Top Restaurant Picks Lower Keys
NAME ADDRESS / PHONE CUISINE PRICE Bagel Island Coffee & Deli 205 Key Deer Blvd, Big Pine Key / 305-872-9912 Breakfast $ Barracuda Grill 4290 Overseas Hwy, Marathon / 305-743-3314 Seafood $$ Boondock’s 27205 Overseas Hwy, Ramrod Key / 305-872-4094 American $$ Burdine’s Waterfront Cafe 1200 Oceanview Ave, Marathon / 305-743-9204 American $ China […]
The Importance of Using Sunscreen in Key West
Key West is a hot and sunny island, most of the time at least. I am usually inside at my computer working, so I don’t spend a lot of time outdoors. On Memorial Day weekend I finally took a day off and joined my husband and some friends on a boating excursion. We took a […]
Key West’s 3rd Annual Brewfest
Key West’s 3rd annual BrewFest will be held August 30th to September 3rd. This year’s festival will feature events hosted by local restaurants, bars, and the Southernmost Hotel Collection. BrewFest is an annual event put on by the Southernmost Hotel Collection to raise money for the Key West Sunrise Rotary of the Conch Republic. August […]
Key West Event | 3rd Annual Bacchanalia
For the past couple of years, the biggest foodie event in Key West has been Bacchanalia. This competition of local celebrity chefs benefitting the Darrel Gwynn Foundation allows for celebrity judges, winemakers and journalists to mingle for a good cause. This year, one of the competitors will be celebrity chef Adrianne Calvo from Miami, who […]
Key West Authors
Previously I wrote a blog, Books About Key West. Well, here are some of the more well known authors that have called Key West home at one time or another… Ernest Hemingway Tennessee Williams Annie Dillard Robert Frost Ralph Ellison John Dos Passos Judy Blume Shel Silverstein Elizabeth Bishop
Shor at the Hyatt Resort and Marina | Review
Shor is located at the Hyatt Resort at 601 Front Street in Key West. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. After hearing my friend rave about this place, we decided to try it out for dinner the other night. The nice thing about eating at hotel restaurant is that there is […]
Key West’s St. Mary Star of the Sea
There is one Catholic Church in Key West, St. Mary Star of the Sea. And, Pope Benedict XVI recently designated it a Minor Basilica. That makes St. Mary the fifth Minor Basilica in Florida and the seventy-second in the United States of America. As a Minor Basilica, St. Mary Star of the Sea is now […]
Key West: Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day Weekend is the kickoff to summer. It is a long weekend to relax and enjoy. But let us not forget that the reason we are able to celebrate are the soldiers who died in service to this country. If you are coming down to Key West for the holiday weekend, you will have […]
Twenty Things to Do When Visiting Key West
There are tons of things to see and do while in Key West. Well, here are a few suggestions of things not to be missed that will offer you a true Key West experience. 1. Go out on a fishing charter with Dream Catcher Charters. Key West has some of the best fishing in the […]
Key West is Losing a Piece of History: Fast Buck Freddy’s Closes
Anyone who has ever been to Key West in the last 35 years and walked along Duval Street has no doubt seen the famous window displays at Fast Buck Freddy’s, our only island department store. The store is full of interesting things like Tommy Bahama clothes, tropical housewares and kitchen goods, stationary, candles, furniture, light […]
Florida Keys: Pigeon Key
It seems like everywhere today developers come in and build big complexes of condos, hotels, or strip malls. Sometimes it betters the landscape when taking the place of old, dilapidated structures. But all too often they end up taking out forests or other pieces of history, and it is really sad for us and for […]
State Parks of Key West and the Florida Keys
Florida State Parks are a wonderful way to see the real Florida, and not the touristy theme parks and other attractions. Florida has some amazing wildlife and a rich history. The state has around 160 state run parks, and 10 of these are in the Florida Keys. As one can imagine, most of the State […]