Key West hurricane prep | Part 1: Let’s get started
June is hurricane prep time in Key West. With so much hurricane prep info floating around, here’s what you REALLY need to know.
Living in Key West: Part 3: Cat hair, garbage cans, fresh water conchs
It doesn’t take a degree in demographics and a passion for data dumps to know when Key West’s snowbirds arrive. Lights in that once dark house come on at dusk. There are peals of laughter across the fence line and the rumble of interesting conversations of which I can...
Living in Key West: Let’s treat each other gently
The humidity this morning in the Shenandoah Valley is 47 percent, which Accuweather says is “ideal.” Are they freaking nuts? Get me back to Key West, give me 20 points more and I might agree. Ranger Ed and I have been off-island for a week, visiting family...
Key West parking stickers | The coveted island badge you just have to have
Let’s get the headline out of the way first: If you’re reading this on Saturday, Oct. 30, in the Key West Citizen, you have one more day before your residential parking sticker expires. Technically. You’ve got two choices: Panic and head to social...
Buying a Key West home? Wind and flood insurance costs could change your plans
Three things come at a premium when you’re living in Key West: An X flood zone, which until Oct. 1, had meant your house wasn’t as likely to flood and therefore the mortgage company wouldn’t require flood insurance; parking because there isn’t...