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 | Bite, Good Eats, Top Picks
Located in a funky waterfront Tiki hut just north of Marathon’s famous 7 Mile Bridge, Porky’s Bayside is notorious for the best barbecue in the Keys. Locals and visitors have been flocking here since the early 1950s including such notables as Ernest Hemingway, Jimmy...
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 | Good Eats, Top Picks
So what’s with the name? Derived from the 1980s drug-running era, “Square Grouper” refers to the bales of marijuana that were often found floating off the coast of Florida. The name may be funny, but don’t be fooled. Square Grouper’s food is seriously good. So good...
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...
