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Back before Covid upended the rhythm of our island and turned every month into off-the-charts occupancy rates, I counted the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas as the best of the year. From...
Linda Grist Cunningham is editor and proprietor of Key West Island News. She lives on the island with Ranger Ed and the Cat 5s.
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From the editor | LGC SaysLinda Grist Cunningham continues her four decades of reporting and writing in her columns from Key West. She explores local and national news and the political decisions that affect our lives, property investments and future of the Florida Keys. Her collection of Dear Connor columns is written for her grandson, Connor. Oh, and, she’ll take the occasional side trip to Key West wacky.
Back before Covid upended the rhythm of our island and turned every month into off-the-charts occupancy rates, I counted the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas as the best of the year. From the day after Thanksgiving to the last twinkling light on Christmas Day,...
You knew I couldn't get past Key West Thanksgiving without the obligatory "thanks" list. Around the holidays, every columnist (and, of course, every politician, business and social media poster) runs out of things about which to opine, to sell or over which to spit a...
I made Ranger Ed move six feet across the room and handed him a mask. "If you've got the Covid, I don't want any part of it." As he sniffled and hacked, I walked him through a Covid-19 test. Negative. No fever. No aches. Oh, crikey, Key West Crud is back. Even his doc...
We laughed. We clapped. We cheered. We petted puppies and made smiles with kids. All in a Key West election day's work at Precinct 7 in the Moose Lodge in Key West. That was my day Tuesday, working the polls, checking in voters, handing out ballots, chatting with...
Of this I gar-ron-tee you: No matter what I write about Fantasy Fest 2022, someone's gonna disagree. Fantasy Fest is like that cliched elephant; one can describe only what one touches. Let the arguments run amok; I'm going to say this...
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Key West chef and photographer Martha Hubbard walks the island each morning. For years she has shared with her social media friends a photo or two to start the day. Now she shares her photographs exclusively with Key West Island News. From pounding waves off the White Street pier to a Royal Poinciana bursting red, Martha’s photos are a stunning reminder that we live in a canvas made new every day.
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Many of our favorite Key West places-to-visit post their events and specials on their Facebook pages. So, if you're looking for even more to do, here are our recommendations. (PS: These are our favorites. No one pays us to promote them.)
How does one move to Key West? There are lots of toss-off answers, like “marry rich” or “rob a bank,” but I decided to take this seriously. Here’s how one prepares to move to Key West.
Everyone dreams of living in Key West, a place where everyone knows why you’d move there. What most folks rarely stop to think about: Why would anyone up and leave? And they do. Lots of them.
Did you know you head east when you drive to Miami? Not north. East-northeast. And mostly east. Trust your eyes at sunrise. Well, except for a couple of stretches like that right turn in Big Pine, which is due south.
Missed the Christmas parade Saturday night? This will catch you up. ... See MoreSee Less
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I wish I could have saw the parade in person. Maybe next year. Merry Christmas to everyone in Key West!!
The two Covid Decembers (2020 and 2021) were frantic as we coped with angry visitors, sick friends, grief and anxiety and a disconcerting level of entitlement from visitors who seemed to think Key West didn’t have Covid, meaning they could do as they liked. Like we had some bubble around us into which they could escape and we should be grateful for their cash.
It feels different this year as we head into December. It feels, well, almost normal. That’s a good thing if one prefers not sharing the island with a crush of strangers. It’s not so good if one thought the cash flow of the Covid boom years would go “to infinity and beyond.” (Thanks, Buzz Lightyear.) ... See MoreSee Less
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From the day after Thanksgiving to the last twinkling light on Christmas Day, the island slowly stretched itself getting ready for the return of Key WestComment on Facebook