Festivus For the Rest of Us – Big Pine & Lower Keys Island Art Festival
Hard to believe that another Holiday season is almost upon us. And while many Northerners may be stocking up on salt melt and snow gear, it’s a whole different world down here in the Florida Keys. For us, the holidays bring Santa Claus outfitted in beer can shorts;...
Key Largo’s Exotic Hideaway – Snook’s Bayside Restaurant & Grand Tiki
If there’s any place that can persuade you to hang your flip flops in the Florida Keys, it’s Snook’s Bayside Restaurant & Grand Tiki. Keep your eyes peeled when you head north on the Overseas Highway in Key Largo because this bayside “Shangri-La” is easy to miss....
Celebrate the Season in Paradise – Key West Holiday Fest
As one of America’s top tropical holiday destinations, Key West is a small town that’s big on holiday cheer. And nothing embraces its holiday spirit more than Key West Holiday Fest. This annual month-long celebration, which spreads good cheer all over our small...
Naked, But Not Afraid – Key West Fantasy Fest
So what’s the story with Key West’s notoriously risqué Fantasy Fest celebration this year? Well, it’s still happening, kind of, sort of. Scheduled for Friday, October 22 - Sunday, October 31, the fate of the island’s hugest annual event has been up in the air due to...
Cheers To Another Day! The Keys Best Sunset Celebrations
For most people, the daily setting of the sun may not seem like much of big deal. Not so in the Florida Keys. Here, we embrace each sunset as a cause for celebration where music, dancing and tropical libations are a nightly ritual and where revelers come together to...
Nothing Like a “Poké in the Rear – Key West’s Aquaplex Has It All
The brainchild of local architect Michael Ingram, Key West’s new Aquaplex is the talk of the town. Ingram originally bought the property in 2013 and recently transformed what was then known as Aqua Nightclub into an eye-popping, state-of-the-art entertainment complex....

















