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...
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...
