Carol Shaughnessy
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE PUPPY WITH NO SHAME
Somewhere in Key West’s Old Town, there’s an elderly man cursing the soul of Calico Jack.
I don’t mean Calico Jack Rackham, the infamous Caribbean...
WHAT’S COOKING, KEY WEST? BAR 1 SALUTES KEY WEST’S NAVY HERITAGE
The U.S. Navy’s impact on Key West dates back more than 200 years — to March 25, 1822, when Navy Lt. Matthew Perry arrived...
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: MIMI McDONALD IS UPBEAT AND ONSTAGE
As Mimi Madden McDonald prepared to audition for her elementary school’s third-grade talent show many years ago, the teacher in charge asked what her...
WHAT’S COOKING, KEY WEST? MANY CULTURES SHAPED LOCAL CUISINE
Ernest Hemingway, who lived and worked in Key West for most of the 1930s, once wrote, “I have discovered that there is romance in...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE BAD BIRTHDAY PIG ROAST
Don’t let a man who claims to play poker with the ghost of Harry Truman plan your birthday party.
That was just one lesson I...
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30TH ANNUAL KEY WEST SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP
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The Anne McKee Artists Fund is now accepting applications...
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UPPER KEYS NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: TARA KAHN
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