by Pamela Childs | Oct 26, 2020 | Explore
For most people, the daily setting of the sun may not seem like much of big deal. Not so in the Florida Keys. Here, we embrace each sunset as a cause for celebration where music, dancing and tropical libations are a nightly ritual and where revelers come together to...
by Pamela Childs | Oct 13, 2020 | Explore, What's Up
Okay, so you probably already know that Key West’s notorious Fantasy Fest, originally scheduled for October 16 – 24, was canceled this year because of COVID 19. Needless to say, everyone down here, along with thousands of out-of-towners, are pretty bummed. Not...
by Pamela Childs | Oct 13, 2020 | Explore, Good Eats
It was in November 1984 when Paul and Evalena Worthington quietly sailed into the Key West Bight on their classic 1926 Alden Schooner Defiance. Anchored by sea-battered shrimp boats and buffered by wooden shanties selling nautical wares, the rough and ramshackle...
by Pamela Childs | Sep 29, 2020 | Explore, What's Up
It’s the late 1800s in Key West when the Otto family moves into their elegant new Victorian home on the corner of Simonton and Eaton Streets (now known as the “Artist House”).One of their servants (later fired for her “Black Magic”) gives...
by Pamela Childs | Sep 29, 2020 | Explore, Good Eats
What began as a rustic 1940s Fishing Camp with only a dock, two folding chairs, and an “honor system” beer cooler, is now one of Islamorada’s most notorious restaurants and watering holes. If you head south on the Overseas Highway, you can’t miss the ginormous mermaid...
by Pamela Childs | Sep 10, 2020 | Explore
More than just a playground for past and present pirates, Key West is one heck of a town. The island’s rich history is also a myriad of shipwreck treasures and artifacts, renowned artists and eccentrics, pioneering women, a cigar-making heyday, and a vibrant past as a...
