You've already seen some of the Hill-oween pictures we gathered and took during the fun last Saturday -- but there are so many new shots flying around the Internet in the days since that it would be a shame not to share those too. Thanks for dropping these treats into our CHS flickr pool plastic pumpkin. Special thanks to flickrite sea turtle who, once again, captured so many great images from Halloween on Broadway.

You'll see a lot of sea turtle's work in this slideshow of images from "capitol hill seattle" sorted by flickr's "most interesting" ranking from this year. Enjoy.

Urban Wildlife - Uploaded by: sea turtle

Richie Tenenbaum and Max Fischer, originally uploaded by pam sattler.

You are never to old to trick or treat!, originally uploaded by ERIK98122.

, originally uploaded by chelsey [ r ] scheffe.

Wedded Bliss, originally uploaded by sea turtle.

spooky house, originally uploaded by jillbertini.

Halloween on Broadway, originally uploaded by sea turtle.

A pirate's life at Miller Community Center (Lucas Anderson/Neighborlogs.com)

If you haven't yet figured out what to be for Halloween, maybe these photos from Thursday night's community party in Miller Park will inspire. Looking for something tried and true and surely awesome? Check out the CHS Costume History thread in the comments on this post. How many of your past brilliant costume ideas can you remember?

Update:
I'll be poking around the Hill today for images but please holler if you find anything cool. Like this shot from the CHS flickr pool featuring Slog reporter and man about Capitol Hill, Dominic Holden, a spoon and, apparently, a tiny, camera-toting man inside a pumpkin.

Tom Carr's worst nightmare, originally uploaded by Michael Holden.

princess in the hood #6, originally uploaded by tamara childress.

Attention Capitol Hill goblins, ghouls and princesses -- you get a 2009 Halloween party bonus. Halloween, this year, includes an extra hour of fun. The end of daylight savings time, as usual, falls on early Sunday. At 2 AM Sunday, clocks fall back to 1 AM. But in 2009, the 'fall back' coincides with All Hallow's Eve morning. For some of you, that will be good news. You disco napped. For the rest of you, drink lots of water and rally. You can do it.

According to Washington State Liquor Control Board spokesperson Anne Radford, bars may serve during the daylight savings bonus hour if they choose. However, of the bars CHS has been in on Daylight Savings Sunday, not a single one has ever done so because -- to be frank -- the staff is not enjoying the party the same way you are.

The best part about living in the future? We are finally able to bring science to bear on the mysteries of the universe. For example: Where is the best trick-or-treating on Capitol Hill?

Zillow is getting a lot of play for this list of the top Seattle neighborhoods for trick-or-treating. Their Science is based on home values, density and walkability factors. It is a good start.

CHS wants the data. And, forget neighborhoods -- we want a forecast down to the city block level. Work on that, Zillow. We know you can do it.

In the meantime, we've deployed an advanced algorithm to create this Halloween trick-or-treating forecast for Capitol Hill. Feel free to call out any additional hot spots in the comments. (And, yeah, long-time readers have seen this map before -- kind of like the costume we drag out year after year.)

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So, pretty much every Gay bar on the Hill is having a costume contest. Here's your chance to earn some money for your creative costuming ideas! For the full list of LGBT Halloween events, check out GayCapHill.com

Bottleneck Lounge Hillside Harvest Fest No cover, season beer specials, Halloween festivities through the night

Cuff Halloween Party w/ guest DJ Kimberely S. - contest at midnight, $1000 first place

Neighbors Psych Ward 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. - cash prizes and contests

Purr Annual Halloween Party Contest at midnight, $1000 first prize (no cover)

R Place Sister Dawnna's Nightmare contest at midnight, $1000 first place

There's also COMEBACK at Chop Suey on Friday 10/30. It's $7 to get in if you're wearing a costume and there is a costume contest at midnight!

Kids wearing black with odd makeup asking for handouts. Looks like the Capitol Hill Community Council has started a new tradition with its Capitol Hill Halloween Walk. Between 6 and 8 PM on All Hallow's Eve, Broadway businesses will be handing out candy -- you can be part of the fun by joining the group gathering at Seattle Central or make your own mini-parade. Just look for these signs to find participating businesses.

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Here's more from the Council:

We plan to gather in front of the Broadway Performance Hall (Seattle Central Community College). The walk will start at 6pm at the college and will proceed down the west side of Broadway to E. Roy Street then back up the east side and end at Cal Anderson Park by 8pm. Community children and their parents will lead the walk. Also joining us will be representatives from the East Precinct of the Seattle Police Department & the Sisters of the Mother House of Washington.

