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.

Cash-strapped Washington Post cuts back on its cafeteria http://is.gd/3Uz3sm (@wcp)

Definition of entitled RT @postlocal DC Council to the Secret Service: Give us easier parking for Obama's inauguration http://wapo.st/Sih4AK (@jasoncherkis)

Sotomayor's biggest gripe about DC? Slow takeout. A great read from @adamliptak http://nyti.ms/11t8zFI (@jeffzeleny)

@wmata can you send officers to metro center, platform for red line to shady grove? Kids are hitting train windows, scaring customers. (@VAbrooks)

A photo of what DC council hopes will be Obama's new license plate. Same # as currently on one of his limos. pic.twitter.com/hdJ0Bjyw (@timcraigpost)

DC Council education committee chairman Catania wants daytime curfew to curb rampant truancy; also prosecute parents. (‏@tomsherwood)

Mythical Woodland creature on Metro #photo http://goo.gl/bVsIw via @wcp #dc #photography (@MattDunnDC)

The DC Statehood Green Party's domain expired last week. http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org (@kcivey)

1st Caps, then Nats, now the #Skins. Being a DC sports fan is like dating a really hot girl that only let's you do over the pants stuff. (@Braunsthoughts)

lol only her would come allllll the way to DC to do shopping alone lol !! my roommate is a character and so brave ! (@ana2Rua)

Frontline can find evidence of standardized test cheating in D.C. schools, so why can't the inspector general? http://is.gd/Kk2UWC (@wcp)

Photo: Barack, Sasha, and Malia doing some book shopping in Dupont Circle. http://bit.ly/tmUkt2 (@MichelleNews)

Why are so many people (dudes) at @UptwnTapHouseDC right now? #4sq #football #clevelandpark (@floridagirlindc)

If you dine at @oldebbitt expect a bill along with a ticker tape of news headlines. http://bit.ly/URvpoT  #DC /via @dcist (@dmbosstone)

When our hotel said Capitol view they meant it. Beautiful! #DC pic.twitter.com/1ftTgnwg (@DiannGarnett)

Thanks, @FreudSchmeud! The Cleveland Park Walgreens does have the flu shot (as of right now), so here I go! (@paulidin)

PSA: Adams Morgan is neither hyphenated nor requires an apostrophe -- there is no "Adam" and he certainly doesn't own a "Morgan". (@emilcDC)

Gotta love DC DMV. You have 30 days to pay parking tickets, but they may not post them online for 20 days (@HotlineJosh)

RT @perkinsms: @kojoshow Ask why Metro doesn't consider websites like @ggwash and @unsuckdcmetro to be news media. We inform the public too. (@unsuckdcmetro)

Apparently, the part of my childhood that featured watching men in dresses every Sunday is now over http://bit.ly/13nTZ0N (@Rachel__Nichols)