by Pamela Childs | Apr 1, 2025 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
If you’ve never sailed Key West’s emerald green waters with the wind in your hair and a sea breeze kissing your cheek, you’ve never really experienced our island paradise. Now that Spring is upon us, there are even more reasons to get out on the...
by Pamela Childs | Apr 1, 2025 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
Key West celebrates its “independence” every April during Conch Republic Days, a crazy 10-day birthday party which begins this year on Friday, April 18 and runs through Sunday, April 27. Now in its 43rd year, the celebration commemorates the Keys’ infamous...
by Pamela Childs | Apr 1, 2025 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
If anyone knows how to throw an epic party, it’s Kate Miano, owner of Key West’s
luxe Gardens Hotel. And on Saturday, April 26, from 6 – 8 pm, she is throwing down the gauntlet. For two glorious hours, the Gardens Hotel is hosting its first ever “Kaftans &...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 17, 2025 | Arts & Culture, Shopping, 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...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 17, 2025 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
Mark your calendars: The 33rd Annual Florida Keys Island Fest hits Islamorada on Saturday and Sunday, April 5th and 6th. The annual spring fling, which takes place on both days from 10 am – 5 pm, pops up at Islamorada’s beautiful Founders Park. If you’ve never been to...
by Pamela Childs | Mar 17, 2025 | Arts & Culture, Shopping, Top Picks
“I want to go on a trip that will change my life.” That simple declaration, made over a decade ago, forever changed the lives of Mark Klammer and Sarah Carleton. It was in the dead of winter and the couple’s tiny hamlet in upstate New York lay draped
in icicles....