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HOME TOURS EXPLORE KEY WEST’S HISTORY — FROM THE INSIDE

You’re curious. Admit it. How many Key West houses have you biked or walked past, craning your neck and standing on tiptoes to catch...
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KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: CALICO JACK AND THE TUPPERWARE PARTY

Key West is not a Tupperware town.  That fact shouldn’t come as a surprise. Especially nearly 50 years ago, Key West and Tupperware were as...
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KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE JALAPENO FIASCO

Working as a Key West food and cocktail waitress in the late 1970s, I learned several important life lessons. They weren’t about waitressing techniques,...
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KEYS HISTORY: FILLING PAGES & FULFILLING MEMORIES

I was sitting at my desk signing books, filling orders placed by Shell World, the Kayak Shack at Robbie’s, the Oldest House Museum and...

KEY WEST AUTHOR CONNECTS KEY WEST TO JFK ASSASSINATION

For decades, Key West author and historian David L. Sloan has been known for unearthing the island’s strange mysteries, from the truth behind Robert...

KEYS HISTORY: RAGGED, SANDS & BOCA CHITA KEY

My biggest day-to-day challenge is sleep. It used to come easily, and I could sleep for hours at a time.  Circa 2012, the long nights...

KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: THE ANGELS OF DUVAL

There’s always been something magical about Old Town Key West at night. It can still be sensed today, but it was especially apparent in...

KEYS HISTORY: THE TIP OF THE ISLAND

Roughly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys archipelago. Key Biscayne is not one of them.  However, historically, it is a significant piece of...

KEYS HISTORY: A PIGEON KEY STORY

Driving along the Overseas Highway, vehicles roll over islands and past islands. Crossing over the Seven Mile Bridge offers a rare opportunity to pass...
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KEYS HISTORY: TRAGEDIES & DEATHS ON INDIAN KEY

Editor’s note: This is the final of a two-part series. If ghosts are real, they would totally find Indian Key homey.  Without getting into all the...

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