by Pamela Childs | Jan 12, 2021 | Explore, What's Up
Some of Key West’s biggest Blowhards raise their sheets to the wind for Schooner Wharf Bar’s legendary Wrecker’s Cup Race Series – a raucous 7-mile sail to nearby Sand Key. The first leg of this year’s “Day of Wreckoning” is Sunday,...
by Pamela Childs | Dec 28, 2020 | Explore, Shopping
Laura Madison is a bundle of energy, and when it comes to Salt Scrubs, she just can’t seem to contain herself. Known by her friends as the “Mad Brit,” Laura channeled her salty passion into creating The Keys Salt Scrub, a locally made scrub created in small artisan...
by Pamela Childs | Dec 28, 2020 | Explore, Holidays
As you meander around the streets of Key West, you can’t help noticing all of the cool houses nestled among flora and fauna. Wouldn’t it be just fabulous if you could see what was behind some of those front doors? Well, here’s your chance. Now in its 61st year, the...
by Pamela Childs | Dec 14, 2020 | Explore, Good Eats
Food as art? You betcha! Before grabbing her spatula and heading for the Keys, Lori Shubert was a highly successful caterer and cake artist from Boston. Although traditional cupcakes were her forte, many customers begged her to start baking mini-cupcakes.The idea...
by Pamela Childs | Dec 14, 2020 | Explore, Shopping
Artist Karen Wray loves her life on Stock Island. She’s been a “Wharf Rat” for over 35 years, long before this tiny spit of land just across the channel from Key West was the hip place it is today. Her edgy off-the-beaten-path art gallery,...
by Pamela Childs | Nov 11, 2020 | Explore, What's Up
Unless you’ve spent time in the Keys, you’ve probably never heard of Stock Island. This tiny spit of land, just across the channel from Key West, has an eclectic, rustic charm all its own.
Some say that Stock Island’s Safe Harbor area was once a...
