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Posted: **January 4, 2009 6:45 pm**

So the Holidays are over

my Jets are done

so now its just vacation count down time

95 more days to Conch party 09!!!!

Posted: **January 7, 2009 6:27 pm**

citcat wrote:And does anybody know about the airport ....is the new one opened yet ? I didn't see anything about it in the MOTM threads. I like the old funky airport, the dark restaurant/bar with the GREAT Bloody Mary's. yum.

Was just talking to friends in KW today. They said the new airport isn't the same as our old favorite, but still has some funkiness to it. We booked today for April 1-8, but are coming in via the jet boat from Fort Myers (cheaper flights from Akron, fun, funky hotel across from the beach and a great way to leave KW--sunset from the boat with a full bar on the boat). We will go out to the airport just to check it out. My friend said that they just built a 600 room hotel in Orlando for less money than it took to build the airport. The coulda just spiffed it up a bit and put bathrooms in the departure area and everyone would have been happy.

Posted: **January 8, 2009 7:02 am**

CindaBee wrote:
citcat wrote:And does anybody know about the airport ....is the new one opened yet ? I didn't see anything about it in the MOTM threads. I like the old funky airport, the dark restaurant/bar with the GREAT Bloody Mary's. yum.
Was just talking to friends in KW today. They said the new airport isn't the same as our old favorite, but still has some funkiness to it. We booked today for April 1-8, but are coming in via the jet boat from Fort Myers (cheaper flights from Akron, fun, funky hotel across from the beach and a great way to leave KW--sunset from the boat with a full bar on the boat). We will go out to the airport just to check it out. My friend said that they just built a 600 room hotel in Orlando for less money than it took to build the airport. The coulda just spiffed it up a bit and put bathrooms in the departure area and everyone would have been happy.

You mean that the restrooms at the new airport are still outside security????????

Please say it ain't so........

Posted: **January 8, 2009 11:06 am**

I've just been doing some research on some off-the-beaten track or lesser known watering holes in Key West, and here's what I've found....feel free to give any feedback on these!
Don's Place (Truman & Grinnell)
Bottle Cap Lounge & Liquor Store (Simonton)
Monkey Bar (Simonton)
Wagon Wheel (Angela/Duval)
Smallest Bar (Duval)
Tiki Bar @ the Galleon

I'm thirsty!

Posted: **January 10, 2009 1:02 am**

Yum Yum, I'm drunk pour me some drinks! Lets get CONCHED!

Posted: **January 10, 2009 1:27 am**

lilsalty wrote:I've just been doing some research on some off-the-beaten track or lesser known watering holes in Key West, and here's what I've found....feel free to give any feedback on these!
Don's Place (Truman & Grinnell) Great local spot.
Bottle Cap Lounge & Liquor Store (Simonton) Country bar, also many locals
Monkey Bar (Simonton) an alternative lifestyle bar
Wagon Wheel (Angela/Duval) got nothing
Smallest Bar (Duval) neat to see, but only sits 2 people.
Tiki Bar @ the Galleon One of my favorites!! Used to work there. Great place to watch the sunset from. Tell Skippy and Steve I said hi

I'm thirsty!

Posted: **January 10, 2009 9:48 am**

I just booked us back into the Key West Bed and Breakfast on William Street for April 1 through 8! Had planned to go to the Caribbean, but the costs are just too high right now, so we decided to "go home." We'll be at the Schooner by about 3 p.m. on the 1st. Coming in by boat from Fort Myers. Yay!!! With 12 inches of snow predicted today here, I am sitting in front of the 'puter looking at the webcams. I can dream!

Posted: **January 10, 2009 2:14 pm**

Cool!! Thanks for the update on the watering holes! I think we'll skip the monkey bar...

Posted: **January 10, 2009 10:06 pm**

We just booked at the Tucker Inn Cottages (www.tuckerinn.com) on Cudjoe Key, about 20 miles from KW, near Mangrove Mamas and right on the ocean.
We've been twice in the last few years but this time we have a boat and are taking it with us.
Look out coral reef! Here I come!!

Posted: **January 11, 2009 11:32 am**

sonofabeach,

Not a bad drive from Cudjoe Key to Key West. We rented a house last year on Cudjoe Key. Things start to look the same at night. Had a couple of landmarks to look for before Cudjoe. There's a Baseball Field at a school one or two keys from Cudjoe. They usually had it lit up at night. Our turn was at the Sheriff's station, which is lit up real well, looks like you will be just a little ways past that. I don't think there was one of the green city signs for Cudjoe Key when you are coming from Key West, but I could be wrong. The mile marker signs also help but some of them are pretty hard to catch at night.

