The
Absolute Best Bars In The Florida Keys
With the writing
completion and release of my book “Bar Stories”, not only the quest of promotion
is at hand, but also the start of the next book has begun. My blog from 2013
about bars in the Florida Keys has always been on a rolling boil. This week,
nearly three years after it was written, it stands as the #5 blog of the week.
I recall I posted it on Facebook again about six months ago and it went crazy again.
The writing
was on the wall. Plus, what a fun project! In the 2013 blog it was based on the
top ten of the time. The book will comprise of a lot more than ten however, and
of these, who’s to say which are top ten and which are not?
The criteria
will be somewhat specific, to a loose degree. The new bar with the hostess who
says “Hello, welcome to %&#! My name is Gertrude!” will not make the grade.
Sorry. What we’re talking about here is:
The
Absolute Best Bars In The Florida Keys
The bars
that will be considered have to have authentic Keys character from the get go.
Authentic Keys character is not some refugee from the mainland landing in the
Keys and having their own concept of what the Keys are… and are usually wrong. I
enter those bars only with a crucifix and a load of garlic. No, most of these
bars will have been established for a very long time in the Keys. Some, not so
much, but they have the feeling of the Keys. The bars selected have the pulse of
the Keys within them.
Many of the
finest bars in the world are here throughout the Keys. When I mentioned this on
Facebook I had several comments about how excited they were that I was writing
a book on Key West Bars! Actually, I’m not writing a book on Key West bars. I’m
writing a book on bars in the Florida Keys, which of course includes Key West!
There’s no way I could exclude some of the finest bars in the world from this
book, based on the fact that they are not in Key West. Besides, there are so
many folks that just come to Key West and have never discovered the other Keys.
Hopefully this book may encourage them to get a little out of their comfort
zone and explore a little. They truly are missing a lot!
The book is
officially in progress! Dani and I, The Shanty Hounds, had a gig way up above
Tampa last week and on our way back we stopped at six bars on the way home! My
camera however wasn’t working properly, so we have to stop there again. We got
some pictures, however the camera would take around fifteen seconds to take a
picture. Consequently, we have to do these bars over again.
C’est la
vie!
A new
camera is on the way. As soon as it’s here, we’ll continue on the best bars in
the Keys quest.
I’ve set up
a Facebook page that will follow our adventures! Please feel free to join it!
The more the merrier. I’m hoping to have pictures and videos as we hit bar
after bar. Just to keep things interesting, the not all the bars in the book will
be on the Facebook page. Likewise, none of the pictures that will be in the
book (the best ones) will be on the FB page.
The book
will also have text on the bar itself, in addition to a story, or two that has
happened there, similar to the stories in Bar Stories.
So come and
join us on this adventure. You can be a part of it! Talk back and forth with us
and give us ideas if you like!
Here’s the
Facebook Page link! Follow us bar by bar and JOIN THE PAGE!!!!! :-)
My book “Bar
Stories” is available through Amazon!
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Thank you everyone!!
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