Michael Smith

PICK Ballast: Coming of Age in the Deep South

Lobbying Grenade

Jack Abramoff's guilty plea harkens back to his days with Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis.

Wok 'n' Broil High School

Jack Abramoff's guilty plea harkens back to his days with Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis.

Oct. 6-12, 2004

Jack Abramoff's guilty plea harkens back to his days with Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis.

Ripping Yarns

Books for armchair adventurers.

Tad Doyle: Rocker, Thinker, Accountant at Georgetown Music Store

​As I was finishing up a chat with Georgetown Music Store owner Michael Smith this afternoon, I noticed a plastic cup on the desk that read "TAD." Yeah, it's that Tad. Tad Doyle, the man behind the heavy, grunge-era band TAD, and now Brothers of the Sonic Cloth (creators of one of our top 10 l ... More >>

Georgetown Music's Axe Men

Because you still can't download a guitar.

Handicapping the James Beard Awards: Part 1

The horse race begins now​As posted earlier today, the venerable James Beard Foundation today released the names of their Restaurant and Chef Awards semi-finalists. And man, was it a Seattle-heavy list. Seriously, I've been tracking these things for most of a decade, and for one city (that's n ... More >>

Update: Handicapping the James Beard Awards

Into the home stretch...​This morning, the finalists for the James Beard Awards were announced from the floor of the Palace Cafe in New Orleans--a suitably food-obsessed city, from which many of the awards' big winners have come. And like I promised, here I am to see how my wicked handicapping ... More >>