Key West Back in the Day: Missing squirrels & demon frogs
Some people consider Key West a paradise, but I believe it needs one more element to make it perfect: squirrels. When I arrived on the...
Fantasy Fest flashbacks: The shaved dog & the purple mortgage banker
Many years ago during Key West’s Fantasy Fest celebration, a local doctor friend of mine went crazy. Renowned for healing people in pain, Doc...
Key West Back in the Day: Roosters prove the power of publicity
Avant-garde artist Andy Warhol once claimed that, in the future, every human being would achieve 15 minutes of fame. But he never said a...
Key West Back in the Day: Where there’s a Will…Sunset showman Soto needs our...
Nearly every longtime Key West resident knows Will Soto — and over the years, countless hordes of visitors have marveled as he walked a...
Key West Back in the Day: The Island of Lost Laundry
Jimmy Buffett dreamed up the Island of Lost Laundry, and it was a perfect example of his extraordinary creativity. He mentioned the mythical island in...
Key West Back in the Day: The duck on a stick
One of the best birthday presents I ever bought anybody was a duck on a stick. It wasn't a decision involving long forethought. After all,...
Key West Back in the Day: Remembering the old Conch Flyer & ‘Air Sometimes’
Anyone who was part of the late-night crowd during Key West’s ramshackle glory days, loosely defined as the 1970s and most of the 1980s,...
Key West Back in the Day: ‘The Last Mango‘ cruise — what could possibly...
Carl Hiaasen is best known as a superb satirical writer, and for years I thought he also made great paella. But apparently, he wasn't...
“Key West Back in the Day: Gerry & the vanishing boot”
When I arrived in Key West in the late 1970s, my belongings fit into a couple of suitcases and a box or two. That...
Key West Back in the Day: Mos Eisley & The Beach Preacher
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, film fans were introduced to one of the silver screen’s most infamous bars: the Mos...
