This Was the Cigar Room — and the Reason Why Is the Best Story in the House
In 1936, a nineteen-year-old named Isabella Winton opened a steakhouse in this house — and turned this very room into a men-only cigar lounge for one gloriously practical reason: the card ladies tipped a quarter, and the bowlers tipped five dollars. This is the story of that room, and the 20 old-house finds that gave it a second life. Nothing disposable. Nothing for the sake of it.
I Found This House's 1948 Dinner Menu. Turns Out I'd Already Rebuilt It on Amazon.
My house used to be a steakhouse. I found the original 1948 Sunday menu they ran in the paper — fried chicken, homemade biscuits, pie, cake and ice cream — and realized I'd already rebuilt the whole thing on Amazon without meaning to. Here's the menu, and exactly what you'd cook each dish in today.
I'm Just the Current Chapter: 17 Amazon Finds for a Home That Has Known Many Keepers
Covell built this house in 1885. Isabella made it famous, running her steakhouse out of it for 40 years. Someone restored some of it before me. Now it's mine — and I'm working to keep it up. These are the 17 Amazon finds I bought for a home that has known many keepers. Nothing disposable. Nothing for the sake of it.