Having lived in Key West for over three decades I can tell you that Tony Perrottet gets visitors off to a great Keys start with his travel review in The Wall Street Journal. Below his essay, I have linked a few of my own Keys favorites. Enjoy. Dick Tony writes (abridged): “If Ernest Hemingway were […]

Key West residents won a major battle against cruise ship pollution with a vote by the City Commission. Key West Committee for Safer, Cleaner Ships explains the events, writing: Friends: After two hours of public comment and a half-hour of discussion on the dais, the proposed Operating Agreement with Pier B Development Corporation was defeated […]

Uber drivers are rumored to come down from Miami, speak little English, sleep in their cars, and are totally unfamiliar with Key West’s Old Town street patterns, using GPS to get around our one-square-mile Old Town. No thanks, Uber. Go Local: Call Five 6’s Key West taxi service (305-296-1800), Old Town’s reliable favorite for the […]

Residents of Key West continue the fight against the cruise ship industry in an effort to protect their water and economy. Now the Key West Committee for Safer Cleaner Ships is raising the alarm over a new proposed agreement between the city and the Pier B Development Corporation. They write: Friends: As we wrote yesterday, the […]

After you touch down at Key West International Airport, head to Five Brothers in Old Town and pick up a Cuban mix sandwich for your group. I have been going to Five Brothers since Pepe began working there with his dad, three decades ago. Just yesterday at Five Brothers, I was happy to learn that […]

Residents of Key West can be happy today that Carnival Cruise Lines has dropped service to the town. Key West voters have had it with the pollution created by cruise ships like Carnival’s and voted them out. It’s been so much better since. Fran Golden reports in Cruise Critic: Carnival Cruise Line notified travel agents […]

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