A look at Arizona news, views and images—via Arizona tweets.
CONCEIVED AND COMPILED BY MIKE SAUCIER @MikeTheSauce
BEERY DEVOTED TO AZ
Phoenix-based reporter for The List, Brien McElhatten: ““I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I drink local.”
CARD CRAVING A SPAM SAND
Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett tweeted: “Damn I want a spam sandwich w/chees and grits and apple sauce with a cherry coke… #irememberthedayz”
WATERED DOWN CRACKER JACK PRIZE
D-Backs pitcher Brandon McCarthy: “Seems like Cracker Jack is getting a little loose with the word ‘prize’.”
IF ANTS COULD PANIC…
Tempe’s Gil Shuga tweeted: “I have deep thoughts doing yard work. Like, when I use a leaf blower, do the ants panic and scream ‘LEAFNADO!’ at each other?”
DATE LOYALTY
Lisa Hudson, “opinionated wife” of Scottsdale, tweeted: “Will never buy dates from any grocer other than @ajsfinefoods again. Ever! #SoDelicious #goodeats”
WHITE STUFF ARRIVAL
A reporter covering Phoenix, Nick VinZant, tweeted: “First big snowfall in #Flagstaff has covered the pines.”
CAFFEINE AND PUMPKINS
Arizona artist Nicole Royse: “Need coffee stat!! Long day! Ready to write a bit then go get some pumpkins.”
A TWEET ABOUT CIRCUMCISION
Phoenix native and country star Dierks Bentley tweeted: “could have done without seeing my son’s ‘stick out’ (as my girls call it) covered in blood. ouch! makes you question the circumcision thing.”
THORNY PATH
The City of Scottsdale tweeted: “Watch your step!”
SUPER LONGING
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton tweeted: “After good mtg w/ Frank Supovitz, NFL Sr VP, on Super Bowl, he was kind enough to show me the Lombardi trophy”
WOW OF THE DESERT
Investigative reporter for Wired, Steve Silberman of San Francisco: “Amazing pic taken on the Zephyr last night by @fjlanza, passing through the AZ desert.”
HALLOWEEN AND HOCKEY
Coyotes newsman Dave Vest tweeted: “#Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle on Thomas Greiss’s eerie-looking Yeti mask: ‘I lost a little bit of sleep over it.’”
‘PUBIC’ PERCEPTION
National TV show host Gayle Bass of Phoenix: “Oops @THR. You meant ‘public,’ right?”
