Celebrating the Holidays in Style
By Leah Maki
Tis the season for cookie baking, tree decorating, and Christmas caroling. It’s also the season for party planning, menu prepping, and celebrating. There is no...
In memory: Jessica Lynn Irwin
August 11, 1984 – March 11, 2017
Yesterday I wrote the hardest 135 words of my life – my best friend’s obituary. Today isn’t any easier.
It all...
The Weekly Goes to Washington
A visit with U.S. Congressman Carlos Curbelo
Typically I catch up with our U.S. Congressman Carlos Curbelo in warmer conditions, but last Friday I had the opportunity to...
Leadership Monroe graduates 25th class
Strangers to Best Friends
Have you ever seen the inside of the old jail (or the new one), or watched someone be extracted from a crushed car, looked...
Commercial fishing for beginners
SUMMER ADVENTURE SERIES
[Editor’s note: This summer the Keys Weekly team is focusing on what we are loosely billing as “summer adventures.” The stories will publish every week....
First time for everything
Newbie takes on paddleboarding
A quick phone call from Paddle the Florida Keys’ owner Scott Baste, and the plans for my first stand-up paddleboard trip are finally set....
Cowboys of the sea
Apple juice and the wide open ocean
Underneath my mom and dad's fish tank in their living room lives a picnic basket. Not just any picnic basket filled...
Letter to the Editor:
The Key West Chamber of Commerce is requesting that the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) delay decisions regarding the Stock Island RO (Reverse Osmosis) plant expansion and/or...
A Dog’s Life
I keep looking for him, it’s hard not to when for 17 years he was by my side. He was my Jack Russell, Harlan, often called the...
The year of the hurricane and the tooth fairy
Nineteen days after Hurricane Irma hit, we had our first real outing - down to Key West to watch the Miami Hurricanes play, how appropriate. It was...
