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    Food & Drink

    Willows Inn on Lummi Island to pay $600K to settle class-action lawsuit over wage theft

    The Willows Inn and owner/chef Blaine Wetzel have been accused of violating state labor and wage laws by underpaying or not paying employees for all shifts work, and withholding tips and overtime pay.

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    • From closing a restaurant forever to ‘Top Chef’ — an extraordinary pandemic year in the life of Seattle’s Shota Nakajima WATCH
    • This neighborhood butcher shop in Mountlake Terrace is a hot-sauce and meat-lovers paradise
    • Seattle-area bowling alleys cautiously reopen under COVID-19 guidelines; take a look inside VIEW
    • Here’s what to do if you fall into water while spending time in the outdoors
    • Mission Ridge ski area debuts new bubble lift, the first in Washington state
    • Seattleites answer: What are the positive ‘green flags’ you look out for when you start dating someone?
    • These savory muffins with garlic, ricotta and zucchini may steal your heart | Cooking with Sadie

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    Has the COVID-19 pandemic forever altered human behavior?

    Our food critic Tan Vinh ranks the Catfish po-boy sandwich as Le’s Deli in Othello as one of the best sammies he ate this month.

Catfish po boy sandwich from Le’s Deli & Bakery in the New Holly area, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Seattle. 21xxxx
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    The 5 best sandwiches our food critic had in the Seattle area this month

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    Fashion

    Farewell to bras, ‘hard pants’ and business casual: How COVID-19 has changed what we wear and how we feel about clothing

    Soup dumplings are seen in a carryout box at XCJ (Xiao Chi Jie) Monday, May 18, 2020 in Bellevue. 213958
    Food & Drink

    Our food writers’ top 12 Seattle-area takeout picks from one long pandemic year

    Food & Drink

    Chef Monica Dimas at her restaurant Little Neon Taco in First Hill Sunday November 15, 2020. Governor Jay Inslee has ordered indoor dining to be shut down soon as part of sweeping new restrictions to curb a deadly swell of cases of COVID-19. 215666

    ‘It’s ridiculous’ — with Washington’s grocery-store workers now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, 5 Seattle chefs say restaurant workers should be too VIEW

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    • 15 things to do this weekend in the Seattle area
    • From closing a restaurant forever to ‘Top Chef’ — an extraordinary pandemic year in the life of Seattle’s Shota Nakajima WATCH
    • This neighborhood butcher shop in Mountlake Terrace is a hot-sauce and meat-lovers paradise
    • This adaptable, 1,000-year-old recipe for cholent cooks slowly for contemporary comfort VIEW
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    ‘It’s ridiculous’ — with Washington’s grocery-store workers now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, 5 Seattle chefs say restaurant workers should be too

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    Pacific NW Magazine

    Meadows of wildflowers frame the Pacific Crest Trail as Mount Adams emerges in the distance. Credit: Joshua M. Powell/Courtesy Sasquatch Books (from the facing page of the title page of “The Pacific Crest Trail: A Visual Compendium” by Joshua M. Powell)

    A thru-hiker collects friends, memories — and lots and lots of observations — along the Pacific Crest Trail

    Travel

    A train travels between the village of Shap and Carlisle in the snow in Cumbria, north west England, Tuesday Jan. 29, 2019, as temperatures drop across Britain this week. Weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued by the Met Office. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

    A traveler waited 6 months for a BritRail refund and heard nothing from his travel agent. What gives? | Travel Troubleshooter

    • Vaccination ‘passports’ may open society, but inequity looms WATCH
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    • What you need to know before you fly in this second COVID-19 summer
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    Outdoors

    In a summer where athletes are attempting and breaking Fastest Known Times all over the place, Issaquah’s Kaytlyn Gerbin claimed the women’s FKT record on the Wonderland Trail this week, when she ran the 90-plus miles in 18:41.53.

    Motivated to push the boundaries of women’s ultrarunning feats, Issaquah’s Kaytlyn Gerbin sets women’s record on Wonderland Trail

    • Stevens Pass owner announces plans for 2020-21 ski and snowboard season
    • See the city on foot with these 3 walks through Seattle’s Stay Healthy Streets
    • One Seattle man’s cure for coronavirus quarantine cabin fever? A 50-mile run through Montana wilderness
    • Ultrarunner Dylan Bowman sets running record on Mount Rainier’s Wonderland Trail
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    Wellness

    The effect of the COVID-19 vaccine on restless legs

    A People’s Pharmacy reader reports that after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, they experienced relief for their restless leg syndrome.

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    Seattle Sketcher

    Fritz Hedges Waterway Park offers a bright new perspective of a unique Seattle waterscape

    This Seattle bus driver’s life changed amid the pandemic, and during her 33 years behind the wheel

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