TwitterZona: Highlighting news and images from around Arizona—via tweets.
By @MikeTheSauce
‘WHO’ KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH ME?
12 News weather guy James Quinones tweeted a bird query: “Just went for my nightly walk and found a baby owl that had fallen out of the nest. What should I do?”
‘MOMSICLES’ ARE HERE
Local food writer, author and chef Gwen Ashley Walters tweeted: “Yes, I just deleted a press release for breast milk lollipops. I hope like hell it was a joke.”
CHILLY IN THE HEAT?
Travel blogger Kristen Jarnagin of Phoenix tweeted: “It’s 109 degrees outside and I’m freezing. #summerinPhoenix”
NUMBERS DON’T LIE
EVB Live executive producer Jill Hanks tweeted: “And so it begins… 13 summers & still no way to be ready for this! Photo taken 4p in #scottsdale #azwx”
HEYJUNE, DON’T MAKE IT BAD
3TV journalist Marie Saavedra: “Oh hey, June. There you are. Stay hydrated #PHX! #azwx”
ESCAPE FROM PHX
Phoenix Mercury president and COO Amber Cox tweeted: “Sky Harbor is a madhouse this morning. Peeps staying in Phx, you are going to have the city to yourself bcs everyone is leaving!
STANDING UP FOR THE STAND
Radio show host Johnjay Van Es of Phoenix was smitten with a new restaurant as he tweeted: “Omg part 3! Prob the best burger+tacos ive ever had! THE STAND 36th/IndianSchool handmade shakes! Go there! NOW!”
GOV VS. NATIONAL REVIEW
Gov. Jan Brewer tweeted: “.@NRO prefers #AZ citizens to pay into a program and see no benefit. That kind of logic is why they editorialize and I govern. #undefeated”
MEDICAID MEDITATION
Phoenix Business Journal writer Mike Sunnucks tweeted: “One word at the Arizona Leg.. Medicaid. Wonder if Jan Brewer thought she’d be so tied to this issue?”
U.S. MULE
RimCountry.Com tweeted: “DID YOU KNOW? The only place where mail is delivered by mule is Supai AZ, located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.”
BURNING UP THE COURSE
GoDaddy founder and philanthropist Bob Parsons: “Jimmy’s wife escaped their house alive. He made the putt & par on the hole. Divorce now pending.”
BREAKING OUT OF CONTROL
Social media guru Kinsey Schofield: “Cable News needs to redefine the words ‘Breaking News’ – especially when I read their Breaking News 3 hours ago on Facebook.”
FIZZY NOSTALGIA
12 News assignment editor Jason Sillman tweeted: “My throw back thursday today. Drinking some TAB! #lovethe80s
ANSWER: R-A-T-I-N-G-S
D-Backs pitcher Charles Brewer tweeted: “Can someone PLEASE explain to me why the Scripps National Spelling Bee takes up air time on @ESPN?”
‘KA-CHING’ FENDER BENDER
AZ political operative and Scottsdale mayoral chief of staff J.P. Twist tweeted: “Only at Scottsdale City Hall would you see a Ferrari back-up into a Mercedes. #thingsnotseeninbuckeye”
THEORY ON ATTACKS AND JACKASSES
The undisputed king of stuff, Jon Gabriel of Mesa, tweeted: “When someone attacks who I am or what I believe, I don’t think ‘I’m offended!’ I think, ‘that guy’s a jackass.’”
DESERT RAYS
Phoenix resident and smooth jazz radio format co-founder Tom Garrett tweeted: “Arizona sunrise! I love the valley of the sun!”
MORNING GLORY
12 News social media guy Mike Pache: “Why I love #running in the mornings. #Arizona wake up runs are beautiful.”
RAINBOW, LIGHTNING X 2
A writer from Lima, Peru, Amador Vargas Bellido, tweeted: “FANTASTIC PIC! A double Rainbow double lightning over Cathedral Rock in Sedona Arizona during the monsoon season. #USA
SUN, MOON, FIRE
Ana Navia Espín of Venezuela tweeted: “Wildfire passes in front of the solar eclipse over Payson. Arizona. Visto: Mysterious things the World:-)”
