I seem to have a few of these feel good stories lately, and I love it. We left plenty of time for doing the Key West to Fort Lauderdale airport run with no scrambling necessary. The drive from Key West to the mainland was all going as expected: easy […]
There is nothing better than free, right? Well, August 20 – 21, 2011 you can enjoy eleven local museums for one low price of zero. Yes, that means they are all FREE.
My sister-in-law is coming to visit this weekend and it will be her first trip to Key West. Naturally, I’ve been trying to plan some fun activities for the weekend. She is coming with my mother-in-law, who has been here before, so I am coming up with things we can […]
The fine folks at Chevy brought over a new Volt last week for me to test drive. Admittedly, I was curious about how it would perform. The Volt is an electric/gas hybrid that runs primarily on a battery charge until that runs out, then it switches over to gas, and […]
Summer travel season is upon us. The population of Key West has been reduced by about half as snowbirds return north for the summer. As things slow down, it is usually a good time to take a trip. Heeding my own advice, I planned a trip to Colorado at the […]
This past week several people have done very nice things for me. First was Karen, you may remember her from Monday’s post when she drove my too-big-for-the-Element grill home for me. Next up, two different people have given us freshly caught fish. Monday’s dinner was courtesy of our neighbor who […]
It is that time of year again… Divers dust off the old gear (which they have hopefully tested) and race out to the waters surrounding the Florida Keys (and into the mainland) to catch Florida spiny lobsters. Why is it a mini season? Well, these two days are for recreational […]
When I was little my mother always told me not to talk to strangers. She was – at least some of the time – wrong. FKGuy and I are nicely settling in to our new house but have been missing the deck must-have: the grill. I had seen a reasonably […]
Dear Key West City Commission, I have learned recently that you have put the job of tennis pro out for bids and rumors abound that you are looking to bring in an outside person that you can pay less. Are you kidding me? Paul Findlay, the current tennis pro, is […]
So, you think living in paradise is all boating, fishing and sunning? Think again. Like home ownership everywhere, there can be certain issues: dealing with the historical society if you live in Old Town, hurricanes, and the one I did not count on, iguanas. I’ve named ours Iago.