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Do locals and tourists alike need a reason to party in KW? Are you kidding? Does that “reason” make it easier to legitimize the over-indulgence? Maybe, but who really needs an excuse? Key West is a melting pot, not particularly … Continue reading
It’s that time again! The Key West Food & Wine Festival is coming up this weekend. And, once again, the Tropical Inn is a stop on its mile-long premier event on Saturday, January 28: Duval UNCORKED. Anna and husband, … Continue reading
Even before relocating to the Keys, I’ve been in awe of Henry Morrison Flagler, who more-or-less single handedly launched the tourism industry in Florida — in fact, one might say, the “development” of Florida — owing to the construction … Continue reading
Not a good sign. Irony of ironies, we are losing yet another of our bookstores, right here on the threshold of welcoming attendees to the 30th. annual Key West Literary Seminar. Then, we’ll be down to just one. January 5, … Continue reading
The most exciting time of the year is almost upon us, and we’re looking ahead not only to the holidays, but events to follow in early 2012. Tickets (hint: Fabulous Stocking Stuffers!) have just gone on sale for one … Continue reading
They’re baaaack! The 31st. annual Key West Offshore Powerboat World Championship – brought to us by Super Boat International — has once again roared into town. Kicking off the excitement with a boat parade down Duval Street … Continue reading
Goombay, the annual kick-off for Fantasy Fest, is a locals’ favorite event, celebrating Key West’s Caribbean culture as brought to America through the Bahamas. This is the heritage of many of Key West’s Bahama Village residents, and … Continue reading
Almost 84 years ago, in October of 1927, Pan American Airlines made history, initiating the first commercial 90-mile flight between Key West and Cuba. Originally a mail route, by the following January, Pan Am’s first passenger flight to Havana ushered … Continue reading
Coming up Tuesday through Sunday, July 19 through 24, 2011, in Key West: Hemingway Days, the 31st. annual celebration of the (larger-than) life of Ernest Hemingway. The hard-living, Pulitzer Prize winning American author and globetrotter lived and wrote some of … Continue reading
Unseasonably warm temperatures starting in April this year have brought Dolphin (Mahi-mahi, not Flipper) in early, with numbers and sizes way up over May of last year. Our guests at The Tropical Inn are returning 6-hour trips offshore with bags full … Continue reading
