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What to do if you’re staying inside hiding from smoke or rain this weekend

The smoke might lift sometime this weekend, but we might also get some rain. If you're staying inside, fill your time with this week's roundup of activities.

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A lone diner sits with a face mask on as she waits for her lunch order at Chef Chet Geri’s “Gracia” Mexican restaurant on Ballard Avenue in Ballard Saturday, August 15.
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UPDATING: Seattle-area restaurants offering takeout, delivery and/or dine-in service during the coronavirus pandemic

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No more flakiness, be straightforward: What people wish they could change about Seattle dating culture

Food & Drink

Food critic Tan Vinh ate at 100 banh mi spots in the Seattle area. Here are his 12 favorites.

Denny Creek is a kid-friendly, easily extendable hike through old-growth forest.
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A hike with a natural waterslide: Denny Creek is a family-friendly classic

Food & Drink

An employee of Red Bluff Tap House puts out an open sign on Saturday morning. Red Bluff Tap House waited to reopen after Skamania County was one of the first to move into Phase 2. The tap room opened with fewer staff and limited seating to the required 50% capacity. Saturday, May 23, 2020 214023

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Far-flung fans, rejoice — Seattle-area burger favorite Dick’s is getting a food truck

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Maggie, the family dog, hangs out on the sofa in the living room that features a corner fireplace, huge windows to the deck and territorial view, and a bar to the far left. and Sarah and Matt Hill’s home in Seattle is an indoor-outdoor living extraordinaire. The contemporary design home ties in the outdoors. Contemporary yet midcentury, the home is a perfect balance of style and comfort. Photographed on February 22, 2019. 208673 (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times) 208673

How 5 Seattle women elevated the regional and national profile of Northwest Modern design

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Global Entry, a "trusted traveler" program run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, speeds up clearance of air passengers arriving from abroad, plus other perks. (Ellen Creager/Detroit Free Press/TNS)

Global Entry is back after a 6-month COVID hiatus. Here's what you need to know | Travel Troubleshooter

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

A Hike and a Happy Hour

Jake Hoffman, left, and Tyler Godwin check out the historical lime kiln from which this hike receives its name. (Evan Bush / The Seattle Times)

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Are Medicare Advantage plans worth the risk?

Rather than add to the other parts of Medicare, the Medicare Advantage plans replace them. But they work differently.

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A poet laureate offers human connection — and free poems — with his home Poetry Pole

With school out for summer, and then some, empty buses line up idly at a Shoreline depot

The Yesler Trolley Viaduct is now just a nostalgic bridge to our past

Boats of all sorts float by on the Montlake Cut, like water under the bridge

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Rant and Rave: Reader appreciates heroes in their life

RAVE to the heroes in my world. This morning I got up and turned on the light. I still have electricity. I started the coffee. I have clean running water. I heard a garbage truck in the alley. Our streets are clean. I picked up my phone. I have dial tone. I checked my doorstep, there...

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