Storm players look at their championship rings during Saturday’s ring ceremony before their opener against the Aces at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
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Who: Sarah Monson is a line cook at Seattle’s popular/great Rupee Bar, and she has put together two new cookbooks celebrating the unsung heroes of the restaurant industry — the people who work in the kitchens. It’s handwritten recipes for food (and drinks!) that local restaurant workers came up with during COVID-times, keeping on cooking and creating while laid off (sometimes making stuff family-meal-style for groups of podded-up housemates who all worked at different places). The first cookbook sold out, but the second one will be available later this month, and she’ll be donating part of the profits to Covid19 Mutual Aid. Photographed outside Rupee Thursday, May 6, 2021. 217036

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Members of artist John Grade’s team secure part of his large sculpture “Boundary” in the North Satellite Terminal at SeaTac International Airport. Monday May 10, 2021 When completed, the piece of salvaged Alaskan Yellow Cedar measures 40’ H x 85’ W x 25’ D Grade has other massive pieces in the Seattle Art Museum lobby and at MOHAI. LO Linesonly 217084
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Keira Sweeney looks up at an Allosaurus, the largest meat eater during the late Jurassic Period, featured in the Dinosaur Discovery exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The zoo’s new exhibit features dozens of “the world’s largest and most life-like dinosaurs.” Visitors are able to learn more about the historic creatures as the dinosaurs move, breathe and roar throughout the exhibit. The exhibit was created by Dino Don Inc., the only maker of full-sized robotic dinosaurs, which are featured in zoos and museums around the world, according to the Woodland Park Zoo.
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LINESONLY For the first time since closing in the pandemic, the pedestrian bridges at the Ballard Locks were open to foot traffic Wednesday, April 28, 2021. So too was the first floor of the Visitor’s Center. The pedestrian bridges connected two neighborhoods separated by the canal. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers said the fish ladder however will remain closed due to an impending maintenance project. 216958
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