It's still called Kelly's but she sold her interest in it several
years ago. Who ever owns it they make the best margueritas, $2.50
during happy hour, on the island. Corner of Whitehead and Caroline.
Pan Am was headed by Grant Mason who, with his wife, lived on the top
floor. She supposedly had an affair with Hemingway who lived 5 or six
blocks down Whitehead Street, but no-one knows for sure.

You didn't get your free drinks????? If you go back, pick up a copy of
the See Key West Magazine which is available everywhere. There are
racks of them at the airport, in Spanish & English. On page 51 IIRC
there are two coupons; one for a free drink at Alonzo's Oyster Bar and
one at the Half Shell Raw Bar, both at the Key West Bight. Alonzo's
also offers 1/2 price appitizers during happy jour, 4:00 - 7:00. You
can have a pound of peel-your-own-shrimp and a Key West Sunset Ale for
$6.00. Alonzo's makes great fish fingers, too. The Conch Republic
Seafood Co, just around the corner has 2-4-1 drinks and good oysters
and blackened grouper sandwiches.

Pjk

On Feb 17, 12:31 pm, "Jim B" wrote:
Just returned from 5 days inKey West, FL.

For those who haven't flown there, I would highly recommend the experience.
A mix of commercial flights, both heavy and light GA, and biplane sight
seeing tours make KEYW a busy single runway airport, but everything was
sequenced nicely. We had a few delays getting out as the local Naval Air
Station radar was down. This meant "one at a time" operations coming and
going.

We visited the Hemingway House on Thursday where we happened to run into a
reporter from Pilot Getaway's Magazine. Look for a article onKey West
coming out in the next few months.

Although it was cloudy and unseasonably cold, there was still plenty to do
and see. Lots of history, great art, wonderful food, and the bars are
unlike anywhere else. Each bar seems to have it's own a deep history. They
are lined with pictures, news paper articles, and memorabilia from the age
of the ship wreckers, pirates, and sponge industry. One such
brewpub/restaurant is owned by Kelly McGillis and happens to be the original
office of Pan Am Airlines.

A couple recommendations:
Book hotels early, weekends get sold out months in advance.

The night life and "main drag" is Duval St. but parking is very limited.
Unless your hotel is on Duval, leave your car at your hotel and take a cab.
Better yet, forget the car. Scooters, golf carts, and funny little 3 wheeled
mini cars are available for rent everywhere. If you get a hotel on or very
near Duval St., most things are within walking distance.

Don't get sticker shock. From the food and drinks to the hotel and taxis
nothing is cheap. We actually found that the cheapest things were the local
souvenirs near the deep cruise ship port.

Although it's primarily marketed at adults, we saw plenty of kids (mainly
off the cruise ships or on group tours from FL) There's plenty of swimming,
snorkeling, dolphin activities, and fishing that kids could enjoy but I'd
still be hesitant about planning an extended vacation with kids along.
Adult themed gift shops and art galleries fill the spaces between the bars
and t-shirt shops along Duval.

The simple pleasure of walking around in mid 70 and 80 degree temperatures
after departing Wisconsin's sub-zero weather, was the best part of our trip.
Everything else was gravy.

Jim