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 | Good Eats, What's Up
Named one of the 10 Best Food and Wine Festivals in the country, the Key West Food & Wine Festival roars onto the island on Wednesday, January 27 and lights up the town through Sunday, January 31. The festival attracts thousands of culinary explorers from around...
by Pamela Childs | Dec 1, 2020 | Holidays, What's Up
Lord knows 2020 has been one tough year and a little extra holiday cheer is definitely in order. So what to do? For some, celebrating the holidays means quaint New England Villages, frozen snowmen, the scent of wood-burning stoves, and hot mulled cider. But not here...
by Pamela Childs | Nov 11, 2020 | What's Up
It all began on April 23, 1982, when Key West residents staged a ceremonial secession from the US by launching a symbolic “attack” on a government official with a loaf of stale Cuban bread. While the secession may have been in jest, the movement lives on...
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 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...
