Key West

Literary History In Key West

Pam Grout | Posted 05.25.2012

Pam Grout

If you're a writer, Key West is on your bucket list, likely in the number one spot.

The Unjuried Art Show

Kristen Hotham Carroll | Posted 05.22.2012

Kristen Hotham Carroll

As the visual arts teeter on the edge of irrelevance, perhaps our best next step is to let our consumers have more of a voice. Inclusion is almost always a better strategy than exclusion, isn't it?

Re-Learning the Lesson of the United States

William Pierce | Posted 04.25.2012

William Pierce

As we slowly move forward in addressing immigration policy, we must remember our stories because to do otherwise is to deny the lesson of America.

Keys Swarmed By Cat-Sized Rats

Posted 03.26.2012

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials are battling an invasive species in the Keys they thoug...

27 Cuban Refugees Allowed To Stay Under Wet Foot Dry Foot Policy

www.keysnet.com | Posted 03.19.2012

Migrant smugglers who abandoned a large boat Friday at the isolated Newfound Harbor Keys may have stolen a flats boat to make their getaway on Saturda...

WATCH: Even The Dachshunds Go Drag In Key West

Posted 01.03.2012

Even the dogs in Key West are in drag for New Year's Eve. Nearly 250 canines paraded through the city's Old Town for the annual Key West Dachshund Wal...

WATCH: Key West Drops Drag Diva For New Year's Eve 2011

Posted 01.01.2012

Consider the choices: You can either A.) Huddle together with millions in freezing temperatures to watch some apple drop from the sky or B.) Join thou...

Planning A Cruise On The Holland America Zuiderdam? Read Our Travel Guide

The Huffington Post | Shellie Braeuner | Posted 12.13.2011

The Holland America Zuiderdam is a popular floating resort. The waters are crowded with sea-worthy vessels, so to make planning easier, we've done all...

A Huffington Post Guide To Family Vacations In The Florida Keys

The Huffington Post | Sandy Mitchell | Posted 12.21.2011

Family vacations in Key West can be rewarding experiences or absolute disasters -- it all depends on pre-trip homework. To make planning easier, we've...

PHOTOS: Eccentric Costumes At Key West's Fantasy Fest

Posted 12.31.2011

Traveling to Key West generally means sun, seafood, key lime pie and a mandatory photo op at the southernmost point of the country. This time of the y...

Andrew Burmon

Cruising: How A Port Project Explains An Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 12.05.2011

Dave Taylor has been running the Cypress House B&B in Key West, Florida for 15 years, and though he’s gotten used to increased traffic on days when ...

Concern Grows Over Plan to Drill for Oil Near Florida Keys

Michael Deibert | Posted 12.04.2011

Michael Deibert

The news that the Spanish oil giant, Repsol, intends to begin exploratory drilling in the waters directly north of Cuba, has set off a chorus of criticism in Cuba's neighbor to the north: the United States.

Nichtclub Promoter Plans To Rebuild Haiti As Tourist Spot

Poder | David Adams | Posted 09.01.2011

JACMEL, Haiti -- South Beach nightclub promoter and entrepreneur Michael Capponi is standing in the soon-to-be inaugurated lobby of his latest luxury ...

My Trip to Zanzibar

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Kaiser

Traveling from Nairobi to Zanzibar is like traveling from New York City to Key West. Zanzibar is an island off the east coast of Africa. While it le...

Five Places to Prolong Summer

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Melissa Biggs Bradley

There are certain American towns that capture the essence of simple pleasures on the water and a slower summertime pace. My favorites all have shingle...

A Perfect Day In Key West

Kraig Becker | Posted 09.19.2011

Kraig Becker

The Florida Keys are an enchanting and spectacular place, offering a unique mix of southern charm and island culture brought together in a tropical paradise that few Americans even realize exists.

Hemingway Look-Alike Contest Winner: 'I Enjoy Women, I Fish And I Drink, But I Don't Write'

Posted 05.25.2011

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- A white-bearded 64-year-old Florida man won this year's Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, an event in Key West's annual Hemi...

Don't Let Dengue Fever Take a Bite Out of Your Key West Vacation

Amber DeGrace | Posted 05.25.2011

Amber DeGrace

Be wary of the mosquitoes but don't let them scare you off because you'll be missing out on a bounty full of beauty and many friendly island characters.

Ann Beattie's 'The Rock': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature

Posted 05.25.2011

Narrative Magazine: Ann Beattie, whose novella "Walks with Men" has just been released, is a master writer who, along with Raymond Carver, inspired a ...

Florida Keys Residents Defy BP, Plan Their Own Oil Cleanup

Posted 05.25.2011

A small island in the middle of a big ocean, Key West has always made a virtue of its isolation. In 1982, for example, an onerous Border Patrol checkp...

What's Worth It: Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, Florida

Suzanne Aaronson | Posted 11.17.2011

Suzanne Aaronson

If Robinson Crusoe had been marooned here he probably wouldn't have been so keen to escape... A paradise island, only accessible by boat or seaplane. ...

Can Dolphins Commit Suicide?

Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Vicky Collins

Richard O'Barry gets misty eyed when he talks about Cathy. His beautiful girl died in his arms. Suicide he says. Cathy was a bottlenose dolphin, one of five he trained for the 60′s television hit Flipper.

Tar Balls Found Off Key West

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

KEY WEST, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard says 20 tar balls have been found off Key West, Fla., but the agency stopped short of saying whether they ...

Hemingway's Key West House Named Literary Landmark

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Ernest Hemingway's Key West home, where the American author lived in the 1930s, has been designated a literary landmark....

GMC heads off in new Terrain with 2010 crossover

Summit Daily News | Summit Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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Key West, FLA - Having snagged a rare parking spot near the Hemingway house - the crowing of roosters in the trees and the Jimmy Buffett m...