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SEASONAL AFFAIRS
Weekend of GLEE
he GLEE Community
Garden of Key West and
the Key West Garden Club’s weekend lecture series, Friday and Saturday, February 1-2, presents Chris
Rollins of the Miami Fruit and
Spice Park will present, “Growing
Edibles in the Florida Keys without
Pesticides” at the Key West Garden
Club, Higgs Beach. Registration
$25.
Friday, February 1
6-8pm reception
Meet and greet the presenter Chris
Rollins of the Fruit and Spice Park,
Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation
Department. Chris provides a brief
overview of Saturday’s topics in the
Key West Garden Club’s reception
area. Refreshments provided. Registration for Saturday’s program available at that time.
Saturday, February 2
9am-Noon/morning session
Growing Fruit Without Pesticides,
topics: how to plant trees in the
Keys, watering, wind, salt, species
available and requirements, ripening
season for each fruit, 10 bullet-proof
fruit trees.
2pm-5pm/afternoon session
Growing Vegetables Without Pesticides: choosing the right soil, raised
beds, container growing, irrigation,
vegetables that don’t need pesticides,
planting seasons, cultural practices
for successful crops, composting,
fertilizer.
About the Presenter:
Chris Rollins is a Miami native
and graduate ofRochester Institute
of Technology/RIT. He has managed the Miami Fruit & Spice Park
in Homestead for 31 years. He is a
past president of the Rare Fruit
Council, manager of Old Cutler
Hammock Nature Center and cofounder of the Asian Culture Festival, the Tropical Fruit & Vegetable
Society of the Redlands and South
Florida Tropical Fruit Growers Association. Over 25 years, Collins has
originated and conducted a series
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of 12 International Rare Fruit Conferences. He has led plant collecting
trips to Borneo, Malaysia, ailand,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines,
Indonesia, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala; also presented
programs for the David Letter
Show, Today Show and others.
INFO (305) 294-5136
Folk music icon,
February 9
Noel Paul Stookey of the iconic
folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary
showcases his songs, activism and
humor at 8 p.m. Saturday, February
9, at historic Casa Antigua, 314 Simonton St. “Music From the Heart
— An Intimate Evening with Noel
Paul Stookey” is a blend of concert
and conversation with the American
musical legend. Proceeds benefit
Florida Keys Council of the Arts
programs to support visual, literary
and performing arts throughout the
Keys. Renowned as a musician and
social activist, Stookey is praised for
his thoughtful, compassionate and
sometimes humorous interpretations and compositions. He has
recorded more than 45 albums as
“Paul” of Peter, Paul and Mary and
a solo performer. Royalties from his
“Wedding Song” benefit the Public
Domain Foundation where nearly
$2 million has gone to charity.
e architecturally unique Casa
Antigua was the first place Ernest
Hemingway resided in Key West
where he worked on “A Farewell to
Arms” in 1928. Later fully restored,
it features massive interior balconies
surrounding open-air atrium garden, pool and fountain.
Tickets are $45 and include postconcert reception with Stookey.
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KEY NEWS
WINTER 2013
KEY TIPS TO LIVE BY
Key eco
n Got Your Bags — Florida Keys
Help protect the environment and
the Florida Keys coral reef ecosystem with s program in the Lower
Keys. e grass-roots initiative was
launched with the Keys Green Living & Energy Education organization to promote voluntary reduction
of single-use plastic bags and adoption of reusable bags in an effort to
decrease marine debris and litter in
the Keys. Nearly 50 businesses and
organizations in the Lower Keys
community support the program
and display stickers indicating their
commitment to it. Visitors encouraged to request reusable bags.
Protection of the Florida Keys
natural resources has been an ongoing effort for more than a century in
the region. e waters surrounding
the entire island chain are protected
within the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary, while the Lower
Keys also are home to the Great
White Heron National Wildlife
Refuge and National Key Deer
Refuge. INFO www.keysglee.com
Key volunteer
n Keys Voluntourism
www.keysvoluntourism.com links
to a variety of Florida Keys’ organizations dedicated to protecting and
improving the quality of human
and animal life in the island chain
that are actively seeking volunteers.
Find what volunteer services are
available and experience giving
back to the destination. Ongoing
calendar of events on the website
also planned. Check the website
regularly for updates.
Key guide
n Key West Walking Guide App
Key West heritage and architecture
now comes in a mobile application
produced by longtime Key West
historian and preservationist, partnered with a designer and technology expert. e app grew out of a
renowned annual guidebook Sharon
Wells produced for more than 25
years. It contains seven comprehensive and informative self-guided
tours that introduce visitors to the
island’s historic, architectural, cultural and botanical resources. Tours
focus on different parts of Key
West’s Old Town district, spotlighting unique neighborhoods, the Mallory Square area, Civil War–era forts
and literary landmarks.
e app includes interactive
maps that allow self-paced exploration, more than 700 historic and
contemporary photographs, and
history and commentary about the
featured sites by Wells, who spent
18 years as the state’s historian for
the Florida Keys. Along the way,
users learn about the heritage and
character of the island and those
who shaped it.
Key West Walking Guide App
available for Android, iPad and
iPhone users for $7.99.
INFO www.walkbikeguide.com
Key tour
n Playwright’s birthday celebrated
For more than 30 years, the internationally renowned playwright
lived in a modest cottage on a quiet
Key West street. e grand opening
of an exhibit honoring Williams’ literary prowess and longtime residence is Friday, March 22, kicking
off an early birthday celebration for
the playwright who was born March
26, 1911. Ribbon-cutting and
opening reception for the exhibit at
513 Truman Ave. behind the Key
West Business Guild Visitor Center
is 5:30 p.m. Celebration continues
Saturday, March 23, with guided
exhibit tours led by curator and producer Dennis Beaver. Tours are free
and scheduled for noon to 4 p.m.
Open house and party commemorating Williams’ birthday anniversary, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, March
24, at the visitor center and exhibit
gallery.
Exhibit focuses on Williams’ Key
West years while exploring his beliefs and legacy. Highlights include
personal photographs of the playwright at home with his partner and
friends, original posters of local productions of his plays, books of poetry and drama, playbills and more.
INFO (305) 294-3121
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One Man’s Treasure
ey West has many unique features. ere
are few other places on earth where you
can go down to the beach in the morning and reasonably expect to trip across treasure from Spanish galleon
shipwrecks. Equally you could, as I have, sashay into a
local pawn shop and you’ll be offered slabs of emeralds,
supposedly from the Atocha ship. “at’s worth
$60,000,” the pawn shop owner said, fingering a green
rock, “but you can have it for 30 grand.”
But then I heard a story, and it all began with a man
walking into a bar. Key West was settled by pirates and
wreckers and naturally, the wet town still attracts those
with adventure in their blood. Just like Steve, Tennessee
native and carpenter by day and treasure hunter the balance of his time. Time spent mostly underwater in the Gulf of Mexico amongst
the rotting wrecks and the dolphins and
the sharks, with his trusty map in hand.
