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.

Frustrated with cab companies, a D.C. restaurant is starting its own car service. http://is.gd/OLqUKY (@wcp)

I'm not here for any snow flurries!!!!!! #DC (@SunniAndTheCity)

Photoset: it's all about the dog, st paddy's day parade, washington, dc. http://tmblr.co/Z5hwFygWwhWR (@jrnelsonphoto)

Thanks for all the bday wishes! Had an awesome time at DC St. Patrick's Day Parade. @washcaps game tonight (@katieledecky)

An ad on the #wmata Metro. It bothers me that this DC-targeted ad is clearly a photo in Downtown LA. pic.twitter.com/K5LXSkFmG1 (@Tracktwentynine)

Kelow = coolest woman in D.C.? Probly. Had fun editing this feature about the DMV rapper in this week's @wcp. http://bit.ly/Xw07p3 (@allyschweitzer)

"Your safety is my number one concern... I haven't slept in two days." -- my #greyhound bus driver driving 60+ people to DC @GHoundBusHelp (@Brett_Frazer)

#DC cops looking for perps in #Metro bus robbery. http://youtu.be/4EXyQ19IN6Q (@darcyspencer)

Spring is Springing: What's fresh this week http://icont.ac/1E1pX (@dinodc)

Ugh 7:30 a.m. flights - lots of amateurs this late in the day. @USAirways PLEASE bring back the 6 a.m. IND-DCA! (@IndyThompson)

Thanks @wmata both SmarTrip card machines don't work at WFC - had to buy paper card to get to work and spend more $ @unsuckdcmetro (@theitgirl)

#four23dc RT @tmcw: the democratic and republican candidates in the DC Council race are using the same web template / so hard to choose (@dcist_martin)

Wells-zilla. RT @wcp: Councilmember Tommy Wells wants to shut down the Fur and Ibiza nightclubs http://is.gd/xPe0f5 (@ChuckThies)

Photo taken during a bus strike in DC in 1974. Transportation options are a good thing. http://bit.ly/sOQwef (@BikeArlington)

Dear Dupont Circle, I love you. Where else can I get a latte, walk in & get my hair blown out, pick up a gift & new dress in 1 block? #DC (@floridagirlindc)

The great Adams Morgan sinkhole! pic.twitter.com/wsxcsjVqjg (@dcist)

Dear non-DC peeps: Go-Go is a style of music that has nothing to do w/ 1960's or ladies in tall boots. Please google Chuck Brown. #PumpMeUp (@betterdrinking)

#WMATA will add more lighting to mezzanines at 10 stations: http://bit.ly/1336XVb on http://ggwash.org/18100 (@ggwash)

Best #Vegan Chinese restaurant in DC suburbs! (@ Yuan Fu Vegetarian) http://4sq.com/WqY5VD (@Daroff)

This comparison to buggy whips I can get behind. MT @TransportNation How DC's parking minimum's are like buggy whips: http://wny.cc/XnUvgE (@AZenner)

Is there a cozier, more adorable DC restaurant than Mama Ayesha's? #ithinknot (@WashingTina)

The @NationalZoo brought in a pediatrician to treat the seasonal allergies of Red Oak, a 20 y/o brown-footed lemur: http://wamu.fm/Z7Dq4o (@wamu885news)