Florida Keys Girl

Miami Restaurant Review: Soyka

FL Keys Girl — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:19:29 +0000

I just don’t get valet parking, unless you can’t walk or it is pouring rain. 100% of the time I will choose to self-park, however. Why? A) I don’t want to pay you to park my car when I am perfectly capable of walking all the way from the parking spot to the door or [...]

Smells Like Sweaty Saddle, and That’s A Good Thing

FL Keys Girl — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:55:24 +0000

We make our way up to the dessert room at Bern’s. To call it a room is a bit of a misnomer. In fact, it is a big space with many individual wooden-enclosed booths, complete with doors. Weird is an understatement. It is, however, unique. We decided to order a bottle of wine before dessert. [...]

The Big Four-Oh

FL Keys Girl — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:34:15 +0000

Over the weekend, we went to Tampa to visit some friends and celebrate her 40th birthday, or as she likes to put it: the first anniversary of her 39th birthday. Friday evening was at Sidebern’s, the “creative” restaurant owned by the same people as Bern’s, the steakhouse. The food was good, including the heirloom tomato [...]

The Hosts with The Mosts: Wine Extravaganza

FL Keys Girl — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:26:02 +0000

Wine dinner does not adequately describe Saturday night. Yes, there was dinner. Yes, there was wine – and a lot of it. But mostly, there were good friends and a whole lot of laughs. Of course, it never hurts to have a vertical of Grange to keep things fun. Florida Keys Guy and I arrived [...]

Restaurant Review: Southernmost Beach Cafe

FL Keys Girl — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:14:15 +0000

Imagine relaxing on a cool, breezy day, palm trees swaying, sitting in the shade with a view of the beach and a cocktail in hand. OK, it felt like it was 200 degrees outside and I was drinking iced tea, but you get the idea. Like many other businesses in Key West, everyone thinks they [...]

More Key West Wine Bars: The Good and The Dreadful

FL Keys Girl — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:00:55 +0000

With the opening of new wine bars faster than you can say “Cabernet” I have been on a quest to try them all. So, we went to try Grand Vin. I had not been there in a very long time. When I walked in, the overwhelming stench of stale smoke embedded in the walls and [...]

New Posting Schedule

FL Keys Girl — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:44:55 +0000

Good morning! This is just a note to let you know that I have given you yet one more distraction from work during the week. I will continue to post three times per week, at least, but they will be on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. So if you need a little extra break, just pop [...]

Things to Do in Key West: The Hemingway House

FL Keys Girl — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:01:11 +0000

When people come to visit us – which is generally every weekend in the winter, and only slightly less frequently in the summer - they often ask what they should do while they are here. I have pointed out the Hemingway House at least 100 times on a map, yet have never gone. Until today. [...]

d’Vine: The Wine Bar

FL Keys Girl — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:17:24 +0000

I was called out on my post last week on The Porch for it not actually being the newest wine bar in Key West. In fact, at the time of posting, it was the newest wine bar, but that was last week. This week, the newest wine bar is d’Vine, at The Gardens Hotel. The [...]

Key West’s Best Kept Secret

FL Keys Girl — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:07:47 +0000

Key West has a lot to offer. But sometimes, especially in the summer, you just want to be in air conditioning. The Eco-Discovery Center, located through the Truman Annex gate on the way to Fort Zachary Taylor beach, is the perfect way to spend some time on a hot afternoon, before or after the beach. [...]