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...
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...
by Pamela Childs | Apr 13, 2022 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
One of the highlights of Key West’s Conch Republic Days (Friday, April 15 through Sunday, April 24) is Schooner Wharf Bar’s legendary Wrecker’s Cup Race. On Sunday, April 24, the fourth and final leg of this annual seafarer’s series shoves off...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 29, 2022 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
Key West’s annual Conch Republic Independence Celebration honors our eccentric community’s “secession” from the United States. This raucous celebration, which kicks off on Friday, April 15, and runs through Sunday, April 24, includes a...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 29, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
Sway to the infectious rhythms of an outdoor salsa band. Savor the rush of caffeine from a shot of café cortadito sold by a smiling vendor. Pause on Duval Street to gaze at an imposing 19th-century building where history was made. And as you do, breathe a fervent...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 16, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
Key West’s founders battled Indians, pirates, and deadly diseases, before establishing a permanent settlement here in1822. Today, Parrotheads, Hemingway aficionados, and sun worshipers view this bizarre and remarkable island as a tropical paradise where scores of...
