Tag: Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway Hang Outs in Key West
Pretty much anyone who knows anything about Key West knows that Ernest Hemingway once called the island home. He is arguably the most famous Key West resident of all time, hence the huge annual Hemingway Days celebrations held each July…
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Why You Should Visit Key West
February 19, 2020 – If you have ever read Patricia Schultz’s, 1,000 Place to See Before You Die, you would know that Key West is one of the places that is a must to visit. She bills the island as…
Read More Top Ten Things to Do in Key West
There are so many things to do and see on our little island of Key West. But what are some must dos? I have come up with some things that make Key West special, a place all of its own,…
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Key West Resident Profiles: Ernest Hemingway
Today would have been Ernest Hemingway’s 115th birthday, and Key West always has a week long Hemingway Days celebration around this time of year in honor of the island’s most famous resident. The author only lived here from 1928 to…
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Key West Celebrates Ernest Hemingway Days July 2014
July is here and with it brings the annual Hemingway Days celebration which takes place around the famed author’s July 21st birthday. This year the celebration of Key West’s most famous resident, affectionately known as Papa, will be held from…
Read More Key West: A Writer’s Paradise
Ernest Hemingway‘s name is synonymous with Key West. He may be our most well known writer ever to have called the island home, but there are plenty of other that have or still do call Key West home. Names like Tennessee…
Read MoreCasa Antigua and Ernest Hemingway
If you are like most people, you know that Ernest Hemingway called Key West home for many years. But did you know what drew him to Key West in the first place? Hemingway friend and fellow writer John dos Passos…
Read MoreErnest Hemingway Home and Museum
Part of why I came to Key West back in the 1990’s was because of Ernest Hemingway. I was fresh out of college and the lure of Papa was too much to ignore. So I have obviously visited all of…
Read MoreKey West’s Hemingway Museum v. US Government Over Famed Six Toed Cats
Is nothing sacred anymore? Hemingway was arguably the most famous resident that the island ever had. And about 250,000 people per year come to the island and visit Hemingway’s home which is now a museum. Part of the allure of…
Read MoreFishing and Key West
Just about everybody who comes down to Key West wants to do some fishing. What many people don’t know is what type of fishing they want to do. Yes, there are many different types of fishing charters for all budgets,…
Read MoreKey West Celebrates the 32nd Annual Hemingway Days
Hemingway Days is here again! And I know this for sure because when out and about Key West this week I feel like I have just stepped into a movie like Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris. Have you seen it?…
Read MoreKey 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…
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