KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: MISADVENTURES WITH MICHAEL WHALTON
Working with Michael Whalton was never boring.
He was one of those incomparable people whose efforts in the 1980s left a lasting imprint — who...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: EVERYONE (STILL) GOES TO FAUSTO’S
When Jimmy Buffett wrote, “I’m goin’ down to Fausto’s/get some chocolate milk” in his 1976 classic “My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I...
ONE OF FLORIDA KEYS’ MOST FAMED ATTRACTIONS TURNS 50
Fifty years ago, as America celebrated its bicentennial, Robert Reckwerdt leased a Lower Matecumbe Key marina from Ruth and Buck Starck. The Starcks had...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: ‘MY’ TRUCK VS. THE OLD 7-MILE BRIDGE
During Key West’s “bad old days,” the scariest thing I ever did was drive a malfunctioning Toyota truck across the old Seven Mile Bridge...
KEYS WOMAN: MAY JOHNSON’S DIARY
By Nancy Klingener and Breana Sowers
From January 2020 through February 2021, as the Florida Keys and the world were navigating the ever-changing and frequently...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: SHRIMP BOATS, ‘DOG TAGS’ & HALF SHELL HARMONY
Before Key West earned its reputation as a must-visit tourism destination, there was a waterfront bar and restaurant that locals made their own —...
KEY WEST BOTANICAL GARDEN TOOK ROOT 90 YEARS AGO DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
On Feb. 23, the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden will celebrate its 90th anniversary, having opened during the Great Depression in 1936....
ICONIC LA CONCHA HOTEL OPENED 100 YEARS AGO
La Concha Key West, Autograph Collection, the hotel that has stood over the intersection of Duval and Fleming streets for a century, will celebrate...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: TRUMAN AVENUE & THE TWISTED HISTORY
Back when I was a 20-something hippie enchanted with my Key West home, my friends and I had a lot of time on our...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: ISLAND STILL GOING TO THE DOGS
Key West is a great place to be a dog.
Still true today, that statement was particularly accurate in the 1970s and early ’80s.
Back then,...
