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It All Started With The “Green Fever”: The Intoxicating Story of Emeralds International

It All Started With The “Green Fever”: The Intoxicating Story of Emeralds International

by Pamela Childs | May 2, 2022 | Explore, Shopping, Top Picks

It’s 1955, and nineteen-year-old Manuel Marcial de Gomar slowly reins his horse along a rugged trail in the rainforest mountains of Colombia. Exploring emerald-bearing areas high in the notoriously dangerous Eastern Andes is intoxicating. It’s not long before Marcial...
Key West’s Cultural Epicenter – The Studios of Key West Sets the Stage

Key West’s Cultural Epicenter – The Studios of Key West Sets the Stage

by Pamela Childs | May 2, 2022 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up

Key West has been a haven for writers ever since Hemingway set down roots here in the 1930s. Over the years, our tiny island has blossomed into a thriving arts community dedicated to nurturing creative minds, hearts, and souls. At the center of it all is The Studios...
How Fast Do You Want to Go? High-Octane Fun At Barefoot Billy’s

How Fast Do You Want to Go? High-Octane Fun At Barefoot Billy’s

by Pamela Childs | May 2, 2022 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up

At Barefoot Billy’s, it’s all about how fast you want to go. If zipping around Key West going 40mph is your idea of a day in the sun, then Billy’s high-octane jet ski experience is your ticket to ride. Go it alone or jump on Barefoot Billy’s original two-hour, 28-mile...
The Dolphins’ Tale – It all began on Grassy Key

The Dolphins’ Tale – It all began on Grassy Key

by Pamela Childs | Apr 13, 2022 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up

Marathon: Flashback to the mid-1950s when a Grassy Key fisherman named Milton Santini started collecting bottlenose dolphins to sell to aquariums and attractions  Two years into it, Milton catches a dolphin named Mitzi. Before he can transport her to one of his...
Smoked Fish Dip – Porky’s Bayside, Marathon

Smoked Fish Dip – Porky’s Bayside, Marathon

by Pamela Childs | Apr 13, 2022 | Bite, Good Eats, Top Picks

Located in a funky waterfront Tiki hut just north of Marathon’s famous 7 Mile Bridge, Porky’s Bayside is notorious for the best barbecue in the Keys. Locals and visitors have been flocking here since the early 1950s including such notables as Ernest Hemingway, Jimmy...
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