You can get xiao long bao to go from counter-service Xiao Chi Jie — aka XCJ —in Bellevue, but they also sell them frozen to steam at home, perfect for pandemic-times (and forever after). (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
You can get xiao long bao to go from counter-service Xiao Chi Jie — aka XCJ —in Bellevue, but they also sell them frozen to steam at home, perfect for pandemic-times. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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The centerpiece of the Washington State Capitol Campus is the domed Legislative Building, seen from the air, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 in Olympia. 216297
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Sgt. Darreld Sheppard (CQ) with the Summit Safety Patrol has to climb a berm of snow to get to his office Thursday morning. It was shoveled out later. Ref to more photos online More than 386-inches of snow have fallen this winter at Snoqualmie Pass according to the WSDOT website. and another 30-plus is expected this weekend. (Note: Ck numbers) LO Snow at Snoqualmie Pass Thursday Feb 25, 2021 216500
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, second from left, greets troops on the USS Nimitz off the coast of California on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. He told sailors and pilots that he knew what it felt like to be cut off from life during extended deployments. (Helene Cooper/The New York Times) XNYT189 XNYT189
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Washington middle blocker Marin Grote and Washington outside hitter Claire Hoffman go up for a block against Utah outside hitter Zoe Weatherington in the second game as the Washington Huskies take on the Utah Utes at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle Thursday February 25, 2021. The Huskies won in three sets. 216461
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Looking West on NW 46th Street in Ballard, shows a long line of recently finished apartments. For the first time in Seattle there are as many people living in apartments as own homes. 212448

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Steven Long and his attorney Ali Bilow after a State Court of Appeals hearing in Seattle on Thursday November 7, 2019. Long, took the city to court when the truck he was living in was impounded. A county judge ruled in his favor based on the Homestead Act, but the city has taken the case to the State Court of Appeals. 212037

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SEAHAWKS FILE — Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson breaks from the team huddle as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Los Angeles Rams for a wild card playoff game at Lumen Field in Seattle Saturday January 9, 2021. 216059

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Sgt. Darreld Sheppard (CQ) with the Summit Safety Patrol has to climb a berm of snow to get to his office Thursday morning. It was shoveled out later. Ref to more photos online More than 386-inches of snow have fallen this winter at Snoqualmie Pass according to the WSDOT website. and another 30-plus is expected this weekend. (Note: Ck numbers) LO Snow at Snoqualmie Pass Thursday Feb 25, 2021 216500
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Mariners position players perform conditioning sprints Wednesday in camp. The Seattle Mariners held Spring Training February 23, 2021 In Peoria, AZ. 216469
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Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 Gene Moy, Army Veteran from 1941 to 1945 at 103-years-old is thought to be oldest living Chinese American Veteran. Today Moy received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care Hospital. “I feel like a movie star” said Gene as cameras clicked away. 216465
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Singing for their supper: California sea lions serenade outside the waterway leading to the Hiram Chittenden Locks yesterday. They could be craving succulent winter steelhead returning to Puget Sound at this time. All of these sea lions are males; their mates are staying with their young in the Channel Islands of California. LO LO 216418
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