A map he bought off a hungry, nervy
character, the man who walked into the
bar. is codger had his own reasons,
which included a long standing
loathing of all things Mel Fisher, and
CHRISTINA was glad to exchange his hand-drawn
O X E N B E R G map for $500 today and a promise of
LEIGH VOGEL photo more if booty was located. After that
Steve was on his own, with his map.
And emeralds were located, exactly where the X on the
map indicated, in staggering quantities. Almost immediately this find was disputed and discredited by the Mel
Fisher conglomerate, everything from the emeralds were
fakes to the fact they really all belonged to the Fishers.
Mel Fisher, the man who located the Atocha, has an
empire which continues to dominate in the imaginations of believers. Detractors, however, will tell you Mel
Fisher has sold twice the treasure he ever discovered.
Worse still, allegedly, Mel manufactured some of those
antique coins. Another detail Steve will tell you is he has
seen the manifesto from the Atocha, a document in the
safe keeping of the Smithsonian, and zero emeralds were
transported on the Atocha.
Any day now Steve’s three-year-old court case should
wrap up, and it is looking favorable to Steve, which
would just about change his life and make him filthy
rich. “I’ll give it all away,” he says, “after I get a new
truck. Otherwise, I’m not materialistic at all. But I do
love finding things.”
It’s all about things, baby! It’s all about collecting and
hoarding. Speaking of hoarding, I got the last of my
things out of storage. Each trip I’d peer into other people’s cages and invent stories to go with the objects. One
box in particular caught my attention, marked ‘Maria’s
Winter Clothes’ and thickly coated with dust. Sweating
as I humped my boxes about, I was thinking how Maria
was spending a fortune storing her winter clothes. I remarked on this when I went to check out. e man behind the desk, interrupted from some guitar playing,
said, “Maria is probably dead. e
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t didn’t take long for everyone to hear
about ROOSTICA! Bobby and
Michelle Mongelli (Hogfish Bar) spent
two years researching Neapolitan Pizza,
installed genuine 900 degree wood-fire
ovens and brought authentic recipes to
Stock Island. e in-Crust Pizzas are
amazing, but there’s a lot more, too... Pastas, Lasagna, Eggplant, Chicken, Seafood
and they’re all tantalizing.
John and I started with the Mixed
Green Garden Salad with Apple Slices,
Sun-Dried Figs, Walnuts, Sweet Onion
and Gorgonzola Cheese in a Poppyseed
Vinaigrette ($11). Filled with textures
from crunchy to creamy, it’s light and
fresh, a beautiful start to the meal. Our
server Sarah, then brought us the Eggplant
Stack with Lightly-Fried Eggplant layered
with Fresh Buffalo Mozzarella, Tomato
Slices, Basil & Arugula and a Balsamic
Glaze ($11). e breading was herbed per-
of Mongelli family recipes, he has great
fectly and deep-fried without any trace of
Italian taste mastered. Bravissimo!
grease remaining. Another surprisingly
We had heard about e Island Pie
light dish... unusual for Italian food which
which features a delightful, thin crust
is often quite heavy.
topped with Red Sauce, big chunks of
Bobby suggested trying the Fried SafMaine Lobster, delicate Pink Shrimp,
fron Risotto Balls stuffed with Grated
Sliced Clams, Calamari Rings
Mozzarella and drizzled with
(perfectly tender) and Fresh
Marinara ($10). Once again,
Basil ($17). No Cheese in sight
though fried, they were not
here, this classic “Fruit of the
greasy at all, and they were saSea” Italian Pizza reminds you
vory and reminiscent of Frithow close to the docks you actuters... but better. Crispy outside
ally are. All their Pizzas are SO
and mildly cheesy inside, this is
light, one person can consume
an ideal comfort food. I have to
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mention the exquisite Marinara
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of doughy crusts and canned
Sauce at ROOSTICA, which is
made from Italian San Marzano JT@DesignKW.com sauces, you have to hit ROOSTICA and see how it’s really done!
Tomatoes... rich, outstandingly
Bobby’s signature Roostica Pie already
garden-fresh and not too acidic, it perhas a following. Another thin crust topped
fectly tops and compliments most every
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February
Presidental descendants share
memories, insights, February 16
Descendants of five former U.S. presidents share insights into life after the
“fishbowl” at Harry S. Truman Little
White House, Florida’s only presidential
museum. President’s Day Weekend event
is 4 p.m. Saturday, February 16, on the
grounds of 111 Front St., the residence
where President Truman spent 11 working vacations during his 1945-1953 administration. Presentation features
Truman’s grandson Clifton Truman
Daniel; Lynda Johnson Robb, daughter
of Lyndon Johnson; Susan Ford Bales,
daughter of Gerald Ford; Margaret
Hoover, great-granddaughter of Herbert
Hoover, and Donald A. Nixon, nephew
of Richard Nixon.
“Out of the Fishbowl, Back to the
Pond” panel discussion explores challenges when a president and first family
return to “civilian” life. Moderator John
Avlon, CNN commentator.
Tickets $100 at Little White House.
Proceeds benefit restoration fund of nonprofit Key West Harry S. Truman Foundation. e house also hosted former
presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John
Kennedy, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
Visiting Nurse Association
& Hospice
Wheeler named VP/CFO
Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of the Florida Keys announced Greg
Wheeler vice president and
chief financial officer.
Wheeler joined the agency
as CEO in 2004 and has
helped transform
VNA/Hospice, a home
health and hospice care agency in Monroe
County. Prior to VNA/Hospice, Wheeler
was director of operations at St. John
Health Foundation, a division of a multi-hospital
health care system in
Southeast Michigan.
February 7-9-10
Bid for Art auction, gala
hoose from the work
of 60 Florida Keys
artists ranging from renowned
masters to emerging talents at the
Anne McKee Artists Fund fine
art auction Sunday, February 10.
e annual auction and gala
raise money for project-based
grants to Keys visual, literary and
performing artists. Gala begins 6
p.m. at e Oldest House, 322
Duval St. Under the guidance of
New Hampshire auctioneer
Charlie Bailey-Gates,
attendees bid on original paintings, sculpture, photography,
fiber art, ceramics, mixed media,
jewelry and more.
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Art preview 10 a.m. to 7p.m.,
February 7-9, at Key West
Women’s Club, 319 Duval St.,
site of the first Anne McKee
Fund Auction.
Art preview party 5:30-7:30
p.m. Saturday, February 9, at the
Women’s Club. Art Preview and
Party free and open to the public.
At the Preview Party, meet the
Anne McKee Artists Fund Board,
preview the auction lots and meet
the 2013 auction artists. 2012
Anne McKee Artists Fund grant
recipients will be on hand, and
several works by Jim Salem will
be featured in honor of his selection as this year’s Anne McKee
Artist Award winner for his outstanding contribution to the arts
community of the Florida Keys.
e party is planned as a prelude
to the Florida Keys Council of
the Arts special concert by Noel
Paul Stookey 8 p.m. that evening.
Each participating artist receives 50 percent of the proceeds
from the sale of his or her work,
while the McKee Fund receives
the remainder to award to Keys’
artists for select projects.
