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OPERATION BRIGHT PINK FLAMINGO: If you were at Myrtle Edwards Park last weekend, you may have noticed a city-approved flock of plastic flamingos hanging out on the lawns. Lest you prematurely begin the spiral into "WTF, can't we just have normal public art," let us inform you that the flamingos were only visiting to remind everyone that real Chilean flamingos are available as of tomorrow to gawk at over in the Woodland Park Zoo. There will be free mini-cupcakes, music, and stilt-walking at the Zoo to mark the opening of the summer exhibit.

This Saturday offers at least three ways to make a difference in Seattle, or at least look like you care whilst furthering your own selfish interests.

No thanks to the Seattle Art Museum or their contractor, Sellen Construction, for making it easy to attend Hempfest this weekend. Their obstinacy in complying with terms of a Parks Department permit wasn't resolved until midweek.

Forget the hydroplanes at Seafair...we love us some tugboat races, and they're happening tomorrow.

It looks like we can celebrate some resolution on the waterfront trolley issue today. Gov. Gregoire, speaking at a press conference this morning, surprised administrators and reporters alike with a sweeping plan to preserve the streetcar that has been threatend by plans for a sculpture park and the impending razing of the viaduct.

Seattlest's head just exploded. We've been covering the undecided fate of the waterfront trolley for a couple of weeks now, but today's front-page article in the P-I sealed it: everyone's crazy, no one talks to each other, and you might as well just buy a Lionel train set if you're into trolleys.

The Port of Seattle today offered land for a new trolley barn to be built about a mile north of the current, endangered-by-the-sculpture-park trolley barn, on Port-owned land near the Grain Terminal. The Port has also offered to lay the trolley track, but they won't pay to build the barn. You can read the full press release here. And you can read a press release from Ron Sims, who likes the idea, here.

Seattle's preferred method of total annihilation has always been the earthquake, with an eruption of Mt. Rainier running a close second. Possibly both at the same time. But after Asia's tragedy at the end of last year, tidal waves are on everyone's mind. Think a tsunami wouldn't be able to navigate the Sound and find its way into Elliot Bay? Think again.

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?