Monday, December 31, 2012

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.


Wow, Bruce Variety in Bethesda is closing. Been in biz for 60 years. Landlord is increasing the rent and won't even negotiate. Very sad. (@WomenWhoTech)

Forget #RG3 + #FiscalCliff. Today my neighborhood list serve is obsessed with closing of Bruce Variety + whitefish shortage at Magruders. (@JuraKoncius)

Not really surprised by Bruce Variety #Bethesda closing, sadly. Their inventory has been way down for at least six months. Very sad. (‏@kimthewriter)

D.C. and Baltimore will celebrate the New Year with fireworks at midnight. Annapolis is also planning fireworks http://bit.ly/VtPigv (@WTOP)

Where's my bus and my app? Popular #NextBus app dies after tech companies' dispute, leaving #WMATA bus riders annoyed (@kytja)

"@dcist: A dispute between 3 tech companies results in untimely death of NextBus DC: http://bit.ly/10ETocl " Importance of #opendata policy! (@jcreinhardt)

So many congressmen and senators honed their finely-tuned procrastination skills as students at #gwu (@ckdagw)

Plans underway for street cars in Crystal City -- http://ow.ly/grP6M (‏@postmetrogirl)

New Year's Eve in DC!!! (@Galixon_97)

I want to move to DC, live in Adams Morgan go to museums, write and read daily. And not bother anyone and not be bothered. (@dQn_Wan)

A billboard next to D.C. 295 may not be the stupidest place to put a QR code, but it's up there.(@robpegoraro)

I'm pretty sure Dulles Airport is a social experiment designed to test humans' capacity for soul-deadening logistics and curious odors. (@idislikestephen)

@hillarygrove I tried to open my bedroom door right after putting lotion on my hands, and guys, for a few seconds I was TRAPPED

1958 animation shows why Dulles has 'mobile lounges.' Cool detail: It was made by Eames, designers of iconic chair. http://bit.ly/A5erHf (@JohnKelly)

More food! More wine! Same family! (@hgil)

RG3 has now joined Marion Barry, Chuck Brown, Jim Vance, rapper Scarface as group of men who get unquestionable respect in DC. #HTTR (@fishergroupdc)

Way to go Redskins #Redskins (‏@kvinod)

NBC Sports says Redskins-Cowboys game drew 44.6 overnight and 68 share in D.C., best primetime regular season rating ever in that market. (@richarddeitsch)

Homicides are at a 50-year low, but other crimes in D.C. went up relative to last year: http://bit.ly/UzdK2i (‏@dcist)

Here's to: having an open heart, to embracing life by myself, and most importantly, rocking the hell out of DC this year (@eriiiiivs)

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