Founded by longtime Key West
resident Anne McKee, the notfor-profit fund has awarded more
than $150,000 since 1994.
As well as artwork, auction attractions include open bar, gourmet hors d’oeuvres and
champagne. Attendees can purchase tickets for a drawing to win
a two-night, three-day stay at Little Palm Island.
Parking Parking spots in front
of e Oldest House will be reserved to assist patrons with art
pickup after the auction.
Cost Tickets are $30 per person
at the door or purchase in advance, www.KeysTix.org. Attendees can reserve seats in advance
via in order to make a cultural
evening by parking once and attending the Impromptu Concert
at St. Paul’s at 4 p.m. Dine downtown before the auction begins at
6 p.m.
February
Donate to Valentine’s gala
Sponsors and silent auction
items sought for Wesley House
30th Annual Valentine’s Day
Gala. Donate something fun,
functional or fabulous to the
silent auction by callig Pat
Madiedo, (305) 304-4287.
To be a sponsor for this annual
event that supports Wesley
House Family Services and its
work on behalf of children and
families in the Florida Keys, call
809-5000, Ext 228. Last year
more than 600 guests attended
the gala on the grounds of historic Curry Mansion Inn.
INFO
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This Week
February 3
Love of Valentine’s
In honor of Valentine’s Day,
the Key West Poetry Guild features love poems, love poems and
more love poems at its monthly
meeting 7pm Sunday, February 3,
upstairs at Blue Heaven, Petronia
at omas streets in Old Town.
J.M. Varela, who was among the
Guild’s earliest members in the
early 1970s, moderates. e first
part of the meeting presents original selections from “Key West, I
Love You,” the anthology produced by the Guild last year and
launched in April in honor of Poetry Month. ose in attendance
invited to read their favorite love
poems — either own work or in a
rare other poets.
All interested poets and auditors
are welcome. No fee and often
refreshments.
INFO (305) 292-0902
January 31 to February 16:
Six Dance Lessons in Six
Weeks by Richard Alfieri. Pre-
views: January 29-30. Joy Hawkins
stars as a formidable retired widow
who hires an ex-Broadway chorus
boy (co-star Denis Hyland) to give
her private dance lessons, but its
hate at first sight. Directed by Carbonell award-winning director
Stuart Meltzer.
Part comedy, part drama and
part cha-cha-cha.
INFO
Tickets, memberships, subscriptions
and information online or box office,
(305) 294-5015. Preview tickets
$25 online. Website for information
and tickets to all parties including
annual gala, January 20.
wining
the keys
W I N E A B I T, Y O U L L F E E L B E T T E R
ank God, yeast
can’t use Beano
hat with New
Year’s and Valentines, I’ve been writing a lot about
Champagne lately. And now that
February is upon us, it’s time for
one last bubbly column, and this
one is my favorite. Yep, the wine
that relies on yeast having a bad
case of flatulence — yeast eat sugars
in the wine and expel CO2 and
alcohol — is one of the most
romantic beverages in the world.
It’s also one of the most celebrated,
so I thought it would be fun to look
at some facts and quotes associated
with this most enlightening of
wines.
“Champagne! In victory one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.” —
Napoleon
“e effervescence of this fresh wine
reveals the true brilliance of the French
people.” — Voltaire
“Champagne is the only wine
that leaves a woman beautiful after
drinking it.” Madame de Pompadour, Lover of Louis XV of France
“My only regret in life is that I
did not drink more Champagne.”
last words of John Maynard Keynes,
English economist
“ere comes a time in every
woman’s life when the only thing
that helps is a glass of champagne.”
— Bette Davis
“ree be the things I shall never
attain: envy, content, and sufficient
champagne.” — Dorothy Parker
It’s illegal to give a moose an
alcoholic beverage in Fairbanks,
Alaska.
While I’m writing this, I’m sitting back with a lovely glass of
Mumm Napa Brut Rosé sparkling
wine. While I love Champagne, I
don’t love the price and for an
afternoon quaffer, our domestic
sparklers are just the ticket. With a
lovely pink tint hue to it and the
flavors of strawberries and cherries
swimming around in the glass, at
around $22 a bottle, this is something I could drink all day. (And I
just might!)
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“Remember gentlemen, it’s not just
France we are fighting for. It’s Champagne!” — Winston Churchill
“Champagne is one of the elegant
extras in life.” — Charles Dickens
“You’ve forgotten those June nights
at the Riviera…the night I drank
Champagne from your slipper — two
quarts. It would have been more but
you were wearing inner soles.” —
Groucho Marx from “At the Circus”
1939
“Alas, I am dying beyond my
means.” — Oscar Wilde as he sipped
Champagne on his deathbed
“Tiny bubbles in the wine...make
me feel happy, make me feel fine.” —
Don Ho
“What is your hosts’ purpose in
having a party? Surely not for you to
enjoy yourself; if that were the sole purpose, they’d have simply sent Champagne and women over to your place
by taxi.” — P.J. O’Rourke
If you think that California
banning gay marriage is bad, in the
1940s it was illegal to serve a homosexual alcohol!
“If the aunt of the vicar has never
touched liquor, watch out when she
finds the Champagne.” — Rudyard
Kipling
“Burgundy makes you think of
silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk
about them, and Champagne makes
you do them.” — Brillat-Savarin
“Have you thrown up your hands
in despair and confusion with too
many choices? In that case, just remember one word: champagne. It’s
refreshing, relatively low in alcohol
and sufficiently neutral to go with a
myriad of foods. One minor tweak
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Jazz dinner concert at the
Pier House Wine Gallery
KONK
REACTOR
MORE SIDES NOW
ast summer I wrote a BOTH
SIDES NOW column here
with “point/counterpoint” discussion of a
number of local hot-button issues raised
in the Voice and elsewhere. Let’s do it
some more…
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Roosevelt Project
Point: I never see anybody working on
Roosevelt Boulevard. at project probably won’t be finished until after I’m dead.
And why didn’t they tell us how much
trouble it was going to be?
Counterpoint: Ain’t armchair quarterbacking fun? e TRUTH of the matter
is that the project is ON SCHEDULE.
Just because YOU don’t see them doing
what YOU think they should be doing
doesn’t change that. ey’re proceeding
according to their plan — a plan that they
very much DID make well known to anyone who bothered to listen.
For two years before the project
started, there were meetings all over town
to discuss it, including public forums by
Last Stand, the Chamber of Commerce
and others. Most of us knew what to expect and it’s going according to plan. Indignant whining about mis- perceived
incompetency only shows YOUR ignorance…
here in Key West. It would be hard to
find one more deserving of the honor.
Waterfront Brewery
Point: e City of Key West shouldn’t
be giving away millions to that brewery
restaurant going into the old Waterfront
Market. at’s my tax money you’re
tossing around!
