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Cole Cosgrove Cole Cosgrove
... was here. You can reach him at cole.cosgrove@thenewstribune.com.

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Kelly Davenport Kelly Davenport
My life in T-shirts: Ask Me About My Cat - Legalize Frostitution - Death Before Decaf. You get the idea. I enjoy lint-rolling, bons mots, magazine launch parties (if I was invited), paying too much for groceries, and the occasional semicolon. I'm a copy editor at The News Tribune, but I won't correct your grammar at the bar. Contact me at kelly.davenport@thenewstribune.com.

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Laura Gentry Laura Gentry
...lives in Seattle (so you don’t have to) with her cat Peanut Zeta-Jones. The self-proclaimed “Webmeister” of TheNewsTribune.com, Laura spends her spare time driving on I-5, sifting through estate sales, writing songs about Miss Zeta-Jones and wishing she was somewhere else regardless of where she is. You can reach her at laura.gentry@thenewstribune.com, but it’s in your best interest not to.

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Niki Sullivan Niki Sullivan
...is a political reporter for The News Tribune. She likes sunshine, soup and puppies. Beyond that, it gets dicey. Contact Niki at niki.sullivan@thenewstribune.com.

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Brian Everstine Brian Everstine
...has a debilitating fear of children, horses, sauerkraut and mustaches, but an irrational affection for generic cereal. A recent college graduate (WSU) from Spokane, he is a news reporter for The News Tribune who is still adjusting to life on this side of the mountains. Contact Brian at brian.everstine@thenewstribune.com.

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You'll like Tacoma
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Posted by Brian Everstine @ 05:39:13 pm

I have found my version of hell, and it is the intersection of Sixth and Sprague. I have lost most of my youth waiting to turn left onto Sprague at this demonic location. Alas, I must go there every day. The light always taunts me as I approach. This brilliant green arrow is my Tacoman dream, a wish that I may have a short, pleasant drive to the office. But whenever I ease my sweet '95 Escort into the turning lane, with the blinker confidently flashing, it shuts me down and I am stuck in the mocking gaze of the red light.

Oh well, it beats commuting on I-5.

Categories: Commuting
Posted by Cole Cosgrove @ 01:54:40 am

Coming to my neighborhood - Google Street View!

Clean up your yard and put away the recycle bins. It appears that Google is filming the streets of Tacoma this week to add to its Street View interactive map feature.

Portland and Spokane have already been captured, so now it looks like it's our turn in front of Google's 360° panoramic car-mounted cameras.

Saturday morning about 8 a.m., driving on Union at South 19th Street, I spotted a car that looked a lot like the one at right. (Flickr user jimery took this picture in Seattle last week).

I e-mailed a few questions to Google, so I'll let you know if I hear back. Until then, don't do anything too creepy in your front yard.

Categories: PSA