Topic: Mike Lawson

Getting to finally meet Mike Lawson from Soapers Choice/Columbus Foods in person after years of emailing him questions about anything related to soapmaking oils. Seeing Anne-Marie Faiola from Brambleberry demonstrate her (downright revolutionary) method of making liquid soap (I'll be ...

Spy Blimps and Heavy Lifters

DURING THE PREPARATIONS for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, local entrepreneur Mike Lawson rounded up a group of investors, pooled $1 million, and bought a one-person, helium-filled airship. The remnants of Hurricane Opal blew through Atlanta, ripping Lawson's lighter-than- air ...