Counterpoint: Once again you must
know the whole story to get this right.
e building is owned by the city and has
been sitting empty for years bringing in
no income and wasting away. It’s not at all
uncommon for the leaser of a building to
expect the building owner to correct deficiencies before signing a lease — it’s standard business procedure. In this case, the
lease is willing to do/make the repairs
themselves, as long as the city will LOAN
them some of the money to do so. e
city is the one who comes out ahead —
they get a reputable tenant without having
to spend the money to bring their building up to snuff. And the payback of the
loan will be added to the monthly rent.
Races blocking streets
Point: I’m sick of these racers who keep
causing our streets to be blocked off for a
bunch of bicyclers or runners. We shouldn’t let them interfere with our traffic like
Freddy Cabanas
that.
Counterpoint: Yeah, we do have a lot of
Point: I’ve heard that there’s a push
races here, and some of them aren’t schedto rename the Key West International
uled as well as we’d like (genAirport after the pilot Freddy
erally due to OTHER events
Cabanas. Is that really a good
they must work around). But
idea? Just because he died in
the vast majority of them are
an accident? Doesn’t that
held early Saturday morning
send the wrong message?
when the streets are fairly
Counterpoint: Like so many
clear. A few of the longer
facilities named in honor of
ones (e.g., triathlons) run
someone, it all depends on
later into the day, but they
what you know about the
DAVID
try
to stay away from the
honoree. Anyone who’s lived
LYBRAND
busier
roads. Remember:
in Key West for a generation
about.me/DavidLybrand
these events bring lots of racor more is aware of Freddy’s
extraordinary connection to Keys aviation, ers with money to spend here before and
after the races.
and the airport itself. Flying since he was
Also consider this: we here in Old
a child, he represented Key West in aeroTown have to put up with all kinds of
batic shows all over the map. He was also
events blocking significant thoroughfares
a top flight instructor and tester, certified
all the time. To us, race interference anon many aircraft. Beyond expertise, he
tagonism is quite the quaint issue...
was also a loving and charitable member
of the community. He wasn’t just some
guy who had an accident; he was FAMILY
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Special event 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, February 4-5, featuring three-course tapas dinner
with wine accompaniment, champagne and hors
d’oeuvres reception and original jazz music by the
Larry Smith Quartet. Larry reunites with good
friends and music collaborators, drummer Dan
Brubeck, bassist Geoffrey Lowe and saxophonist
Tim Mayer. Concert features original compositions of pianist Larry
Smith. Special reunion for Larry and Dan who performed together
years ago in New York. Dan is the drummer on Larry’s recording “JazzWorks.” Geoffrey Lowe, the consummate Chicago bassist, also familiar
with Larry’s composing style, has a history of performing and recording his music. Larry has selected virtuoso saxophonist Tim Mayer to
be the melodic voice of his music. Vocalists Christine Cordone, who
also has a long musical history with Dan Brubeck, and Kathleen Peace
make a musical “cameo” appearance. INFO (305) 296-4600 Ext. 570
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Smokin’ Tuna
Caffeine Carl (Above right)
Schooner Wharf Bar
Southern Drawl (Above center)
Green Parrot
Locos por Juana (Inset)
Hog’s Breath
Jessie Brown (Right)
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Smokin’ Tuna Saloon
4 Charles St., off the 200 block
Duval Street, (305) 517-6350
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Thursday-Saturday
Scott Kirby 5pm
Key West troubadour/songwriter
returns to the stage, his music
heard regularly on Buffett’s Margaretaville’s Sirius Radio.
Caffeine Carl and Buzz 10pm
Sunday-Monday
Caffeine Carl and Rusty
Lemmon 9pm
Tuesday Nick Norman 9pm
Wednesday Scott Kirby 5pm
Nick Norman 10pm
Green Parrot Bar
601 White St.,
(305) 294-6133
n
Friday-Saturday
Locos por Juana 5:30pm and
10pm Friday; 10pm Saturday
Miami's favorite Latin-Rockcumbia mash-up band, Grammynominated Locos por Juana has
finally gotten its due from the
awards gods. Locos for Juana,
which roughly translates to Crazy
About Jane, genre-cross. With
members hailing from Colombia,
Venezuela and Puerto Rico, band
mixes Ska, Rock, Salsa, Jamaican dancehall, Cumbia, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Funk and
Electronica. What makes their
sound work is their wild energy,
passion and excitement.
Strong ties to Suenalo and the
Spam Allstars, create a sound
Smokin’ Tuna
Scott Kirby
that reflects the diverse mixture of
cultures and genres that Miami
has to offer. The result is a highly
charged mix of rhythms.
Sunday Sunday Jazz 1pm
Super Bowl Party
Monday
Bingo 7pm
Zach Deputy 5:30pm and 10pm
Monday-Tuesday
Zach Deputy 10pm Monday,
5:30 and 10 p.m. Tuesday
Music of Zach Deputy’s Puerto
Rican, Cruzan and Irish heritage
cooked up in South Carolina heat.
Calypso rhythms and folk songs
of St. Croix compete with R&B
soul of James Brown and Ray
Charles. Unique hybrid of these
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Zach Deputy
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FUNTIMES
Schooner Wharf Bar
Southern Drawl Band
Green Parrot Bar
leads all realized and delivered
by a skill and mastery of technique and heartfelt soul.
601 White St.,
(305) 294-6133
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Monday-Tuesday
Zach Deputy
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Schooner Wharf Bar
influences emerge, creating the
signature Zach Deputy sound. To
bring this sound to the stage, the
upbeat South Carolinian with the
infectious smile puts on a solo
show enhanced by looping technology that is essentially a oneman dance party offering up what
he calls Island-infused, Drum 'n'
Bass, Gospel-Ninja-Soul to
dancers. It is these late night
dance parties, more than 250 per
year, that have made Zach
Deputy one of the hottest upcoming performers on the camping
festival circuit and jam band
scene. Deputy is an exceptionally
tasty guitar player with a tremendous vocal range, natural stage
presence and contagious playfulness and humor; layers of hiphop inspired vocal beat-boxing fill
in for the drums, rhythmic guitar
tracks in different tunings flesh
out the melody and the thump of
the bass. Soaring lead vocals,
harmonies, choruses and guitar
202 Williams St., (305) 292-3302
www.schoonerwharf.com
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Thursday-Saturday
Southern Drawl Band
Southern Drawl Band is a melting
pot of sound and attitude. Playing
country, southern rock, trop rock/
reggae, bluegrass, and Americana, they attract listeners everywhere. Bring own brand of music
and high energy performances.
Started less than two years as a
duo in Knoxville, but now the fivepiece group has become one of
the Southeast premiere bands.
Sunday
Marty Stonely, George Victory
6:30-11pm
Monday
Raven Cooper and Budda
Lownotes Noon-5pm
The Real Malloys 7-11pm
Tuesday
Raven Cooper 7-11pm
Wednesday
Gary Hempsey Band 7-11pm
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Sunday Showcase 9pm
New York-based saxand flutist
Tim Mayer. Jazz Latin/ Latin,
Hog’s Breath Saloon
Jazz Pop, Cape Verdean. His ex400 Front. St., (305) 296-4222
posure to jazz began at age 4
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playing sax at age 10 learning
Friday-Thursday 0210
jazz at Florida State University’s
Jessie Brown Trio
Summer Music Camp. In 1990
5:30-9:30pm
began a three-year stint working
The Bon Temps 10pm-2am
cruise ships in big bands accomDrummer Paul Deakin, one of the
The Pier House
paning Vic Damone, Diahann
original members of the Mavericks,
Kripitz, McAlpine, Smith
Carrol, Connie Stevens.
plays the late-night gig with his band.
