A Special Sunset in the Florida Keys
June 12, 2008
Even for an area KNOWN for it's tremendous sunsets, this was a surprise! A halo around the sun was seen throughout the keys, and prompted many incredulous phone calls from local residents. Check out the cool picture…and the full story at the link below! Read more
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Key West Hemingway Days 2008 Festival is Coming! July 15th-20th
June 1, 2008
A nice little article on the upcoming Hemingway Days festival - we're only 45 short days away, so toss those razors in the trash and start practicing your prose, baby..;-) 
Check out the full article at the link below:
Key West commemorates one of its most famous residents July 15-20 with the annual Hemingway Days celebration.Ernest Hemingway lived on the island throughout the 1930s. He had a writing studio on Whitehead Street, fished in local waters and had a cat with extra toes whose descendants still wander the grounds of the Ernest Hemingway Museum and Home.The July event includes a look-alike contest, readings and presentations, and a three-day marlin-fishing tournament.The festival's biggest literary event is a Hemingway short story competition. Winners will be announced July 18 by Lorian Hemingway, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and Ernest's granddaughter, at Casa Antigua, 314 Simonton St., where Ernest Hemingway once stayed. The contest is in its 28th year.
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Key West Real Estate Prices Continue to Drop
May 4, 2008
According to the most recent real estate figures, the national real estate crisis certainly has not left Key West property value unscathed. While home values here are still high ( and of course many continue to argue MUCH to high for most folks) the numbers are going down, without any question. By and large the northern keys look much more vulnerable to a continued slide…although plenty in Key West are skittish about where things MAY go in the year to come. You can read the full article at the Citizen's link below:
The Florida Keys housing market continued to slump in the first quarter of this year, with the prices and number of sales falling while the time homes spend on the market rising over the same period in 2007. Eighty fewer houses sold from Jan. 1 to March 31 — 13 fewer in the Lower Keys and 67 fewer in the Upper Keys, according to Multiple Listing Service statistics furnished by Rose Sanchez of Century 21 All Keys Inc. and Tracy Larson of American Caribbean Real Estate and Marr Properties.Lower Keys statistics range from Key West to Big Pine Key, and Upper Keys statistics range from Mile Marker 74 to 106, but exclude the Ocean Reef Club on the tip of Key Largo.In Key West, 73 homes sold, eight fewer than last year, with smaller homes being more popular. Among those that sold, 40 were two-bedroom, 21 were three-bedroom, 11 were four-bedroom and only one was a five-bedroom.
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