Visitors to the Lower Keys and Key West might enjoy this festive and creative Keys tradition!
The Key Largo Holiday Lighted Boat Parade & Schooner Wharf Bar Annual Lighted Boat Parade in Key West are this Saturday! Watch as lighted and decorated vessels of all kinds, from rowboats to tall ships, parade around in a beautiful display of lights and colors!
Probably the best snorkeling/diving spot in the Lower Keys! There are a very limited number of mooring buoys, though, so it’s best to come early or come with a charter.
Flying over Looe Key, National Marine Sanctuary. Our December Image of the Month, courtesy of Franco Piacibello 🛩 #PhotoFriday
For our visitors in and around the Key West area…
The fisherman, businesses and Stock Island community kicked off the season and the 2nd annual I Love Stock Island Festival with a holiday tree lighting ceremony Sunday. See the lobster trap tree at the corner of Maloney Avenue and 4th Street, decorated with hundreds of lights and recycled trap buoys painted by Stock Island artists.
The three-day event takes place December 8-10 offering a variety of free and paid events, concerts, tours and culinary options. http://www.fla-keys.com/news/article/10151/
The African Queen boat from the movie is docked in Key Largo and welcomes visitors. Here’s the great backstory.
Discovering the Real African Queen
Key Largo! For lovers of all things nostalgic, the name of this small, charming island off the coast of Florida, brings to mind hard-boiled, 1940s film noir……Bogart and Bacall. Whilst on a recent trip exploring the Keys, your stateside correspondent came across something quite remarkable – and e
For our visitors in and around the Upper Keys…
We heard raves from those who were there.
Stihl, left, driven by Jake Noble; WHM Motorsports, piloted by William Mauff; and M Con, driven by Tyson Garvin, race in the Superboat class Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. Pic: Rob O’Neal
One of the many wonderful Gulf-side views among the eateries in Islamorada…
Enjoy a relaxing Monday, today’s view courtesy of Lorelei Restaurant & Cabana Bar #floridakeys #floridanow #flkeys
The beach many consider the Keys’ most gorgeous…
Welcome back, Bahia Honda! Bahia Honda State Park, a Lower Florida Keys treasure, has reopened on a limited basis following hurricane Irma’s Sept. 10 passage. In this Friday photo, sun-seekers enjoy Bahia Honda’s famed Calusa Beach — a welcome sign of the Lower Keys‘ recovery. Photo: Andy Newman #LowerKeys #FLKeys #BahiaHonda #FloridaNow
Just in case there are any Buffett fans out there…
Thousands of Jimmy Buffett’s fervent “Parrot Head” fans are gathered in Key West, widely known as the cradle of Buffett’s creativity, to celebrate his music and the “Margaritaville mindset” it inspires. This week, “Keys Voices” looks back at a surprise concert Jimmy performed during the Parrot Heads’ visit in 2011 — and his spontaneous comments that revealed an undiminished affection for the island city. Pic: Rob O’Neal Photography LLC http://bit.ly/2z7D0X5
Key words here, ” “I don’t think anything could stop what Key West is and what Key West does, hurricane or no.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article181526471.html
‘They lost everything, but they want to dance in the street’: Fantasy Fest after Irma
Fantasy Fest, Key West’s annual 10-day festival of debauchery and decadence, was full of revelers from near and far mere weeks after Hurricane Irma slammed the island chain, leaving hundreds homeless. Some thought the focus on partying came too soon after a tragedy, but others expressed relief that…