by Pamela Childs | May 21, 2024 | Explore, Good Eats, Shopping, Top Picks, What's Up
If you appreciate the finer things in life but hate the thought of paying retail, grab your flip-flops and head to Key West’s Green Pineapple Boutique this weekend. While Memorial Weekend may be the unofficial start of summer, it also marks the popular lifestyle...
by Pamela Childs | May 21, 2024 | Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
Boats constructed from thin plywood and a roll of duct tape may not sound very seaworthy. Still, they’re the only vessels allowed in Schooner Wharf’s 33rd Annual Minimal Regatta which shoves off in Key West around 1 pm on Sunday, May 26. Qualifying crafts can only be...
by Pamela Childs | May 21, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
Reminiscent of an old-fashioned variety show and the brainchild of a local icon, Peter Arnow, the 16th Annual Pride Follies returns to Key West for a one-night-stand on Saturday, June 1. As the annual prelude to Key West Pride (June 5 – June 9), the show...
by Pamela Childs | May 6, 2024 | Good Eats, Top Picks, What's Up
Every Tuesday, Mama Maria spends the entire day rolling meatballs for a family that can’t seem to stop growing. With so many mouths to feed, that’s “a lotta” polpette. Her son, Tony Wright, and daughter-in-law, Isis, are also on a roll. Now...
by Pamela Childs | May 6, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
Here’s the thing about award-winning photographer Alan Maltz: He’s a total romantic. Take a closer look at his stunning photograph, “Dramatic Ending,” gracing the cover of our summer issue of DESTINATION FLORIDA. Or, for that matter, peruse any...
by Pamela Childs | May 6, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Explore, Top Picks, What's Up
“I want to go on a trip that will change my life.” That simple, decorative sentence forever changed the lives of Mark Klammer and Sarah Carleton. It was over a decade ago in the dead of winter. The couple’s tiny hamlet in upstate NY lay draped in icicles when Sarah...
