

Fairfax County, Va. beginning process of annexing Washington D.C. http://wapo.st/OV4zrS  hopefully this means better Korean food in the city (@shani_o)

Who are you calling a suburb? Is the real downtown D.C. in that edge city now known as Tysons? http://owl.li/eEPvL  #downtown (@OtisWhite)

DCist is down again. Martin and I are running over to the zoo to sacrifice a baby gazelle to Xenu, which might get things working. #hailxenu (@brfreed)

Heading to D.C.? How to spot a power player in three restaurants: http://cntrvlr.com/WJQ0cx (@CNTraveler)

H St. Playhouse is moving east of the river, but its in-house company Theater Alliance hasn't committed to that yet. http://bit.ly/OXht8V (@allyschweitzer)

Sidwell Friends asks parents for help stopping political bullying http://is.gd/jnEphd (@wcp)

Dan's Cafe in Adams Morgan makes this list of "bars on a budget" http://huff.to/WegX9H (@HuffPostDC)