Monday Jazz Jam 9pm
Drummer
Skipper
Kripitz
and bassist Tim McAlpine.
The Pier House Wine Gallery Piano Bar
Monday-Tuesday
One Duval, (305) 296-4600
Dinner and Jazz Concert with Larry Smith
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Jazz Quartet
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Sunday Showcase Guest Tim Mayer
FUNTIMES
Island Dogs
505 Front St., (305) 509-7136
n
Thursday
The Pier House
Saxophonist
Tim Mayer
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The Pier House
Wine Gallery Piano Bar, One
Duval, (305) 296-4600
n
Monday-Tuesday
Dinner and Jazz Concert with
Larry Smith Jazz Quartet
Featuring drummer Dan Brubeck,
bassist Geoffrey Lowe and saxophonist Tim Mayer.
(See page 11)
Southernmost
Beach Cafe
1405 Duval St., (305) 295-6550
n
Sunday
Big Game Party 5:30pm
49ers Vs. Ravens until the final
whistle blows! $75 per
person plus tax and gratuity. Chef
Ben's All-You-Can-Eat Big game
buffet. Unlimited drinks and open
call bar. Giveaways, Half-Time
beach games. Three 8-foot highdefinition screens and surround
sound plus six additional HD flat
screens! Limited tickets.
Antony
Piccone
8pm
Friday
Tony Durante 8pm
Lead vocals
and plays
guitar for
three-piece
rock band,
Island Dogs
the LoFis,
Jersey Slim
who perform
across over
Key West and the Lower Keys.
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, he is also a singer/songwriter and performs as a solo
artist.
Saturday
Kevin Poole 1pm
Jersey Slim 8pm
Jersey Slim has been playing the
Blues for over 30 years from
major clubs in New York and New
Jersey to the Florida Keys. Blues
vocalist, blues harp musician and
songwriter, Jersey Slim was recently inducted into the Blues Hall
of Fame, according to Slim’s
band mix profile. Known for
repertoire of Blues songs and
comfortable solo as he is working
with a full band. He's quick to say
that he doesn't play R&B, soul,
country, rock, jazz — or with
drunks. Just straight up Chicagostyle Blues.
Larry Baeder’s Wednesday Night
Blues Concert Series features jazz or
blues performer, local and visiting,
performing alongside Baeder.
Southernmost Cigar Club and
The 90 Mile Lounge 300 Front St. upstairs
at the corner of Front and Whitehead streets
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Ellard-James “Moose” Boles, a veteran blues singer, songwriter
and musician has toured, recorded and jammed throughout the
United States, Canada and Europe with legendary performers
(Lou Reed, Greg Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Bowie, The
Dixie Cups, Big “J” McNeely). Moose of black and ChoctawCherokee descent discovered his love of music young. He developed a vocal talent singing in the church choir. Age seven he got
his first true taste of the blues from a slide guitarist and songwriter
father who jammed with Muddy Waters. Moose is a well-known
performer where he resides in the Florida Keys.
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sprocketS
nIN REVIEW WITH
Ian Brockway
A Royal Affair
icolaj Arcel (writer,
“e Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo”) will satisfy every
lover of the period-piece with his
direction of “A Royal Affair” which
concerns the life of Caroline
Matilde, Queen of Denmark 1766.
e film is tense and riveting,
putting us right in the thick of
Europe on the edge of Enlightenment and volatility. Unlike a few
cinematic tomes, this film is no
cursory history lesson. e rhythm
is accessible. ere are no dull actions and the drama is never mellow
or choked with consumptive sobs.
Better yet, it does not overreach or
pander.
Matilde was only 15 when she
travelled from England to Denmark
to wed Christian VII, her cousin, a
very compulsive/impulsive character. One might wonder why she was
so eager to do so, as from accounts,
and as evidenced by this film, he is
quite insensitive, ribald and
narcissistic. As a harlequin-faced
preening brat here, King Christian
VII is wonderfully portrayed by
Mikkel Boe Folsgaard. Christian
VII reminds me a bit of Lord Alfred
Douglas, sociopath and pale poison
flower not unaccustomed to manipulatively wilting to get his way.
As Caroline, Alicia Vikander is
transfixing as the voluptuous idealist driven at all cost to achieve happiness and wonder. No, there is
nothing “Twilight” here. is is
more akin to Mary Shelley, the desire to liberate the spirit, in politics
and flesh and to vanquish all
fiery Deist Doom & Gloom. Unfortunately for Caroline, her king is a
mere puppet to the court, obsessed
with bordellos, masturbation and
miming. And he’ll sign just about
anything.
But then the light of Reason enters in the dark and somewhat enig-
N
matic form of Dr. Johann Struensee
(Mads Mikkelsen). King Christian
takes to the ambitious doctor immediately, who likes his informality.
And so does Caroline.
Mads Mikkelsen is terrific in his
role as the ambitious doctor and
sly friend to the king who yearns to
change Denmark for the better and
will. ere is an aura of Willem
Dafoe in Mikkelsen, and he is perfect as the progressive free-love radical who eschews marriage and
religion in one bite. Struensee and
Caroline become a Shelleyan pair,
driven to combat routine domesticity as well as preach social reform
and their battle is intense and frenetic, pitted against the porcelain
King Christian and his clustered
court.
“A Royal Affair” is what “Anna
Karenina” should have been. A riveting episodic tale of style against
substance with enough pathos to go
with its pageantry. Not only is this
film rich in content, it is also
hauntingly beautiful with a
painterly cinematography that recalls the artist Antoine Watteau as
well as the filmmakers Lars von
Trier (film produced by von Trier’s
company Zentropa) and Werner
Herzog given its intense starkness
against much supercilious ornamentation as symbolized by Christian
VII.
Go see “A Royal Affair” for its
charm and existential circumstance.
You won’t see a powdered face quite
so disturbing or ineffectual, nor
so oddly full of hope in aching to
be liked. is by itself is reason
to enter the darkness and take a
seat. e
Write Ian at
redtv_2005@yahoo.com
www.TropicCinema.com
Tropic Cinema, the only nonprofit
art multiplex in South Florida.
Rated”Best Cinema in Florida
2009-2012”
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Florida Keys Council of the Arts
Cultural Calendar: Send in events
by ursday noon to the Florida
Keys Council of the Arts, email
calendar@keysarts.com
Key West Happenings
ARTS COUNCIL
ART RECEPTIONS | EXHIBITIONS
KONKLifes BIG SAVINGS are here!
