P. Diddy makes a house call in Renton

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Hip-hop impresario Sean "P. Diddy" Combs — a k a Puff Daddy — did a fly-by through Seattle last week, popping up at a house party in Renton and then at the Showbox in a couple of blink-and-you'll-miss-it pseudo-appearances before jetting back to New York City.

P. Diddy was in town for KUBE-FM's fourth-annual "Not-So-Silent Night" holiday contest: Be caller nine, and P. Diddy will show up at your home and raid your refrigerator

We joined the party at the Renton home of 21-year-old Arnel Palomares in time to witness a chatty and apparently hungry P. Diddy pull eggs and chocolate whipped cream from the family fridge

"I've got Puff Daddy in my kitchen. Oh, man," said Palomares, whose name was drawn from hundreds of listeners who called KUBE to qualify over the past month

So what exactly was Chef Puffy planning to whip up? "I was about to prepare my special chocolate-whipped-cream omelet," he said, after leaving the ingredients sitting on the counter. "I do that at parties.

Dressed down in jeans, white T-shirt and navy jacket, the man of many monikers held court from a chair in Palomares' living room, signing autographs and posing for pictures with 100 or so of Palomares' closest friends.

"I don't think it gets more accessible than this, to be at one of your fans' houses, sitting in the living room," P. Diddy said. "We're gonna go check out his bedroom and everything and have the party come to him.

Despite the Bad Boy's declared intention to "wreck the house," Palomares' parents, Mike and Tess Balog, remained good sports

"Come on, how can you deny your kid this?" Mike said. "When I was younger, I couldn't get the Stones to come to my house.

The Puffy Index

• Number of times Palomares called to qualify for the contest: 1

• Number of KUBE personalities at his house: 8

• People at his house: 100

• People he knew: 40. Maybe. "For sure, 20.

• Minutes it took him to choose an outfit: 10

• Minutes Puffy was late: 40

• Celebrities who have been on time to "Not-So-Silent Night": 0

• Bodyguards with Puffy: 2

• SUVs in Puffy's entourage: 3

• Dollar value of Sean John merchandise Puffy gave to Palomares: $5,000

• Ranking on Palomares' Top 10 Most Memorable Moments: 2

• No. 1 on that list: The night he turned 21.