Fresh Take - Key West

I recently wrote a story about this wonderful little island I have the pleasure of calling home for Florida Travel + Life magazine. Check it out here.

The first few paragraphs are below:

"THIS IS STILL A TOWN," SAYS JO Coveny, owner of a home design store and Key West resident for nearly a decade. "It's not just a beach with high-rise condos." And that's just what makes this 2-by-4-mile island at the nation's southernmost point unlike any other spot. Century-old B&Bs outnumber luxury spa resorts, and mom-and-pop eateries are far more popular than any chain restaurants. This is an island where the past is always front and center.

The view from Hyatt Key West

Photo by Jon Whittle

Old Town — the area west of White Street in downtown — became a national historic district in the 1970s, but "the island has changed a lot since then," says Denison Tempel, a local, or Conch, as they call themselves, for the past 30 years. Ramped-up restoration efforts of Victorian, Conch and Bahama-style buildings morphed many into homes and restaurants that have transformed the island from a naval base and fishing town to a live-and-play hot spot. Yet just as things change, the more they stay the same. "There's still that charm of Old Town that everybody can relate to," Tempel says.

Jo Coveny is the owner of a beautiful little home store, Style Key West. If you ever make it down here to the Southernmost City, be sure to check it out. Check out more about Florida Travel + Life magazine here.

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