WHAT’S COOKING, KEY WEST: LAVENDER COCKTAIL HONORS KEY WEST’S AVIATION HISTORY
Key West can boast a number of claims to fame. It’s well known as the inspiration for Jimmy Buffett’s “trop rock” classics, the former...
HISTORY OF DIVING MUSEUM IN ISLAMORADA OFFERS GUIDED TOURS ON WOMEN’S DIVE DAY
In honor of Women’s Dive Day, the History of Diving Museum is hosting two guided tours on Saturday, July 19, at 11 a.m. and...
KEYS HISTORY: THE ISLANDS OF SHARK KEY, BIG COPPITT & GEIGER
In the Lower Keys, near MM 12, Shark Key is announced by a building with a beautiful blue-tiled roof. The long, thin island sitting...
KEYS HISTORY: EXPLOITATION OF FLORIDA KEYS WILDLIFE LEADS TO CRITICAL PROTECTIONS
When Key West was organizing and systems were being put into place, the town council made a declaration that appeared in the island’s first...
KEYS HISTORY: THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE AND PIGEON KEY
One of the premier passages along the Overseas Highway is crossing the Seven Mile Bridge. The views are spectacular and should be experienced in...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE LURE OF THE LIZARDS
Decades before Key West became an accidental haven for iguanas, the island was populated by another breed of lizard: engaging bright-colored critters of all...
KEYS HISTORY: FAT DEER KEY, COCO PLUM BEACH & VACA CUT
In the Middle Keys, between Curry Hammock State Park and Key Vaca, is Fat Deer Key. Historically, it is a small group of islands.
In...
KEYS HISTORY: ONCE A THIRIVING BARRIER REEF SYSTEM, WINDLEY KEY OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF...
On Windley Key, the highway travels 2.5 miles between its bridges. The island is home to some revealing stories.
However, to get there from the...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: TALES FROM THE AFTERDECK
Apparently I wasn’t the worst-ever cocktail waitress at the Afterdeck, the ocean’s-edge bar at the legendary Louie’s Backyard, but I was pretty bad. Yet...
KEYS HISTORY: STRUCTURES ON FORMER PINDER PROPERTY BRING SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
Cornelius Pinder was a Key Largo farmer born in the Bahamas circa 1862. At age 12, on June 18, 1874, he became a U.S....
