THE GRAND HAPPY HOUR
The Grand Happy Hour is one of the finest in Key West. Price wise and food wise. Limited to locals. Appetizers and drinks half price from 4-6 pm monday through friday. The appetizers meals in...
View ArticleANCIENT ROMAN PUBLIC BATHS
Ancient Rome and public baths. No matter where you went in the Roman Empire. you could always find a public bath. Roman baths were called “thermae.” They were complex facilities with elaborate heating...
View ArticleROOSTER PLAYS FATHER
Chickens abound in Key West. Tourists love them. Think they’re cute. Locals hate them. Dirty germ infested critters. They are everywhere. Even at Date & Thyme where I enjoy my smoothie each day....
View ArticleAMORGOS
Eco Lodges Anywhere featured an article listing the 15 hidden gem Greek islands. Islands people might want to visit to beat mass tourism. One of the islands is Amorgos. My Amorgos. My favorite. A...
View ArticleBIDEN AND THE BLACK VOTE
Blacks are leaning against Biden. They have failed to learn that you do not bite the hand that feeds you. I find it hard to understand. Put aside that Trump is anti-Black. He lies to the contrary and...
View ArticleMILAN IS MAGNIFICENT
Milan is magnificent! So sayeth I. Many however underrate the city. List it as low as number 6 as an Italian city to see. True, Rome is incomparable. Following which Milan, Venice, Naples, Florence...
View ArticleI WAS A MILK MAN
History Facts ran an article 5/20/24 titled “What Ever Happened to the Milk Man?” I found it personally interesting. I was once a milk man. The summer before and during my senior year in law school....
View ArticleREPUBLICANS LEFT UKRAINE HANGING
Congressional Republicans left Ukraine hanging. “What is the problem?” Zelensky challenges the West over hesitations and denounces the U.S. Zelensky is correct. I speak only re U.S. Republicans who...
View ArticleALITO CAUGHT AGAIN…..ANOTHER FLYING FLAG
Who the hell do these guys think they are? I’m referring to Thomas and Alito. Thomas has committed multiple missteps over the years. Alito, also. Last week the New York Times came up with the inverted...
View ArticleCLARENCE THOMAS IS A BLACK BIGOT
Clarence Thomas is a black bigot. A black man who wants to be white. He gets closer to it every day. In the South Carolina racial gerrymandering case decided yesterday, Thomas voted with the six...
View ArticleBODY LICE NOW BELIEVED TO BE A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE
Love historians! Some spend their lives studying life as it was lived hundreds of years ago and after years of study discover new or additional causes of events. A new theory has originated re the...
View ArticleSHARKS ACTVE IN MASSACHUSETTS WATERS
It is that time of the year. Summer is here. Northern waters warming. Especially Massachusetts waters. Sharks have returned. I spent many a vacation in Cape Cod. Generally, Chatham. Stayed at the...
View ArticleIN FLANDERS FIELDS WHERE POPPIES BLOW…..
“In Flanders Fields where poppies blow…..Between the crosses, row on row.” The words created in the early stages of World War I. Authored by Lt. Col. John Mc Crae. Today is Memorial Day. A federal...
View ArticleSILENT ELOQUENCE
I wrote yesterday of Memorial Day’s significance. Briefly, but pointedly. A quote from an Opinion piece in today’s Washington Post speaks to Memorial Day better. Better than I expressed: “Arlington...
View ArticleHURRICANE SEASON BEGINS MONDAY
Many important things occurring world wide. So much to report. This morning a local problem has significant importance. Hurricane season is scheduled to begin monday. Will last several months. As with...
View ArticleALLIE AND ROBERT HOME
My beloved grandkids Allie and Robert are home from Florida State University for summer vacation. I was walking at Winn-Dixie Shopping Center yesterday around noon and heard a loud “Poppa!” It was...
View ArticleTRUMP CONVICTED ON ALL 34 FELONY COUNTS
Trump was convicted on all 34 felony counts. The jury returned its verdict on its second day of deliberations. Trump was convicted of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal that...
View ArticleTRUMP SPOKE YESTERDAY
At 11 am yesterday, Trump spoke at a pre-arranged press conference at Trump Tower. The press was present. They never got to ask a question. Trump spoke ad infinitum. In his usual manner. Rambled on...
View ArticlePRIDE MONTH
Pride Month is a time dedicated to the celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride. It is generally celebrated during the entre month of June. The concept of Pride Month had its...
View ArticleDONALD TRUMP…..THE PINOCCHIO OF POLITICS
Donald Trump, liar of liars, the Pinocchio of politics, claims he never called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up. He denies ever calling for her to be jailed. The “lock her up” issue came up during...
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