Today started off like any typical day on the island. Well typical of the last week. I was awoken by a hungry Cat wanting her breakfast. I rolled out of bed, my bare feet hit the floor and said, although I used a few additional expletives, the message was "Kitty, it's cold again today". She didn't care though. She expected breakfast. Whomever it was who named a female Dog a "Bitch" has never met that Cat. I made my coffee, Baby's of course, and steamed Kitty some shrimp. There was no way I was going outside to grill them in this cold weather. If Key West were New York City Kitty and I could play the role of Holly Golightly and Cat. I loved Breakfast at Tiffany's, both the book and movie. If you read this blog regularly you will often hear me saying "I had Breakfast at Tiffany's". That is Harpoon Harry's. Not really sure how or why I started calling Harry's that but it started about 20 years ago and I'm sure their famous Bloody Mary's influenced the naming of it to Tiffany's.
After breakfast I got dressed and ready to face the world. I had an appointment downtown at The Galleon and Marina, a Luxury Timeshare Resort. A client of mine owns 16 weeks and is thinking about selling them. I normally stay far away from Timeshare Sales but this gentleman has bought four houses from me and is planning on buying another if he sells his Galleon weeks. We sat and had a Cafe Con Leche on the dock and discussed a plan on whether to try to sell them all in one sale, which would be my preference, or sell them one at a time. Luckily he agrees with me on one sale, one buyer, one closing. Nice and simple. The Marina at The Galleon is exquisite and blends into A&B Marina which is, in my opinion, the nicest Marina in Key West.
I finished up my meeting and had to go over to FedEx to send out some packages. Since FedEx is at the airport which is about a mile from my house I decided to work the rest of my day at my home office. By this time it had actually warmed up enough to sit outside and work by the pool. Not quite warm enough to work with my feet in the water like I usually do but it was nice to sit in the sun while working. Since it was Friday I even broke out the iPod and an afternoon of David Bowie as I suffered through getting things ready for tax time. I'm not sure which hurts more, writing the check to the IRS or doing the paperwork I need to do in order to write probably the largest check I write all year. Oh well, I survived. Ziggy Stardust got me through it.
About 5:00 I went back downtown to meet a past client at Alonzo's for Happy Hour. Anyone who hasn't been to Alonzo's for Happy Hour put it on your "Must Do" list for Key West. All appetizers are 50% off and every drink, rotgut or high end call brands are also 50% off. One appetizer is big enough to be dinner and the food is to die for. Tonight two of us shared three appetizers and we left feeling fat and happy. He has two beers and I had a club soda. Our bill total for the three appetizers, the two beers and my club soda was $28 including tip and we tipped pretty heavy due to the outstanding service Alonzo's is also known about. Some places around town have great Happy Hour for drinks. Some places around town have great Happy Hour for food. Alonzo's Happy Hour is great for both food and drinks. Plus a picture perfect view of Sailboats heading out for sunset. The topper of the evening was I was with a client so I got to call it business and take the amount of the bill off my taxes I so dislike doing. Tonight's bill will go towards the 2017 taxes but I have plenty of receipts for 2016 as well.
I drove home looking at an awesome bright orange full moon still colored from the sun that had just gone down. I wish I had pulled over to get a picture of it. By the time I got home the orange from the sun was gone and a big cloud covered half of the moon. Seeing things like this every day reconfirms for me how lucky I am to live on an Island. I got home, got into my comfy clothes and spent the night sitting in the yard returning emails and chatting with a friend from High School who is coming to Key West for the first time in February. I haven't seen him since Graduation Night 1987. He went right into the Marines two days after we Graduated. I'm really looking forward to seeing him and catching up. That is the story of my Day in Key West.
Until Tomorrow,
Gary
Gary McAdams, P.A.
The Key West Life
Barbara Anderson Realty
305-731-0501
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