Tag Archives: Key West

Afternoon View – Island House Pool

OK this is really only a hint of the pool, but you know, discretion.

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Morning View – Conch Tour Train

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Afternoon View – Key West Cocks

There are thousands of wild chickens all over Key West and this little family unit started to follow me back to Island House after I shared some of my brioche from Old Town Bakery.  There have been periodic attempts to round up the chickens, but it’s against the law here to kill them. Because voodoo. Seriously.

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Morning View – Cuban Coffee Queen

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Afternoon View – The Strand

Key West’s Strand Theater is now a Walgreens, but you can see they did a great job of preserving many of the old elements, including the box office. 

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Afternoon View – Island House

Father Tony and I have arrived at Key West’s fabulous Island House for our annual visit. I’ll be blogging poolside for the next week, so expect more typos than usual.

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Cher – Take It Like A Man

While this clip was posted to Cher’s official YouTube channel, it’s essentially an underwear commercial. And it must have filmed in Key West, because the models are wearing Island House shirts in the one brief shot that they have a shirt on. (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

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Father Tony Is Doing The AIDS Ride

Father Tony is doing the Miami – Key West AIDS ride this weekend.  From Tony’s rider page where you can sponsor him: In high school, my idea of exercise was lip-synching Diana Ross. Now, as a 62 year-old gay adventure tour guide and travel writer, I want you to “stop, in the name of love” for a moment and consider …

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KEY WEST: Rainbow Flags Fly As Diana Nyad Completes Swim From Cuba

Openly lesbian marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, has just finished her swim from Cuba to Key West. Hundreds of people cheered Nyad’s arrival as some in the crowd waved rainbow flags. Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage on Monday, arriving in Key West two days …

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Father Tony Is Doing The AIDS Ride

I don’t know where he gets the energy, but in November our own Father Tony will participate in South Florida’s version of an AIDS ride.  From the SMART Ride about page: Like many things that change us and the world in some way, it starts with a dream, a vision, and an idea. The Southern Most AIDS/HIV RideTwenty-Thirteen is no …

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Key West: Sushi Drops In Her Pump

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The Saddest Sign In Key West

Another fabulous week in Key West gone in a dizzying blur. Father Tony and I scarcely left the gorgeous Island House this time, except to revisit one of our favorite restaurants, El Siboney (twice!), and hit the charmingly ramshackle seafood joints like Bo’s Fish Wagon (cracked conch!) Huge thanks to Island House owner Jon and his very friendly team. I …

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Afternoon View

Artist House, just down the street from Island House.

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Morning View

Early and quiet.

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Afternoon View

Key West’s “One Human Family” motto adorns the front door of virtually every business on the island. Bumper stickers also abound.

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Quote Of The Day

Yesterday, as an older couple situated themselves poolside at the Island House in Key West, I overheard a young, muscular handsome boy say something quite disparaging regarding their arrival.  Those ugly words had hardly left his lips when the apparent leader of his coterie of five equally beautiful men chastised him angrily, poking a finger in the subject’s chest: “Darling, …

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Morning View

Image via JMG reader and Island House patron Ed, who found this strange tableau during a Key West walkabout. It appears to be Barbie Thigh-Cut Levi’s Jeebus surrounded by apparently bad dogs.

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Afternoon View

Embiggens nicely.

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Morning View

Two furry little guys wandered into my Island House room this morning, wrestled around a bit, then laid staring disinterestedly at me.  Same as it ever was.

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Afternoon View – Calle De Pollo

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