It’s Fall!

It's Fall!
We’re having a cold snap this week. It’s windy – like really windy, averaging 20-25mph – so the temperatures have been a lot lower than the previous several weeks. And when I say ‘cold snap’, I mean it’s 75 degrees. It’s perfect. So I worked on the patio today. Some of the chickens weren’t that thrilled to find me sitting ...

Sunday in Pictures

Sunday in Pictures
This morning, we headed to the Key West Garden Club plant sale at Martello Tower (the place I first learned that you could grow a billion varieties of orchids outdoors in Key West). I bought a bromeliad (another plant-nerd plant, from what I’ve heard), a couple air plants, a piece of cypress with a hanger that a couple in Fort ...

Island Time

Everyone who’s spent time in the Caribbean is aware of the concept of island time, because nothing is on that important a schedule. It can be maddening on your first visit, but eventually you get used to it. Key West has a slight case of island time, though nothing like you’d encounter in Jamaica. Most things here are slowed down ...

What Just Happened

What Just Happened
We saw a 20th anniversary showing of Showgirls at the Key West Film Festival tonight, and then afterwards there was a Q&A with director Paul Verhoeven. He talked about Starship Troopers, Robocop, and what it was like winning 7 Razzies for Showgirls. It was fantastic. I know I say it a lot, but this town is the best.