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Hey, Seattlest!

We want to know where's the scariest place to live or hang out within Seattle city limits. (Sorry, Skyway and White Center. Check again after annexation.)

Because we're moving, Seattlest has the pleasure of changing our address and switching our services to our new place.

A friend of ours asked the other day: "So, if you were going to have pancakes for dinner, where would you go? How about for breakfast?"

Since we don't play the quiz at Kate's Pub every week, we missed the memo: Teams should come dressed up in costume. (Kate herself made a fetching serving wench.) Last night our team was among the large minority in street clothes.

A reader asks:

I gots a question for you, Mr. Seattlest. People at work are looking for a good Karaoke venue. You heard tell of any? Friends from work want to do it Weds. night. Looking for more "hip" than unhip; more top 40/seventies/big band than modern country, etc. Everyone knows there are lots in the Int'l District, but we're not looking for a William Hung outing, to laugh at furriners. We want to have fun our own selves.

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A 2003 Passat GLS wagon. It's anthracite blue, with black leather seats and automatic transmission.

Q: What's up with gas prices? They shot up after Katrina, then they went back down again, but now it's ridiculous!

Hey--so, are the Sonics really going to move?

Hey, Seattlest, this whole "Capitol Hill massacre" has really made me depressed, and I'd like to do something. Can I donate money to the survivors?

An email from a reader posed a relatively simple question: Where can I get a good waffle? Turns out said reader was from Houston, where they'd managed to find themselves a waffle sent straight from some whole-grain, nutty heaven, and they hadn't yet found themselves a suitable alternative here in the Northwest.

Hey, Seattlest, what are you doing this weekend?

Q: Is the Monorail dead?

These questions were submitted by clairvoyant readers.

The short answer, according to the Port of Seattle: The cranes are orange...because they are orange.

I volunteered to dogsit this weekend, and I'd like to do more than just drop in and let the pooch out to pee. What are some good off-leash areas in and around Seattle?

My daily downtown waterfront run takes me past the ticky-tack piers and the trolley garage into lovely Myrtle Edwards Park. Who was Myrtle Edwards and how can I thank her?