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Thursday, January 31
Blueye Images, The Gallery - "Love Key West" Opening & Reception, 6 PM Blueye Images, The Gallery, 804 Whitehead St,
Suite 101. Pat Hall, 333-8030.
Frangipani Gallery – Jessica Wilson, Fran Decker & Wendy
Jekel “Water” Artist Opening & Reception, 6 PM
Frangipani Gallery, 1102A Duval St. 296-0440.
Upper Duval Street Stroll, 6 PM - 9 PM. Special art exhibitions
and receptions at galleries & shops along Upper Duval Street
from Truman to United. Participants include Frangipani
Gallery, SoDu Gallery, Coco Salem Imagine Art, Gingerbread
Gallery, Island Arts, Cork & Stogie, Alan Maltz, & Archeo
Gallery.
Key West & the Cuban Missile Crisis Exhibit, 11 AM Truman
Little White House, 111 Front St. 294-9911. trumanlittlewhitehouse.com. Thru June 30.
Saturday & Sunday, February 2 & 3
Key West Artist Studio Tours, 12 PM - 4 PM TSKW, 600 White
St. Sponsored by TSKW. Peek behind the scenes and get a
glimpse of the creative process at the workspaces of artists
Eric Anfinson, Carrie Disrud, John Martini, Carol Munder, Laurent de Brunhoff, and Phyllis Rose. keystix.com
Monday, February 4
Gingerbread Square Gallery: Pam Folsom and Todd Bonita Art
Opening & Reception, 5:30 PM Gingerbread Square Gallery,
1207 Duval St. 296-8900. Showing thru February 10.
gingerbreadsquaregallery.com
Tuesday, February 5
Cocco and Salem Gallery - Marylene Proner Artist Opening &
Reception, 5:30 PM Cocco and Salem Gallery, 1111 Duval St.
292-0072. Thru February 14. coccoandsalem.com
CLASSES | WORKSHOPS
Thursday, January 31
Art Space Gallery - "Ladies Night Out", 6 PM Art Space
Gallery, 1102 Truman Ave. 433-0165 or artspacekeywest.com.
A venue for artistic enlightment. Drop in for a class and
BYOW. Thru May.
FESTIVALS | FUNDRAISERS
Advertise
YOUR
SPECIAL!
Saturday, February 2
6th Annual "Rock n Roast", 2 PM Mary Immaculate Star of the
Sea School, 700 Truman Ave. This event will feature entertainment from local musicians, a fabulous pork dinner and a huge
Silent Auction. keystix.com
FILM
521 Fleming St.
15% off
Sunday, February 3
Eco Discovery Documentary Film, 2 PM Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center, 809-4755. 35 East Quay Road, Truman Waterfront. floridakeys.noaa.gov
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Florida Keys Council of the
Arts Cultural Calendar:
Send in events by ursday
noon to the Florida Keys
Council of the Arts, email
calendar@keysarts.com
ONSTAGE
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THEATER
“Divine Sister” actors in character, left to right, Mimi McDonald, Randy
Roberts and Brandon Beach. | ROBERTA DePIERO
Thursday thru Saturday, January 31-February 23
The Divine Sister - Red Barn, 8 PM Red Barn Theatre, 319
Duval St.296-9911. Starring Randy Roberts as the Mother Superior. “R” Rated, so don’t bring kiddies! Tuesdays thru Saturdays, ending February 23. redbarntheatre.com
Thursday thru Saturday, January 31-February 2
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks – Waterfront Playhouse, 8
PM Waterfront Playhouse, 310 Wall St. 294-5015. waterfrontplayhouse.org. Thru February 16. Weekly, Tuesday thru Saturday. When a formidable retired widow hires an ex-Broadway
chorus boy to give her private dance lessons, it’s hate at first
sight. Part comedy, part drama and part cha-cha-cha. Written
by Richard Alfieri. Starring Joy Hawkins and Denis Hyland
Sundays-Mondays, February 3-4
Love, Loss and What I Wore, 8 PM Red Barn Theater, 319
Duval St. 296-9911. Thru February 18. redbarntheater.com
Directed by Carole MacCartee. Five women use accessories
and the memories they trigger to tell funny stories.
MUSIC
‘The Divine Sister’
Comic riot!
Through February 23
Showtime 7 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturdays
emale impersonator Randy
Roberts stars with mascara
and lipstick asMother Superior, managing
a swirling chaos of mystery, intrigue, holy
miracles, surprising love interests, and a
sinister monk in “e Divine Sister” at
Red Barn eatre, 319 Duval St., Rear.
e wickedly comic romp opened to a
sold-out audience. Director Larry Coen
came to Key West from Boston to direct
this
production. He directed the play at the
Speakeasy Stage in Boston and received an
Elliot Norton Award for it. He adorns
Busch’s uproarious script with comic
flourishes.
Twisted plot circles five actors as their
pasts complicate the present. Players are
double cast: Roberts as Mother Superior
and his younger self, a vivacious redheaded girl reporter; Kathleen Peace plays
Sister Acacius, a hearty convent wrestling
coach and Lily, also a girl reporter; Mimi
McDonald, an imposing Jewish atheist
philanthropist and sensitive 10-year-old
boy learning to swing a baseball bat at the
convent school; Joan O’Dowd, a severe
F
doctrinarian nun from the mother house
in Berlin and old Scottish charwoman;
Nicole Nurenberg, a fresh-faced postulant
flirting with miracles with a surprise
counterpart; Brandon Beach, a handsome
reporter and albino monk. ey all have
secrets.
“e Divine Sister” promises enough
offenses to cover Catholics, Jews, atheists
and anyone whose moral values overpower their sense of humor. Unholy hilarity is written by Tony-award-winning
actor, playwright, novelist, screenwriter,
director and drag legend Charles Busch,
star of the film “Die Mommie Die” and
author of Broadway’s “e Tale of the Allergist’s Wife.”
Rick Worth and Gary McDonald collaborate on the set for this play. Costumes
by Carmen Rodriguez and Christopher
Peterson, known for his Eyecons impersonation show at LaTeDa. Lighting design by Jules Conn.
Season subscription tickets, group
prices and special “Dinner and a Show”
with the Pier House HarbourView Café.
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INFO
Box Office: 319 Duval St.,
(305) 296-911
www.redbarn.theatre
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Friday, February 1
Cabaret - Michael Robinson at the Piano, 5 PM The Gardens
Hotel, 526 Angela St. 294-2661. gardenshotel.com
Nightly Entertainment - Tavern N' Town, 5 PM Marriot Beachside, 3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd.
Pearl's Patio — Melody and Jen Lowe, 7 PM Pearl's Patio,
525 United St. 292-1450.
Encore Series - An Evening with Barbara Cook, 8 PM
Tenessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Rd. 295-7676.
keystix.com
Saturday, February 2
Cabaret - Bobby Green at the Piano, 5 PM - 7 PM The Gardens Hotel, 526 Angela St. 294-2661. gardenshotel.com
Elisabeth von Trapp Performing at St Paul's, 7 PM
St. Paul's, 401 Duval St. 296-5142. stpaulskeywest.org
Sunday, February 3
Libby York, 12 PM
Cafe Sole, 1029 Southard St. 748-6614. libbyyork.com.
