Essays

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Our Own Historic Hotel Origin Story

EssayCharleston, South Carolina

I'm Evan, and I run Staying in History with my wife, Shannon. This whole thing started with a room in Charleston that was hit by a cannonball. It was December 2018. Shannon and I had been dating a week, though we'd been talking since early summer. Wisconsin winters…

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The Hot Brown: A Kentucky Sandwich Turns 100

EssayLouisville, Kentucky

There was a moment, in 1926, when a Louisville chef got tired of serving ham and eggs. The Brown Hotel had opened in October 1923 at…

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