Posts in category Key West Lou

Happy New Year! My best wishes to everyone for health, wealth and happiness in the New Year. I am glad 2024 came to an end. …

Michael Halpern, a distinguished Key West citizen. A man of many facets. Attorney, businessman, entrepreneur. He died yesterday at the age of 72. He was …

Jimmy Carter has left us. The former President died yesterday at the age of 100. May he rest in peace. His life a religious and …

Today is the last Sunday of 2024. The last Sunday of 2023 was only yesterday. Time moves too swiftly. Especially as one gets older. The …

Thirty years ago when I first visited Key West, it was a gay haven. Not so much anymore. Over the years, homosexual men have been …

I watched Tom Homan on TV yesterday. He is Trump’s border czar to be. He explained how he was going to handle migrant families, including …

Harrison Ford is alive! Thank goodness! I reported yesterday he had died. I was wrong. My apologies. Let me explain how my faux pas occurred. …

Merry Christmas! I open today with in effect is a “new discovery” and wish to share it with you. A person. His name is Andre …

EVERY FEW YEARS, I WRITE OF THE CHRISTMAS EVE ITALIAN SEVEN FISH MEAL. A SLIGHT VARIATION EACH YEAR. THIS IS THE LATEST. ONLY ONE YEAR …

Can anyone argue? Prices have obscenely shot up at the same time as quality has declined. Simultaneously in the same period of time, the number …

KEY WEST LOU / THE ORIGIN OF SANTA CLAUS It is that time of the year. Santa Claus time! What is Santa Claus’ history? From …

KEY WEST LOU / TRUMP NOT YET PRESIDENT AND CHAOS REIGNS IN WASHINGTON I figured it would take one to two months after Trump was …

You have not lived till you have pigged out on Italian Christmas cookies! My wife began baking them about three weeks before Christmas.  Some refrigerated …

Key West is fortunate. A new couple has opted to purchase their dream home away from home in Key West. Directly across the street from …

Gas prices have been steadily coming down the past year. However, they have a fluctuation factor that is difficult to understand. Within the past week, …

Getting old is a benefit in itself. However certain negatives attach. One is falling. All the time. Nancy Pelosi fell down stairs last week in …

Syracuse blew another basketball game. Will the pain ever end? Georgetown beat Syracuse 75-71. A close game throughout. Twelve ties and 15 lead changes along …

Basketball history will be made today. Two  powerful basketball giants meet for the 100th time. Syracuse and Georgetown will go at it beginning at 2:30 …

Love springs eternal! Marjorie Fiterman and Bernie Littman reside in a Philadelphia nursing home. They are 102 and 100 respectively. Their long time spouses have …

Taylor Swift’s two year tour has ended. The Eras Tour. One hundred forty nine shows. Attendance 10,168,008. Ticket sales $2,077,618,725. The best selling tour of …