The locals are always fired up to have Jimmy Buffett back in town in Key West. Buffett played his second of two shows at the Key West Theater last night and will play two more on February 9 and 11 at the Coffee Butler Amphitheater. The whole town has been buzzing. It will be great […]
Abandon Suburbia for the Dreamlike Solitude of the Florida Keys
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 […]
Major Win for Key West Residents!
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 […]
Say No to Uber in Key West
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 […]
Key West Residents Fight Cruise Ship Pollution
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 […]
Five Brothers: Best Cuban Mix in Key West
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 […]
Your Survival Guy’s Key West Summer Camp in MARCH
OK, Your Survival Guy just got back from a Key West summer camp in March, and it was awesome. Look, it’s been a crazy couple of years for all of us with this Covid debacle, and we all need to step back and ask, “what the heck just happened?” We all need a break. I […]
Key West Residents Thankful Carnival Will Pass Them By
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 […]
Key West Greetings From the Thirsty Mermaid
Click here to learn more about the Thirsty Mermaid. Originally posted April 19, 2021.
Gov: DeSantis: Keep Florida’s Water Clean, VETO SB1194
The Key West Committee for Safer Cleaner Ships is calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to protect Florida’s coral and clean water by vetoing SB1194. The committee writes: Good morning: The Florida Keys are home to some of the rarest corals in the world, including Staghorn, Elkhorn, and Pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus), which in 2013 was proposed […]
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