Stay at the Wicker Guesthouse and experience a secluded island oasis of tropical gardens with a glistening, heated swimming pool. You will instantly relax and begin to experience Key West’s warm island charm.

The Wicker Guesthouse, is Key West’s favorite Guesthouse. Their rooms and grounds are quiet enough to enjoy their tranquil island setting, but right out your front door you’ll enter the excitement of Key West’s world famous Duval Street.

Family owned and operated, the Wicker Guesthouse is a quaint guesthouse, with repeat clientele who appreciate the comfortable amenities with a friendly Bed and Breakfast (B&B) atmosphere.

Wicker Guesthouse
913 Duval St. 20 units
(305) 296-4275, (800) 880-4275
fax (305) 294-7240

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The Old Island Days Art Festival is a two day outdoor fine art festival. This nationally recognized show brings over 100 fine artists to Key West.

Exhibitors display their artwork along Whitehead Street from Greene Street to Eaton, and on Caroline Street through the famous Presidential Gates into the beautiful Truman Annex.

The show, in its 45th year, is sponsored by the Key West Art Center, and was originally held to raise money for the renovation of the building at 301 Front Street.

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Come this weekend for Civil War re-enactments and tours of Key West’s historic Civil War era Fort Zachary Taylor.

Inside Fort Taylor, Battery B, First U.S. Artillery will demonstrate how seacoast artillery operated. The demonstration will be done on an original 10-inch Rodman seacoast cannon mounted on an iron carriage in the North curtain.

Also a big hit with visitors to the fort is a living history demonstration of the “School of the Soldier” and explaining what life was like for soldiers in the 1860s.

The infirmary will be staffed by a real life surgeon who will show how garrison soldiers were treated for “Yellow Jack” and other maladies of the day.

* Friday, Feb. 26–School Day 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM — Student Tours of Fort Taylor and Living History Demonstrations
* 6:00 PM — Officer’s Call
* 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM — Candle Light Tour of Fort Taylor

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“The Full Monty” is set in Buffalo, New York where the local steel mill has just folded. Buddies Jerry and Dave have been laid off, struggling to survive and anxious about their future.

After seeing the wildly enthusiastic reactions of their wives and girlfriends to a Chippendale’s style troupe, Jerry comes up with the idea of doing a one-night performance to make some quick money.

“The Full Monty” sizzles with heat and heart. As the guys work through their fears and self-consciousness, they discover renewed self-esteem, the importance of friendship and the ability to have fun. Their journey is hilarious, poignant and ultimately triumphant as they face that ultimate moment of revelation.

“The Full Monty” took Broadway by storm, running for over 800 performances and was nominated for 10 Tony Awards.

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Shirley Valentine, a smash-hit comedy directed by Joy Hawkins, will take you on a delightful journey of self-discovery as one woman trades in her proper English kitchen for an adventure on a Greek isle. Featuring Joan O’Dowd as Shirley, the show runs February 24 through March 27.

The Red Barn Theatre bar opens thirty minutes prior to the show and remains open through intermission. “Dinner and A Show” tickets include a delicious meal and free parking at the Pier House Resort.

After purchasing “Dinner and A Show” tickets, please call the Pier House Resort directly to make your dinner reservations at 305-296-4600.

Red Barn Theatre
319 Duval Street
Key West, FL – United States

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Looking for both a classy and a classical experience?

Then your stay with stay with Westwinds will not disappoint.

Their compound is intimate, with luxuriant gardens and a laid-back, Key West atmosphere. Yet, you’re but a stroll from the waterfront, busy Duval Street, fine shopping, and historic museums.

Westwinds offers all modern amenities including wireless Internet, high-def television, telephones, and private baths. You will find that the experienced staff is readily available to make your stay a memorable experience.

Try using your French and Spanish, Polish and Russian, or Tagalog and English while tasting their free and tasty continental breakfast on the pool deck.

Westwinds, A Classical Community Inn
914 Eaton Street 26 units
(305) 296-4440, 1-800-788-4150
fax (305) 293-09319

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Enjoy your morning coffee and watch in wonder as the sun rises at the magnificent Southernmost House Historic Key West Inn on ocean’s edge.

Later in the day, you will sink slowly into the refreshing water of their magnificent zero-entry pool and feel the stresses of the real world melt away.

Then, take a leisurely stroll down Duval Street to dine, shop and browse through a museum or gallery.

At day’s end, retire to your elegant accommodations and give in to blissful drowsiness as you fall into a carved wood bed and luxuriant comforts.

Southernmost House is where heroes and legends found exactly what they were looking for — a haven of luxury and serenity.

Southernmost House
1400 Duval St.
13 rooms & suites
(305)296-3141, (866) 764-6633
fax (305) 296-1119

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Located just off of Duval at 320 Simonton Street, the restful setting of Simonton Court Historic Inn & Cottages will bring you back time after time. With exquisite landscaping, you’ll enjoy the fragrant tropical flowers blooming beneath gently swaying palms.

Simonton Court in Old Key West FL was once a cigar factory where craftsmen hand rolled some of the world’s most famous cigars. A brick walkway, once a lane, runs past their sparkling pools and historic cottages built in 1880 as the homes of cigar factory workers.

Today, at Simonton Court you will enjoy a beautiful footpath through luxuriant private gardens, past expertly restored cottages and four pools shimmering amid flowering vines and palm fronds.

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Here is your chance to enhance your writing skills and publication opportunities under the expert guidance of travel author/editor Robert Haru Fisher, former editor-in-chief of the Fodor Travel Guides.

Limited to 15 participants, this workshop venue is the Frost Conference Room of the Heritage House Museum in historic Old Town Key West, close to hotels, restaurants and area attractions.

Robert Haru Fisher has been teaching his Travel Writing Workshop since 1991. He is Contributing Editor of Frommers.com and has created two other guidebook series: the Fisher Annotated Guides and the Crown Insider Guides. A graduate of Harvard, Bob is a former president of the Society of American Travel Writers and a former director of the British Guild of Travel Writers. The author of several travel and art books, he has edited nearly 800 books.

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Wonderfully colorful exhibits of bromeliads, orchids, fruit trees, palms, tropical flowers and natives plants by the Keys and South Florida’s leading growers. All varieties are available for the Botanical Gardens’ annual plant sale, but get there early.

You can also attend landscaping workshops, learn how to build your own native garden, browse through garden supplies booths, and engage in interesting arts and crafts projects.

Docent tours are offered throughout the weekend and the plant sale is free, open to the public.

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