Jazz in the Gardens - Mike Emerson & Friends, 5 PM The
Gardens Hotel, 526 Angela St. 294-2661. gardenshotel.com
Monday, February 4
Larry Smith Quartet, Jazz Concert & Dinner at the Wine
Galley, 7 PM Wine Galley Piano Bar, One Duval St.
296-4600 ext. 570.
Tuesday, February 5
Aqua Idol, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Aqua Nightclub, 711 Duval St. 294-5505. aquakeywest.com
Come & vote your favorite contestant. Proceeds benefit
Waterfront Playhouse.
Larry Smith Quartet, Jazz Concert & Dinner at Wine Galley,
7 PM Wine Galley Piano Bar, Pier House, One Duval St.
Legends in Concert - Tribute to Barry White & Tina Turner,
8 PM Tenessee Williams Theatre, 5901 College Rd. 295-7676.
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THE WRECKERS CUP RACE
First race of the 28th Annual
Schooner Wharf Bar Wreckers
Cup Series took place Sunday,
January 27, with a fleet of 50
vessels. It was a choppy start
against an outgoing tide with
winds blowing 16-18 knots out
of the ENE. Winds picked up
at the finish line and were
blowing steady from the north
at 25 knot winds with gusts
of 30 in 2-3 foot rolling seas.
The Wreckers fleet earned
their measure of rum!
Captain Guy deBoer and crew Matt Mullan of Magnum
Wreckers Cup Race Awards Party & Ceremony
2013
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DEAR
ONSTAGE
VENUS JONES
MAY TH E STAR S B E W ITH YO U
WHAT’S TO BE AFRAID OF?
“Divine Sister” actors in character, left to right, Mimi McDonald, Randy
Roberts and Brandon Beach. | ROBERTA DePIERO
‘Six Dance Lessons
in Six Weeks’
Through February 16
Showtime 8 p.m.
WATERFRONT PLAYHOUSE
udiences all over the world
have fallen in love with the
play “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.”
Now this heartwarming comedy comes to
the Waterfront Playhouse until February
16 with all performances at 8 p.m. Since
its Los Angeles premiere and Broadway
opening, “Six Dance Lessons” has established itself as an international hit and
one of the most produced plays in the
world. It has been translated into 12 languages and has had productions in over
25 countries.
e Waterfront’s production stars two
of Key West’s most popular performers,
Joy Hawkins and Denis Hyland. Both
have extensive acting and dance backgrounds and are well-known for their
stage appearances. Written by Richard Alfieri, “Six Dance Lessons” is directed by
Stuart Meltzer, artistic director of Zoetic
Stage in Miami, where he has just directed Zach Braff’s “All New People” to
critical raves.
Lily (Ms. Hawkins) is a formidable
widow who hires Michael (Mr. Hyland),
an acerbic ex-chorus boy, to give her six
A
weeks of private dance lessons in her
Florida condo. What starts out as an antagonistic relationship blossoms into a
warm and caring friendship. During their
‘lessons’ these two people from very different backgrounds share secrets, fears
and joys while learning to dance the
Swing, Tango, Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha-Cha
and Contemporary Dance.
Ms. Hawkins is the artistic director of
e Red Barn eatre, where she recently
directed “Oil City Symphony.” She scored
an acting triumph last season as Violet in
the Waterfront’s acclaimed “August:
Osage County.”
Hyland is well-known as a brilliant
dancer having performed with major ballet companies. At the Waterfront he has
appeared as Nugget in “Equus” as well as
the villainous Jack in “Reefer Madness.”
Last season he performed with the Key
West Contemporary Dance Company in
their smash presentation, “1969.”
Michael Boyer will create Lily’s Florida
condo setting, as well as the mood-setting
lighting with assistance from Dennis
Blake. Carmen Rodriguez is in charge of
costumes and props. Professional ballroom instructor, Luigi Ritarossi, choreographed the ballroom dance routines.
Annie Miners acts as stage manager.
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INFO (305) 294-5015
WaterfrontPlayhouse.org
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Dear Venus Jones: I am afraid
of intimacy. I thought I was a well
adjusted, normal person with regular job, home life, hobbies, friends,
outside interests, although in hindsight I can now see I was just kidding myself and everyone else knew
the obvious before I did. I went to a
dance party with some friends who
thought I should get a social life. I
was there with a group and knew
everyone, so when this person asked
me to dance it seemed perfectly natural, that is until we got on the
dance floor and assumed the position for a slow dance. We looked
into each others eyes smiling and
that is when I freaked out. I froze as
I searched for a way out, breathing
shallow and ragged, heart pounding, beginning to sweat. My partner
maintained a steady grip on me.
What happened to me? Why did I
react that way?
Dear Doe in the Headlights:
Don’t think for one moment you
are alone in your fear of intimacy.
here are as many reasons for it as
there are people. ere are real issues with the parent of the same sex
that have never been resolved because of there never being any kind
of closeness or intimacy involved or
support within family areasafter a
certain age. e New Age does
exist, and while we have not set up
any kind of boundaries or stipulations on how it is defined, it does
define itself with its very acts of
being impersonal and lack of intimacy. When you work a job, have a
hobby, interact with friends in
group situations and have outside
interests, there are buffers between
to getting close as well as the tabboos. People do not seem to get
into relationships for strictly intimate reasons, a normal stance as
marriages have always been considered to be contractual. People sign
contracts for the specific reasons of
being able to help and support each
other to accomplish certain things,
romantic love may be a part of the
equation but is not considered to be
a necessary component.
ere are three phases to relationships and all in different
catagories. e first one is group
oriented and may stay at this point.
is is where you share common interests, goals, hobbies, humanitarian leanings and friendship. e
second one is the physical attraction
and lasts for approximately six to
18 months. Both of these areas are
spontaneous. e third relationship
is contractual and has to have common goals, long term and short
term in order to be a working entitiy. is is what society calls marriage or merger in business.
What you experience is rare and
is why you were not prepared for it.
You were friends and had shared
common interests and liked and respected each other. What you are
afraid of is called commitment.
Excuse me, but really, isn’t this
what most people spend a lifetime
looking for? I say congratulations
are in order, and if you have not,
then you really should get back on
that hayride and enjoy the fireworks! Who knows, they just might
warm your heart for a lifetime.
My guess is that they most
assuredly will.
e
DEAR VENUS
COLUMNIST
SYLVIA BOGART
Sylviabogart@yahoo.com
Send along your questions to email:
venusjones50@yahoo.com with your
date of birth.
KEY WEST
hot dish!
LOU
ROOSTICA
THREE SHADES OF FRAUD
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with San Marzano Tomatoes, Fresh
Buffalo Mozzarella, slices of Sweet Italian Sausage, Caramelized Onions,
Mushrooms and Roasted Peppers ($13)
it’s perfection with all the flavors you
crave... but in the ideal proportions to
remain light yet totally satisfying. You
gotta try it!
