Carol Shaughnessy

WHAT’S COOKING, KEY WEST? CELEBRATE TEQUILA & OTHER SPIRITS IN SONG

Liquid libations have been paired with songs since honky-tonk piano players provided the soundtrack to exploits in Old West saloons. Jazz stylings enlivened 1920...

MEET CLINTON CURRY: FIFTH-GENERATION CONCH EXEMPLIFIES KEY WEST’S HERITAGE & HISTORY

Clinton Curry may be the only person on the planet who has both driven Harry Truman’s limousine and played composer Aram Khachaturian’s challenging “Sabre...

KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: BUFFETT & ‘THE MARGARITAVILLE MOVIE’

If you hung out at the Chart Room, Full Moon Saloon or Louie’s Backyard in Key West during the late 1970s and early ’80s,...

WHAT’S COOKING, KEY WEST? HISTORIC COOKBOOK CAPTURES TRUE ISLAND FLAVOR

The book is a treasured artifact, marked with strange stains and faded notations. Its worn cover and tattered pages suggest it’s been handed down...

MEET BILL HOEBEE: IRREVERENT KING OF THE AIRWAVES

Bill Hoebee’s radio career has spanned several decades, and his wildly irreverent “Hoebee in the Afternoon Experiment” program reaches several hundred thousand listeners each...

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