It was the old man and the sea of clones. In celebration of renowned author Ernest Hemmingway’s 125 birthday on Sunday, a bar in Key West Florida hosted its annual lookalike competition of the penman. The contest at the local watering hole Sloppy Joe’s Bar, one of the celebrated writer’s favorite hangouts, celebrates what Hemmingway … Read more
It’s good to be king? A new report has found New Orleans to be the top spring break destination of 2024 — and the most dangerous. The Saints-loving Who Dat Louisiana city — known for raucous Mardi Gras parties and frisky Bourbon Street — saw 931,680 spring break-related searches from February to May 2023, according … Read more
KEY WEST, Fla. – An American Airlines pilot is getting praise after he stepped out of the cockpit and went down to the tarmac to help load luggage onto the plane. Footage showed the gesture happening at Key West International Airport on January 5. Passenger Robert Idell said he filmed the footage from his seat on American … Read more
Legends of the doll. A professional ghost hunter from Nashville says he visited the “most haunted doll in the world” — and now people are convinced he’s cursed. Kalani Smith, 25, and a Canadian YouTuber known as Exploring with Josh performed a blood ritual sacrifice to the terrifying Robert the Doll. “Many of the people that … Read more
A Wisconsin man took home first prize in Key West’s annual Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest — 11 years after he first entered the event celebrating the famous writer’s life. Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, was crowned “Papa” himself after strutting his white beard and portly stomach across the stage of Sloppy … Read more