We encourage businesses on Broadway to decorate and participate in the Walk by handing out packaged candy between the hours of 6 and 8pm on Saturday, October 31st (Halloween).

Capitol Hill puts on a wild show for Halloween. With the holiday falling on a Saturday night this year, it should be quite a ride. Cool to see an event for the young and young at heart catching on in the heart of the Hill. After 8p, the grown-ups can have it all to themselves while the kiddies invade the prime CHS Trick-or-Treat Zone.

Hey, Cheesecake, get on this. Quit wasting your time with videos of these scary guys and make a really scary movie for Central Cinema's 2nd Annual Marathon of Fright Homemade Horror Contest.

Central Cinema's 2nd Annual Homemade Horror contest

Saturday October 31st at 7:00

Break out the fake blood and rattle some door knobs! Make a short horror film in any genre from Gore to Psychosis to Zombies. Keep it under 10 minutes. Burn it on a DVD and submit it to Central Cinema before Midnight Sunday October 25th. Extra credit for including a STIFF Festival T-shirt or Poster somewhere in your movie.  Anyone can enter.  There is no fee for entering.  Your short horror movie needs to be something new that you just made for the contest.  

Bring your friends ready to SCREAM on Halloween night Satuday the 31st. The judging will be heavily influenced by the Scream-o-meter! Drink Beer! Eat Pizza! SCREAM! Win Fabulous Prizes!

Central Cinema is a CHS advertiser.

Here's some inspiration from Capitol Hill's Halloween past:

Murder in the Graveyard Originally uploaded by Photo Munki

Now, I'm not trying to belittle Bruce Lee here. He was a great actor/martial artist/man and paying homage to his resting place is no doubt a worthy cause. But sometimes I feel like he eclipses the fact that Lake View Cemetery has a whole list of historic Seattle celebrities worth visiting. And who might they be you ask?

Check out this handy google map for my list of famous Lake View gravesites. If you know of one that didn't make my list, you can also add it!

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A few images of "the next day" from my neck of the woods. The weird receipt-like results tapes hanging from the door of St. Joe's look like party streamers. Meanwhile, if you want to keep your Obama yard sign as a memento, better grab it before somebody else does.

CHS Capitol Hill Seattle, LLC recently filed a FOIA request for certain reports generated by my office's paranormal investigative unit. I am complying with the request to produce the contents of these reports with some details redacted.

Case #21169 -- XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX -- XXXXX 15th Ave E -- XX-XX-200X -- Eyewitness reports second level contact with demonic spirit. Upon ordering latte, witness states that latte disappeared. Witness reports hearing laughter and feeling as if "someone was looking at me." Measure #313a was executed. Latte was not recovered. Case is closed.

Case #23513 -- XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX -- XXXXXX 21st Ave. E -- XX-XX-200X -- Eyewitness reports first level contact with unknown spirit or ghost via baby monitor radio broadcast. Female eyewitness was sole adult in home. Male resident had left one hour previous to contact episode. Eyewitness reports hearing baby crying on monitor radio. After inspection of second-floor nursery, witness said baby was asleep with tears on cheeks and had been disturbed....

Have some scary pictures of your own? Share them here.

Spooky. And not far from Dan Savage's stomping grounds to boot.

But in The End.... Originally uploaded by lucypinrod

Halloween window display Originally uploaded by lindn

Haunted apartment building Originally uploaded by El Gregein

Own It Originally uploaded by lucypinrod

Back when things were simpler (and smaller) on CHS and we didn't have to worry about being comprehensive and ehaustive with our coverage, we wrote about a certain Capitol Hill geek from time to time. His name, Bre Pettis. Bre's thing is DIY. He makes things like books with secret compartments. He helped start Ignite and a few other things.

We were sad when Bre left the Hill for the bright lights of NYC. It seems like he's back in Seattle, he's got a friend and they are going to be Han Solo and Princess Leia for Halloween.

Tessa Originally uploaded
by bre pettis

Here's a collection of some of our best CHS Halloween posts past and present. Looking forward to adding a few more good ones this year. Did you catch our tale of this kinda scary 19th Ave business?

