No one’s sitting in Coach Mike Leach’s barstool at Capt. Tony’s Saloon in Key West tonight. Locals paid their respects to Leach, who died Monday night. He was 61. Key West was his favorite place. He’s one of a select number of people who have a named barstool here. 1/2
Hopper, a Florida Keys dog, left this world better than it was before she arrived. Rest now. Good girl. Condolences to the
@TheGoldenRatio4
squad and their people. They love with all their hearts. It’s astonishing, the joy they bring to us.
We said goodbye to Hopper last night💔
Nothing helped her worsening pain. Her regular and 🇨🇦vets agreed we were beyond what Librela could fix. We had a great last night - paddled, swam, and Hopps ate a whole XL Hershey bar. She was the heart of the squad & we are lost without her
Look who I interviewed Friday. Guac and the
@TheGoldenRatio4
welcomed me to the pack for a visit. Guac came over and sat by me with his emotional support shark. We really are the same.
Keys dogs
@TheGoldenRatio4
need an elevator to get out of the house. They’re a band of adopted goldens with various special needs. They remind us what’s important in life: ocean swims, cheese and playing around with your buds.
Someone put “Jimmy Buffett”on
@EYW_KWIA
entrance sign Sunday am. Airport officials had it taken down within 15 min. And yes it got caught on security video. Locals fighting about whether it’s vandalism, hilarious or needs to be made official.
#keywest
#floridakeys
#jimmybuffett
Guess who stole two pieces of leftover pizza off the counter this morning and refused to give them up when I caught him red pawed??? 🍕
#NOTaNicePizzaSlice
Got one of these dogs you all yammer on and on about. Yeah he’s good people. Say hello to Sergio, 4 months, originally from Marathon. Now a New Town Key West hustler.
#myboy
#newpuppy
#keywest
Nacho’s road trip was the result of an all-volunteer effort. Various people drove him on legs of his tour. Others put him up for the night. No one has asked for compensation but
@TheGoldenRatio4
has tried to give people gas money.
For the third time this year in Key West, a driver ended up in the drink. This is the 2nd one at Simonton Street Beach. DUI arrest for a North Fort Myers man. “I can’t believe how flooded this area is,” he told police after they swam him out, the arrest report said.
Keys deputies stopped a weaving hatchback on US 1 only to discover the 2 Miami men inside had kidnapped a Key deer. They said they were taking the deer to a Miami vet because it was injured. They were at MM56. Both arrested. Deer is recovering. They are federally protected
So grateful to know
@jengolbeck
and help celebrate her book The Purest Bond at the Hemingway Home. Also a cat named Betty Grable tried to pickpocket me. Perfect Key West night.
#keywest
@TheGoldenRatio4
Key West pier. Some of us go out before a storm to see the waves. Key West is expecting storm surge 1-3 feet on top of king tides Wednesday.
#Ian
#keywest
#southflorida
#OperationNachoRun
special-needs rescue dog Nacho's 3,000 mile 5-day volunteer-driven road trip from Idaho (
@tine_theherd
) to his new home in the Florida Keys (
@TheGoldenRatio4
) begins! We'll keep this thread updated & you can track his progress on the map
Charlie, a Key West dog and new client. “You have a lot of people on Sugarloaf, friend,” I told him. He enjoys walking, fetch and various landscaping scents. Certified good boy.
#dogsitter
#keywest
#golden
@TheGoldenRatio4
A pal dropped by to meet Sergio. She handed me a gift bag, saying, “These aren’t new.” I looked in and immediately knew the toys had belonged to her bull terrier Archie who died last year. “These mean the world to me,” I told her. “These are everything.”
In Key West it’s 56 and freezing and locals stayed out of the dang bars last night it’s so cold. Yeh we’re complaining. We don’t live here for the affordable housing.
#tropicalweather
When I scooped Sergio from the Florida Keys SPCA’s Marathon campus on Wednesday, he was exhausted from his procedure that I call his “spa treatment.” I bought him this neck pillow on the way up. “My boy ain’t wearing no cone,” I explained to the fancy dog store people.
