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Key West Food and Wine Festival: Grand Tasting

By FL Keys Girl, on February 1st, 2012%

Chuck from T-Vine, hovering dangerously close to the sharks.

The Grand tasting at the Key West food and Wine Festival is always a winner. Why? There are loads of wines and no crowds. This year’s event was held at the Key West Aquarium. There is something really cool about trying a variety of wines while sharks swim a few feet away. Plus, being Key West, there were mermaids, g-strings and more. Continue reading Key West Food and Wine Festival: Grand Tasting

Yom Sport (The Day of Sport)

By FL Keys Girl, on December 22nd, 2010%

When I was a kid at camp there was always a Yom Sport (“Yom” is the Hebrew word for day). It was a whole day of sporting events, and my own personal nightmare. I was not such an athletic child. I’m not sure I am such an athletic adult, either, but I try. Our Key West Yom Sport started with the Team in Training Run, Run Rudolph 5K “fun run” to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Naturally, as a member of the team, I signed up to participate. I also signed up FKGuy to run. Since I got him an iPod shuffle for Hanukkah, he now has some tunes and less reason to complain. As this was a fun run, it was not a timed event. Yes, we still had bibs and there was a big clock at the start, so I could see that I had my fastest time ever. Alas, I will not make it into any record books, except my own. Continue reading Yom Sport (The Day of Sport)

Let the Insanity Begin: The Masquerade March

By FL Keys Girl, on November 1st, 2010%

Fantasy Fest is a week-long party. There is a headdress ball, a pet masquerade, toga parties, plaid parties, green parties and more. There is body painting, and even body painting contests. Some of the body paint looks like clothes. Others, not so much. Throughout the week there are many interesting costumes that clearly took a lot of time and effort to put together.

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Things to Do in Key West: The Hemingway House

By FL Keys Girl, on August 19th, 2010%

When people come to visit us – which is generally every weekend in the winter, and only slightly less frequently in the summer - they often ask what they should do while they are here. I have pointed out the Hemingway House at least 100 times on a map, yet have never gone. Until today. Continue reading Things to Do in Key West: The Hemingway House

Not Very Subtle

By FL Keys Girl, on March 25th, 2010%

I am, by nature, not a very subtle person. OK, that might be a bit of an understatement, but you get the point. I am also not a terrific photographer. Combine these facts and you get a clumsy person who is obviously making fun of the people she is photographing, even though she is trying to . . . → Read More: Not Very Subtle

Size Matters

By FL Keys Girl, on November 8th, 2009%

Yes, we are back to Fantasy Fest here, but no, this is not about what you think it is about. I promise.

There I was, decked out like a bad 80′s rocker, complete with pink hair, on my way to meet some friends for the Masquerade March. This is the one where people dress up, march around . . . → Read More: Size Matters

Masquerade March – Fantasy Fest

By FL Keys Girl, on October 31st, 2009%

Every year on the Friday of Fantasy Fest, locals and some non-locals gather at the cemetery, in costume, and parade around the city. The group, several thousand strong, split in 2 groups and go in different directions, stopping at guesthouses along the route for (much needed in the heat) drinks.

Most people are costumed in some way. Although . . . → Read More: Masquerade March – Fantasy Fest

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