Not sure if Bahia Honda is within distance for your boat or not. But do check it out.

http://www.floridastateparks.org/bahiahonda/

Check out the No Name Pub on Big Pine Key. Watch out for the Key Deer

http://www.nonamepub.com/

Real good restaurant in Marathon at the Keys Fisheries. The Lobster Reuben is great. It's also plenty big, may want to split it between two of ya.

http://www.keysfisheries.com/restaurant.html

There was a nice Italian restaurant on Cudjoe just down from our place. We never did go there but they always seemed to be busy. Not sure if they have a spot to pull the boat up to or not but they are on the water with a large boat landing.

http://buonappetitoinc.com

Also checkout the avocodas in the stores. Most are the size of grapefruit. Makes some great guacamole.

Enjoy the trip!!!!

Posted: **January 11, 2009 5:53 pm**

Digitalprintman, I am all about AVACODO'S. I could just eat these all week. Ok have to have fresh seafood too.
We will be going to KW (1st time) May 1st. Care to share where I can find these giant avacodo's?

Posted: **January 11, 2009 8:09 pm**

digitalprintman wrote:sonofabeach,

Not sure if Bahia Honda is within distance for your boat or not. But do check it out.

Check out the No Name Pub on Big Pine Key. Watch out for the Key Deer

Real good restaurant in Marathon at the Keys Fisheries. The Lobster Reuben is great. It's also plenty big, may want to split it between two of ya.

http://www.keysfisheries.com/restaurant.html

There was a nice Italian restaurant on Cudjoe just down from our place. We never did go there but they always seemed to be busy. Not sure if they have a spot to pull the boat up to or not but they are on the water with a large boat landing.

http://buonappetitoinc.com

Also checkout the avocodas in the stores. Most are the size of grapefruit. Makes some great guacamole.

Enjoy the trip!!!!

We've been to the No Name Pub but I'm dying to go back.
Porky's is another great food dive on Marathon that I can't wait to get back to.
We've been to Bahia Honda a few times as well. One day we're gonna camp there.
This we'll be our third time on Cudjoe and I really like it there. Close enough to KW but also away from the crowds. One of my favorite things to do there is watching the sunset from way out on the water in the kayaks provided by the cottages. This time it will be from my boat.

I'm gonna look into some of those places.
Thanks!

Posted: **January 11, 2009 11:17 pm**

Summerlover wrote:Digitalprintman, I am all about AVACODO'S. I could just eat these all week. Ok have to have fresh seafood too.
We will be going to KW (1st time) May 1st. Care to share where I can find these giant avacodo's?

Might be expensive. Just read in the NY Times that avocados are going to be outrageously expensive due to the drought/fires in Calif where most of them are grown. I'll still pay for them. Unfortunately, here in Ohio, we almost only get Haas avocados, which are good, but mostly tiny.

Posted: **January 12, 2009 8:03 am**

We found the Big Avocados at most of the super markets in Key West, Big Pine and Marathon. Not all of the markets had them though. Not sure where the markets get theirs from. Or if these are from California. But chances are they come from Florida or somewhere else in the Caribbean. Prices seemed fairly reasonable last year. But may be higher this year with any of the shortages of California's supply.

Posted: **January 12, 2009 12:09 pm**

89 days till KW! From the tripadvisor forums, I received a spreadsheet from someone who compiled an alphabetical list of more than 100 bars/restaurants with bars/drinking establishments on Key West! Now, I don't think that ContinentalDrifterIII and I will be able to hit 100 in 4 and a half days, but there are some great suggestions on that list! If anyone wants a copy of it, I can email it!

Posted: **January 12, 2009 4:11 pm**

lilsalty wrote:89 days till KW! From the tripadvisor forums, I received a spreadsheet from someone who compiled an alphabetical list of more than 100 bars/restaurants with bars/drinking establishments on Key West! Now, I don't think that ContinentalDrifterIII and I will be able to hit 100 in 4 and a half days, but there are some great suggestions on that list! If anyone wants a copy of it, I can email it!

I would love a copy!!!! We'll be there 7 days, may be able to do some serious damage! Will PM you.

Posted: **January 13, 2009 9:57 am**

Hi all! I got a few requests for that KW list so I'll forward it as soon as I can!!

Posted: **January 23, 2009 8:38 pm**

My Key West trip creeps closer and closer; God I can almost taste those margaritas! (They taste better in Key West)

Posted: **January 24, 2009 8:09 am**

lilsalty wrote:Hi all! I got a few requests for that KW list so I'll forward it as soon as I can!!

Would you be kind enough to email that list to me, too??? I'd appreciate it!

Posted: **January 24, 2009 8:12 am**

ContinentalDrifterIII wrote:My Key West trip creeps closer and closer; God I can almost taste those margaritas! (They taste better in Key West)

Everything seems better in Key West.......I've been going through fish sandwich withdrawal for the past year! Not pretty.....

You know, those freshly broiled fish fillets (usually mahi mahi), lettuce, tomato, "special" sauce that each shack has, and a nice hard roll......why do I torture myself like this?

Here's wishing you a great trip and keep the faithful informed about your activites, OK?

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