As FKGuy and I prepare to sell our house in which we have amassed belongings over the past thirteen years, we have also started to purge items we don’t need or use. One such item was the Fisher receiver that had inhabited my husband’s life for as long as I […]
General craziness
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2012 marked the fourth year in a row that my cousin came to visit Key West over Thanksgiving weekend. This year, she brought her fiancé, and we had a great time. Naturally, the majority of what we were doing was what we enjoy most: good food and good wine.
Tomorrow marks the first Thanksgiving in twelve years that we will not be hosting in our home. Instead I have pawned it off on my mother, who graciously agreed to take on the holiday – along with every other holiday that she already does – this year. I agreed to […]
We had lamented for years the lack of good pizza here, and all of a sudden there is an abundance. Between Roostica on Stock Island, Zaza’s in Sugarloaf, and now Onlywood in Key West, we should be set for a while. Assuming they all stay in business for a while.
Last night we had dinner at our house, which is not too unusual. Several wine geek friends came over, along with a new friend in from Saginaw, Michigan (and yes, I did have Simon and Garfunkel’s “America” in my head for a week… “It took me four days to hitchhike […]
The folks at Bormioli Rocco sent me one of their new Tre Sensi wine glasses to try out, along with literature about what makes it so great. Naturally, I had to try it out.
I was a little disappointed that I could not make it to more events at the Boca Raton Food and Wine Festival over the weekend. But I did manage to get there for the Sunday Jazz Brunch. At $75 a person, I thought the event was expensive, but I later […]
The Florida Keys Girl has been a little crazed this week, so I apologize for the lack of new and stimulating content (or just something to keep you occupied on the toilet… either way.) In the meantime, over in Babka’s world, she has a fun new story from the weekend […]
It is that time of year again. Tickets for Key West’s premier food and wine event are now on sale, and I have good news for you. Say it with me: Discount Code. That is right, the folks at the Key West Food and Wine Festival love Florida Keys Girl readers so […]
I know you have been waiting for these. As usual, it was a crazy time in Key West. Some of these are not for the faint of heart. You have been warned. Enjoy.