John and I finished with the Homemeade Tiramisu, prepared lovingly by
Michelle, and you can taste the love. It’s
yet another light, light, light dish that’s
rich with complimentary flavors and topped with Strawberry Slices and a jumbo
Blackberry for sweet tartness ($6).
For lunch, they offer Subs, Grinders, Soups & Pizza. “Sunday Gravy” nights feature
classic Spaghetti & Meatballs with Salad & Foccacia for families of every size. And
weeknight specials include Baked Ziti, Ravioli, Chicken Parmesan, Tortellini, Chicken
or Shrimp Alfredo and Garlic Herb Chicken. Check Roostica.com for details.
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might be to have a more full-bodied vintage champagne with
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red meats and non-vintage champagne with everything else.
at’s a lot easier to remember than what wine goes with yak.”
— Sam Gugino, contributing editor for Wine Spectator
“If you’re given champagne at lunch, there’s a catch somewhere.” — Lord Lyons
“I’ve been on dates where the champagne was more memorable than the person I was
sitting across from.” — Anonymous (but I could have said it)
ell, that’s all I’ve got for this week, so now I’m going to pop open a
Mumm Napa Brut Prestige — it doesn’t suck to be me!
Finally as always, remember if you want to get the most important email newsletter
of all time, Smokin’ Vines, a listing of all the food and booze events in the Keys, send
your name and email to wineslut@me.com and I’ll add you to the list.
at’s it for this week, so until the next time wine a bit, you’ll feel better.
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Louis Petrone
ho knows what
evil lurks in the
hearts of men. e Shadow knows.
ere is unquestionably a streak
of evil in many. Evil manifests itself
in degrees. Some evil being more serious than others.
One example is fraud. Fraud has
many definitions. Generally fraud
can be defined as deceit perpetuated
for profit or gain or to damage another. Deceit.....for profit or gain.
is article concerns itself with
three examples.
In recent days, Subway has been
in the news. Subway and its footlong sandwiches. Subway refers to
them as the Subway Footlong.
Subway’s problem was discovered when an Australian teenager
measured a Subway sandwich. It
was only 11 inches long. He told
people. e international news soon
picked it up. People all over the
world started measuring Subway
sandwiches. All came up with the
same result — 11 inches, not 12.
An inch can be worth millions of
dollars to a company such as Subway.
Instead of owning up and saying
sorry, Subway appears to be stonewalling. A Subway representative issued a statement that the term
footlong was merely descriptive and
not intended to describe length.
Tell me another story!
How stupid!
Again, Subway should have
immediately stepped up, said sorry
and most importantly that the
problem was being corrected. en
it should have followed up the mea
culpa announcement with a further
one offering some sort of bargain to
its customers for a period of time.
It would not surprise me if this
breach of trust costs Subway a reduction in sales for a while.
Let’s move on to prisoners.
Persons in jail. People like murders,
thieves, child abusers, molesters and
the like. Ingenuity recently evi-
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denced itself within the jail
population.
It was recently reported that persons in jail have been filing tax returns seeking refunds. Fraudulent
returns. In some instances, false
names were used. In others, another
person’s Social Security number.
Initially, some inmates were successful in receiving refund checks.
For the taxable year 2011,
173,000 fraudulent tax returns were
filed by those in jail. at was twice
as many as had been filed in 2010.
e word was spreading.
If any federal agency is diligent,
it is the IRS. ey caught on to the
scheme. IRS saved $2.5 billion in
refunds by discovering false returns
filed in 2011.
e ingenuity of bad guys who
originally thought up the scheme is
to be complimented. I would also
make the observation that it is too
bad their genius before and during
jail was not exercised in a legitimate
fashion. Honest men have been
known to make money.
is article would be remiss if
banks were not mentioned. Montepaschi Bank is Italy’s oldest bank.
Strong in assets and character. Till
recently. Montepaschi is becoming
the Lehman Brothers of Italy. Scandal has befallen the Bank.
e situation is different from
Lehman Brothers and at the same
time similar. ree top level managers were involved with hedge
funds and the like. ey were investing Montepaschi monies in
complex and complicated business
dealings. To the detriment of the
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PETRONE
TALK SHOW HOST
the gadabout
REVIEW REVISITED
need to read it again, since they are
usually write about having sex
with strangers behind a dumpster apparently lacking in comprehenor something similar, so I’m shocked sion skills.
Man up, people. If you aren’t
my restaurant review has created a
willing to be scrutinized, then get a
shitstorm. Some think my last column just went too far. To those who different occupation. Or how about
think I crossed the line, I completely not doing or saying anything that
you don’t want the world to see? Just
disagree.
own it and done blame others. Take
I reviewed a local restaurant and
responsibility for yourself. Get a
criticized the service from one pergrip or step aside, please.
son. I had good things to say about
Mine was a fair evaluation. I acthe rest of it . . . food, other employtually require less attention than
ees and whatever. I was reasonable
most. However, I can’t tolerate rude
and balanced.
service. is was my problem.
Everyone in the service industry
Someone else pointed out I was
gets reviewed all day, every day on
Trip Advisor, Yelp, etc. ese reports vulgar and blunt. Okay, that’s fair. I
agree. I’m not writing
go around the entire
children’s books here,
planet. Mine only went
folks. Go read something
up and down the Keys. I
else if I offend you. I now
also signed my name and
work with video cameras
will stand by it. I am not
all over the place covering
an anonymous person
every move I make. I
like most reviewers. A
don’t care that I’m
good chunk of my career
recorded and possibly
was training servers and
monitored
because
front of the house posiI’m not hiding anything.
tions in hospitality. SurSCOTT
It shouldn’t matter to
vival of the fittest.
McCARTHY
A “fan” wrote to me . . GadaboutKeyWest@gmail.com anyone who is doing the
right thing. Get a grip or
. “No wonder Key West
has a bad reputation.' Really? I don’t please step aside. Go grow wheat or
raise chickens or anything that doesthink we have a bad rep. I wasn’t
n’t involve human interaction. at’s
knocking Key West or even the
restaurant. Some complainers may
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bank, the bank’s shareholders, and
soon perhaps its depositors. e
deals entered into lost the Bank
$300 million in 2012 alone. Last
week the Bank,s shares dropped to
31 cents a share.
Montepaschi needs a bailout. It is
seeking one from the Italian government. To the tune of $667 million.
Apparently there is more involved
than the $300 million 2012 loss.
e joke in all this is that the
Italian government is broke. ey
are right behind Greece with a tee-
tering economy. Germany is on
Italy’s ass to repay Eurobank loans.
us far Italy has not been able to
do so.
e cry is Montepaschi is too old
and too big to fail. Giants fell in the
United States. Remember Lehman
Brothers. Deceit perpetrated for
profit or gain. Seems to apply to
Subway, the inmates, and Montepaschi.
Since the preparation of this article,
the bank’s bailout request has risen to
$5.2 billion. e bank’s losses are now
projected at $1 billion. A knowledgeable person said the problem has
arisen because of “...risky deals hidden from regulators.” It never ends.
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