Hays Blinckmann

Hays Blinckmann is an oil painter, author of the novel “In The Salt,” lover of all things German including husband, children and Bundesliga. She spends her free time developing a font for sarcasm, testing foreign wines and failing miserably at home cooking.

A modern-day pirates’ paradise – The Chart Room

The Chart Room, located at Pier House Resort, is the quintessential bar where the booze-fueled history is so lengthy and interesting not one drunk...

Fighting Conchs get Golden Football

Key West’s Mira brings home the trophy On the eve of the Super Bowl, the national organization has recognized Key West High school in...

Honoring the Montford Point Marines

Key West has not forgotten these pioneering soldiers Few locals know that in the 1940’s, 13 brave African American men travelled from Key West to...

The coolest kids don’t drive, they fly

Civil Air Patrol Cadets train for a future as pilots Captain Ed and Mercy Hiller’s son, Caleb, wanted to get his pilot’s license before his...

Catch Patrick & The Swayzees before they catch Stardom

What’s old is new again “People open their email when the subject reads Patrick and the Swayzees," said front man Les Greene referring to his...

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