Rare Chance 40 Acre Parmelee Estate in Islamorada – $19M

The Parmelee Estate invites celebrities, real estate developers and privacy-seekers who want to feel like they are on a private peninsula have the rare opportunity to own 40 acres in the upper Florida Keys just aching to become one mega-estate or 10 smaller parcels. AOL has learned exclusively that the Parmelee estate in Islamorada, Fla., … Read more

Founder’s Park Beach Islamorada

Founder’s Park Beach by Brad Bertelli The small crescent-shaped beach is dotted with coconut palms. The warm shallows of Florida Bay lap at its edges. The beach is a local favorite and an excellent place to escape the sub-tropical heat. Because the water is largely devoid of current, waves, or undertow, the roped-off swimming area is … Read more

Library Beach Islamorada

Tucked behind a royal Poinciana tree and the historic Helen Wadley Branch of the Islamorada Library is Library Beach. “Beach”  might be stretching the idea. The beach is a little strip of sand with grass that overlooks a mangrove-lined creek. The water is warm and clear and an ideal place to find relief on a … Read more

Best Weekend Trips to the Florida Keys From Miami Right Now

  By Julia Ford-Carther Just a short drive from Miami, trips to the Florida Keys—stretching from Key Largo to Key West—offer a different way to experience paradise. Surfboards and Adirondack chairs beckon outside The Beach Café at Morada Bay. While Miamians live where everyone else vacations, residents like to sneak away occasionally for a change … Read more

Best Stops on the Overseas Highway – Islamorada

Road trips don’t come more spectacular than the Overseas Highway. Sailing through tropical savanna over the Florida Straits, it links Miami on the mainland with the 180-kilometer-long Florida Keys island chain. Most visitors head straight to Key West, the southernmost city in the continental United States, but if they stopped along the way they’d find secluded … Read more

No Matter How it Got There – The Eagle is a Great Dive

“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed!” So announced American Astronaut Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969, when he and fellow Astronaut Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to land on the moon. Six hours later, Armstrong stepped off the ladder of the lunar module saying his historically famous words, “That’s one small step … Read more

Islamorada Getting into Filming of Netflix Show Bloodline

“Is this off the record? OK, well, that’s where they found the body of [redacted] in the show,” reveals firefighter Mike Powell, who’s sitting next to the gleaming ladder-truck inside Station 20, the middle of the three fire stations on Islamorada. “Hey!” comes a booming voice from off to the side. “How about a spoiler … Read more

Cheeca Lodge Backcountry Tourney Aids Guides in Need

Anglers from across the country will hunt for some of the most elusive gamefish in the world at the fourth-annual Cheeca Lodge All American Backcountry Tournament, Nov. 12-14.  The event raises funds for the locally-based Guides Trust Foundation, and will host two veteran service members to compete as a team in honor of Veteran’s Day. … Read more

Islamorada’s Gerry Droney Landscaping Sold to Forest Tek

Gerry and Wendy Droney have been operating their landscaping and nursery business on Plantation Key since 1986. But now entering their retirement years, the couple sold their operation to the locally-run Forest Tek Lumber late last month. The buyer, which also has a hardware supply company on Big Pine Key, is run by Islamorada residents … Read more

My Change of Pace? Fishing in the Florida Keys

Last month I took a busman’s holiday – a holiday or vacation during which one does something similar to what one does at work. I went fishing in the Florida Keys, and as usual, I fished with captains Rick Rodriquez and John Gargan in Islamorada, Fla. “The Sport Fishing Capital of the World” lived up … Read more