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Key West Lobsterfest!
Okay, so lobster season has begun and that means that the annual Lobsterfest will be here soon! Participating bars and restaurants include Rick’s, Lazy Gecko, Fogarty’s, Hog’s Breathe, Bagatelle, Sloppy Joe’s, and more! The food is amazing and the street…
Read MoreThe Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge
Established in 1938, the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge is located in the lower Florida Keys and Key West and is comprised of about 200,000 acres of open water and islands which provides nesting, feeding, and resting areas for…
Read MoreKey West and the Arts
Key West has practically always been a haven of sorts for artists and aspiring artist of all kinds. The island has a rich and diverse history in the arts. Key West has many art galleries, theaters, museums, festivals, dances, music,concerts,…
Read MoreKey West Cemetery
A horrible hurricane that hit the island on October 11, 1846 disinterred most of the bodies in the original burial ground near the Southernmost Point, so a new location on higher ground in the center of Key West was chosen….
Read MoreNational Key Deer Refuge
The National Key Deer Refuge was established in 1957 in order to protect the wildlife of the Florida Keys. It is located in the Lower Florida Keys, is made up of about 9,000 acres mangrove forests, freshwater wetlands, hardwood hammocks,…
Read MoreKey West Beaches
So you are coming to Key West and you want to relax at the beach for some of your trip. Well if you are staying at one of the few hotels with a small beach area, such as the Pier…
Read MoreParadise Pups
My Maltese, Indiana Bones, is small and well behaved and he loves to go places with me as much as I like taking him places so we are pretty much always together. For this reason, my husband has taken to…
Read MoreGearing Up for Lobster Mini Season in Key West
The traffic coming into the Florida Keys and Key West is already picking up with Floridians trailering their boats down readying for lobster mini season which falls on July 27th and 28th this year. Mini season is always the last…
Read MoreKey West Celebrates Hemingway Days
This week Key West has been busy celebrating the life of one of its most famed residents ever to call the island home, Ernest Hemingway, or as the locals used to call him, Papa. From July 19th to the 24th,…
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