Posts in category Key West Lou

Tropic Sprockets / The Graduate (1967)  By Ian Brockway Mike Nichols’ “The Graduate” (1967) is a nearly perfect film. [Check Tropiccinema.com for showtimes and trailer.] …

KEY WEST LOU / HE WHO PAYS THE FIDDLER CALLS THE TUNE Truth be told, he who pays the fiddler calls the tune. Trump has …

KEY WEST LOU / THE TOWN THAT HUNG AN ELEPHANT An elephant in the room! A sad story involving the tiny town of Erwin, Tennessee. …

KEY WEST LOU / MEATBALLS AND POLENTA Meatballs and polenta! A meal fit for a King! I introduced Steve Thompson to polenta yesterday at Rosstica’s. …

KEY WEST LOU / A BAD TRUMP REVEALS HIMSELF I finished reading Maggie Haberman’s Confidence Man yesterday. Took me 7 months. Book long. Five hundred …

KEY WEST LOU / CHRISTMAS IN JULY Joke of the day: Why did Santa Claus get a parking ticket? He parked his sleigh in a …

KEY WEST LOU / A UKRANIAN RETALIATORY STRIKE? A Ukrainian retaliatory strike? Russia claims Ukraine hit two non-resident buildings in Moscow with drones at the …

KEY WEST LOU / WHAT GLOBAL WARMING? Wild fires in Canada, wild fires on the island of Rhodes, Italy and Greece real hot, rain in …

KEY WEST LOU / KEYS WEATHER ALERT My cell phone went off at 5 this morning. A severe weather alert. The alert was running from …

Man arrested following knife incident A 56-year-old Tavernier, Florida man was arrested Wednesday following a domestic situation in which a woman’s foot was cut with …

KEY WEST LOU / TONY BENNETT DIED Tony Bennett died. He made it to 96. God looked with favor upon him. A great vocalist. An …

KEY WEST LOU / THE BEAUTY OF ANESTHESIA I’m back. Two days off. Surgery yesterday. Endoscopy. Modern day surgery never ceases to amaze me. The …

KEY WEST LOU / HOTTEST SPOT IN U.S. YESTERDAY 125.6 DEGREES The hottest spot in the U.S. yesterday was Furnace Creek in Death Valley, Nevada…..125.6 …

KEY WEST LOU / BIBLE NOT THE OLDEST RELIGIOUS TEXT…..THE KESH TEMPLE HYMN IS The oldest religious text on Earth is not the Bible. It …

KEY WEST LOU / A FUNNY NIGHT Over the years, I have made some great friends. Most funny. Typical are Fran and Tom Dixon from …

KEY WEST LOU / HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY THOMPSON Happy Birthday Cindy Thompson! Seventy seven years young. She looks young. A good 20 years younger. I …

KEY WEST LOU / HEMINGWAY DAYS Hemingway Days begin next tuesday July 18 and run through sunday July 23. An exciting time! Two events especially …

KEY WEST LOU / GO TO BED WITH DOGS, WAKE UP WITH FLEAS The old saying go to bed with dogs, wake up with fleas …

KEY WEST LOU / CHICKEN RIGGIES Jean Thornton telephoned from Birmingham last night. She was watching TV and there was a show about Italian restaurants …

KEY WEST LOU / TODAY IS NATIONAL PINA COLADA DAY Today is National Pina Colada Day. Funny, I never drink pina coladas in Key West. …