#newdog
Walking Sergio today, a sedan pulled up beside us, stopped and the driver’s door opened. “We’d like a sit-down with Sergio,” a smiling fella said. Then a woman got out and loved on Serg and said she’d see us around with her dog. Dang dog got more followers than me.
#competition
Called the vet this am to get Sergio in this week for a lookover.
“Oh Sergio! I read about this on Facebook,” the kind vet person said when introduced myself. The puppy is overtaking me on social. All’s fair in content wars.
Fair winds and following seas, sailor.
@jimmybuffett
was a literary sensation who captured Key West's shaggy 1970s and built his own fortune. Jimmy Buffett 1946-2023.
Lil man Sergio turned one this month. Haven’t settled on an exact date but the adoption math tracks. He’s my offensive line. I’m the sensitive sappy one in the fam. We’re good with the setup. Happy Birthday, mijo. I love ya more every day you give the world.
Key West’s most famous drag queen will take her final ride in the big red high heel shoe this NYE on Duval: “I’ve decided that it will be my last year in the shoe,” Gary “Sushi”Marion said today. “I'm so proud of representing Key West all these years but it’s time to pass it on.”
Keys deputies picked up this alleged excessive drooler in Marathon and took him to the local animal shelter. He looked healthy and in good spirits, a sheriff’s spokesman said. No owner info on him. Yes I’m covering dog news now. He looks like a Rollo to me.
We have a very sleepy dog here. He looks like he’s tapped out after his morning workout. We will update you on this developing story.
#sergiochronicles
#keywestdog
#newhire
A pal came to meet Sergio today. “He smells like the ocean,” she said cuddling him up. I love this little man so much I can’t express it. What a gift I didn’t know I wanted or needed. Grateful beyond grateful
New logo new era. Kinda. I been doing this newspaperin thing for 27 years. Gwen Filosa Media Key West is officially full-time. More coming soon. Thanks everyone and especially Dog Twitter for all the support ❤️🤘
Sergio stops and does this when he sees anyone passing by or in his path. This fellow petted him but Sergio lingered. “It’s a workday for humans,” I told him. “It’s not personal.” Also this dumpster measures his height.
Happy 200th birthday, Florida Keys! Monday on Big Pine Key, chefs and other locals created what they say is the world’s largest Key lime pie. Then people ate it.
#floridakeys
#giantpie
#keylime
This Keys dog was safely taken into custody by
@mcsonews
after running around like a lunatic for an hour amid traffic and also diving into a canal. The dog is “awaiting court on a charge of being a rascal,” a sheriff’s spokesman said.
#floridakeys
#dognews
I loved Elly the dog and she loved me back. She was my OG dogsitting client. Taught me to be better at life. 2011-2022. Rest now. You’re a good girl. She is survived by her people who gave her the best life ever.
#keywestdog
#takeyourrest
#goodgirl
Pedro, my first boy, in 2014 in Key West. So he was about 7. He left this world better than he found it at age 13 in 2021. He was an affable lovebug with a lion-sized heart, feared rain, swam like a shark and barked at lawnmowers. He smiled endlessly. Rest, good boy.
YES ON SUNSCREEN BAN: Key West just approved first reading of the ban on the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate. A second reading is required to make it a law.
Davila - Yes
Hoover - Yes
Kaufman - Yes
Lopez - Yes
Wardlow - Yes
Johnston - Yes
Weekley- Yes
(Song writing in progress)
I have a teeny tiny pal named Feta The Cheese
She has a sweet soft face and fluffy the knees
I love her so much that I give her the squeeze
And she lives with us here in the Florida the Keys
Walked past these two fellas on a stroll in the Meadows. It’s basically the first day of winter in Key West. Feels amazingly chill. I thought for a moment, I may need a little jacket. I did not need a little jacket. Happy Fest prep and first chill day everyone!
#keywest
#chill