A Big Bubbalicious Holiday! Key West’s Green Pineapple Pulls Out All The Stops
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...
Plywood, Two-By-Fours & Duct Tape – Key West’s Wacky Memorial Weekend Minimal Regatta
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...
Oh, The Folly of It All! 16th Annual Pride Follies Hits the Stage
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 tributes the...
For The Love of Meatballs – The Keys’ Italian Food Co Keeps On Rollin’
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 boasting three restaurants,...
“Pick Up the Camera”: The Voice That Beckoned Alan Maltz
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 of Maltz's other works....
A Life Changing Trip to Key West – Two Artists Trade Icicles for Sunshine
“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...