• Where to trick-or-treat on Capitol Hill
        Related: Ultimate Guide -- Fancy Pants Capitol Hill Trick-or-treating
• 5 places to see a ghost on Capitol Hill
• Collectible masks:2006: Dan Savage | 2007: Bertha Landes | 2008: ???
• Lake View Cemetery Photo Essay
• CHS Halloween search
  

Picture by photocoyote

A Seasonal Thought:

Getting ready for the big day:

Back in the late 1990s, there was a thriving business tucked into one of the sleepier corners of Capitol Hill. You wouldn't have noticed much walking by. Some ivy on a chain link fence. No windows. A rolling, motorized garage door.

Their specialty was shipping. Experts at navigating the complexities of transporting valuable items and handling the complications of international freight, they became so savvy at moving goods around the globe that large companies like Procter and Gamble contracted with them when no other company would do. In those special, highly critical operations, the business grew.

It was so successful that a mysterious foreign corporation suddenly appeared on the scene and bought the thriving Capitol Hill business. The mystery company was called The Global Group. Today, it is unclear what business the The Global Group was in. But they were, reportedly, experts in shipping, too.

6,000 packages a year, it is said. 6,000 of these special, highly sensitive shipments. And the Capitol Hill business was...

As neighbor Yancy likes to put it, we're going meta on here again. Here's a geek's-worth of Hill related tidbits.

• Blogger suggests light rail station will further bifurcate Capitol Hill -- "The aesthetic in the north is all shining windows and foliage, red brick and designer clothes; the aesthetic in the south, broad dim lights and small bright ones, neon counterpointed against black and industrial gray."
• Cap to the Hill (happy 1st anniversary, btw) has Hill hipster appropriate Halloween costume suggestions.
• There's a Capitol Hill clean up of I5 Shores this weekend that needs volunteers. Lend a hand if you have some time.
• What happened when they built a graffiti wall for the kiddies in UK.
• Seattle PI documents the small piece of really old Capitol Hill still alive and kicking inside a vacuum repair shop.
• Urban Golf this weekend.

Neighbor CHBiker asks:
Has anyone heard of the haps on the hill for Halloween?

Our CHS Calendar is mostly bare on 10/31 -- if you know about something fun, add your event and hook CHBiker up.

In the meantime, here's how Halloween on Capitol Hill works -- ladies and gentlemen, the CHS Halloween Hot-Spot map:

Zone Orange represents the area of the Hill best targeted for trick or treating. We've analyzed this in past reports --Ultimate Guide: Fancy Pants Capitol Hill Trick-or-treating-- recommend you consult the archives. Good luck, kids!

Zone Dark Orange represents the hottest of the hot. This area is for professionals only. Expect heavy candy competition among the yard displays and mingling neighbors. Do not trust big kids with your candy. Do not trust clouds of dry ice fog. Beware teenagers wearing Jason masks in the corner of the "haunted driveway tent." They will say boo!

Broadway Orange Line represents a new addition to Capitol Hill Halloween -- a kids and big kids costume march sponsored by the community council....

Hillku's planning their pumpkin carving action:

Are you? Seattle is hard on carved pumpkins -- they start getting mushy and moldy super fast. So snap a pic and send it in -- jseattle at gmail-- and we'll feature your amazing gourd-based creations on the site. Would also love to get any pictures of lit jack-o-lanterns you see around the Hill.

This post is already too late. Back in the old days, I worked as part of the editorial team that ran the MSN.com homepage. I learned a lot about what and when people want to read about all sorts of stuff -- including holidays like Halloween. Turns out, people start heavy planning for their Halloween costumes in August. So, sorry if this ruins your plans...

But everybody on Capitol Hill is planning to be Sarah Palin.

You either need to find a new costume or decide that it will be warped and funny to have an army of Palins wandering from party to party on the Hill. We're probably going to join the herd as a Sarah and Todd pair (yeah, we do the couples thing for Halloween -- Kurt and Courtney, Jack and Meg, etc.). Here's your chance to coordinate with the rest of the Hill. What are you going as? Looking for ideas? How about our 2006 or 2007 edition CHS Halloween masks (inspired by C-3PO cereal, no less)?

Hi,
My name is Gilby. I found your email from CHS Seattle.
Not sure if you are able to answer my question? But, here it is.

Will there be trick or treating on 17th, 18th & 19th on streets, on Capital Hill, this year, as there was last Halloween?

I was reading through the message board, and became a bit confused with some of the posts.

If you could please let me know, asap, as Halloween is in a few hours, that would be great. I took my son trick or treating there last year, and he loved it.
We live a few blocks away, so it's convenient.

Thank you for your time.
Hope to hear back soon.

Cheers,
Gilby