Tag: Key West
Key West is home to the ‘perfect dish’ – Lots of good food packed...
I didn’t grow up with parents who taught me how use chopsticks to eat sushi before the age of five. In fact, as German immigrants, our meals...
Marathon High earns high ranking. Middle Keys school recognized for hard course work, hard...
All three Keys high schools were ranked in the recent Washington Post’s challenge report. Created by journalist Jay Matthews, the paper ranks the schools according to the...
Key West runner returns safely from Boston
Key West runner Roy Coley had already finished the Boston Marathon and was two blocks away when two blasts rocked the finish line.
“The surreal part for me...
Cuban coffee defines Key West – From cortaditos to coladas to bucci, islanders love...
Although the country I currently live in expects me to boycott Cuba, the truth is I don’t have a problem willingly giving them my support. I may...
Discovery Channel discovers Keys characters
arlaying the success of the affluent, bourgeois housewives of Atlanta and New Jersey the Discovery Channel just announced a series to be produced in the Florida Keys...
Burrito shop in Key West operated by serious foodies
Bad Boy Burrito quickly achieved favored status among visitors off the beaten path and locals
In Their Own Words – The Defibulators
The “Defibulators” band’s name was misspelled for their first gig and the misspelling has stuck for the country band from Brooklyn. As the band plays on, it...
The ABC’s of bacon in Key West
As a little kid I would wake up on Sunday mornings to the aromatic perfume of pork fat evaporating off the stove. Brunch was always a delicious...
Cities consider ‘optional’ tax break but state proposed homestead exemption for seniors already in...
On the Nov. 6, 2012 ballot there were four questions put to the voters regarding property taxes. Two were constitutional amendments approved by the majority and automatically...
In Their Own Words with Bachaco
Some songs are bilingual, some are straight English, some are straight Spanish. It really depends on when the song was written, how it was written, and what it talks about. It doesn’t seem to matter anymore nowadays, our best performance so far was in Canada where nobody spoke Spanish and everybody was singing our songs.