Pugetopolis Kindled and other news
We readers are in the middle of a revolution as daily newspapers seem to be vaporizing before our eyes and new electronic forms are taking shape. Pugetopolis is now leaping from print and being...
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Berger/Egan on TV, plus a "nice" discussion
I have had a bit of a respite from Pugetopolis readings, which is a good thing. Spring may be here but my chest cough is still around. I was sick with the flu during my Town Hall debate with Tim Egan...
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Reading in Ballard, scene of a condo crime
As many of you know, I wrote extensively about the effort to "save" the Ballard Manning's/Denny's diner in Ballard. I even included a column about it in Pugetopolis. I'm still pained when I drive by...
View ArticlePugetopolis a bestseller at Elliott Bay
This is nice. I spotted the book on the Elliott Bay Bookstore bestseller list in the Seattle Times (no April Fools).By the way, I had a great reading at the Ballard Library last night which has...
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Metronatural is bunk!
The Ballard News-Tribune has an account of my reading at the Ballard Library last week and focusses on my comments about the contradictions between wanting to live in pristine nature and inhabit a...
View ArticleNewcomers, Orcas Island, and back on the Northwest bestseller list
I had some good Pugetopolitan events this week. Have you ever heard of the Seattle Newcomer's Club? Me neither. But I spoke to the group, which is so popular that some members some have been in it for...
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Darvills and going to the dogs
I'm headed up to the San Juans for a reading at Darvill's tomorrow (Friday, April 17). I had a great interview today with Margie Doyle for her Bullwings blog which deals with island issues. Also this...
View ArticleFrost/Nixon: Discussing Politics and Media
The Broadway play Frost/Nixon is coming to the Paramount Theatre in Seattle May 6-10 with Stacy Keach in the Nixon role. You may have seen the Oscar-nominated movie last year. For my money, Frank...
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Mossback and Mayor Greg Nickels, together at last
Mossback and Mayor Greg Nickels sharing the same podium! What could possibly bring us together? I'll be the keynote speaker for Historic Seattle's 35th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony,...
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Fighting "civic dementia" in Seattle
I gave the following speech as the keynote of Historic Seattle's 35th Anniversary and Awards Ceremony held at the Arctic Club Hotel in Seattle, May 20, 2009. This is a slightly edited version without a...
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Snohomish and the alternative history of Pugetopolis
I just returned from a two-day conference in Snohomish where I met many kindred spirits when it comes to historic preservation. The event was the Historic Preservation and Cultural Tourism Symposium, a...
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Six things you cannot say in Seattle
Today on KUOW's "Weekday," we talked about my story, "Six things you cannot say in Seattle," which has been getting tons of hits and response on Crosscut. The calls and emails flooded in to the show,...
View ArticleKUOW listeners weigh in: More like 6,000 things you can't say about Seattle
My recent story, "Six things you cannot say Seattle" generated a lot of response, evidence of the story's Twitterability and that it seems to have struck a chord. Seattle's famously mushy discourse has...
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Books are trumping the tube
I've been writing on Crosscut about my decision to not go digital and allow my broadcast TV to fade to black. I'm watching more DVDs, but less TV. If you want to read up on my decision and updates, you...
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Summer Pugetopolis update
Not much to report on the book front. I've taken the summer off from readings and events, but the fall calendar is starting to fill in a bit. A couple of things of note:I'll be part of the Northwest...
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Pugetopolis' first year in the big leagues
This summer I've been working on a project for the Museum of History and Industry taking a look at Seattle's modern history, that is the events and trends of the past 30-40 years. One of the themes...
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Fall Readings and Events for "Pugetopolis" and Beyond
I have a number of Fall readings and events coming up for my book "Pugetopolis," and also some panels on the topic of changes in journalism. Here's a quick run down.For "Pugetopolis":I'll be talking...
View ArticleReading at Columbia City's Seattle Bookfest
The old Northwest Book Festival is being revived in Columbia City, which has to be one of the great ideas of the year, not only for Seattle book-lovers, but for the neighborhood. One of the chief...
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Tim Egan, Elliott Bay's crisis, Audubon talks and more
A couple of things.First, I attended Tim Egan's Elliott Bay Book Co. reading for his new book, The Big Burn, which I finished last week and it's terrific, another saga of man-against-nature (wildfire)...
View ArticleSeattle Bookfest, and trickling down in Eugene, OR
I had a busy weekend. I went down to Eugene, Oregon on Friday to participate in a Society of Professional Journalists conference at the University of Oregon on "The Future of Journalism." I was on a...
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Reading at Seward Park
My last scheduled reading this fall is this week, on Thursday, Nov. 5. I'll be reading at the Seward Park Audubon Center at 7pm.Seward Park pops up often in my columns and essays. I've been going...
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U.S. approves Salish Sea name
I've been covering this story for months. It's now a done deal: the inland salt waters of the Pacific Northwest from southern Puget Sound north to Desolation Sound are now called the Salish Sea. The...
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Turkey hunt is on for 2010!
When my book Pugetopolis was compiled, I was just getting into reporting on historic preservation. One of the final chapters in the book is about the battle over the Ballard Manning's/Denny's, a...
View ArticleWill the book survive?
And I'm not just talking about my book. Seattle is a good place to look at the dynamics of how the book business is changing (thanks, largely, to Amazon and Jeff Bezos), and the effects of technology,...
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Joining the chorus of Literary Voices
I'm delighted to have been asked to participate in this year's Literary Voices fundraiser for the UW Libraries. The keynote speaker is author and New York Times columnist Tim Egan (who also wrote the...
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