Hello from Key West

[KW Gary M]

Just want to take a minute and say Hi. I just joined the forum today. My name is Gary. I live in Key West, FL. I am a Realtor here in The Florida Keys and signed up to take a Digital Photography Class at the local college to help enhance my listing and advertising strengths. I was amazed at how much more there is than aim and shoot. I am having the time of my life in this class and have become a camera junkie. Still fairly new so I'll be here asking a lot of questions.

I look forward to getting to know each of you more as time goes on.

Gary

[Murtasma]

Welcome to the forum Gary! Must suck having to sell houses in paradise.

[KW Gary M]

Thanks for the welcome. You're right. KW is a fun place to live and work. I go to work selling houses on the water in shorts, tee shirt, flip flops and a Boston Red Sox hat. Has some disadvantages like "K-Mart" being the big shopping mall, 3+ hour drive to see a concert or a ball game etc. I am literally 36 miles closer to Havana than the nearest Walmart. But, when I weigh the good vs the bad I wouldn't leave here for anything.

[Hill Country Hack]

Welcome Gary. I hope you take advantage of all there is to learn here.

[Rentham]

Welcome, Gary. I was the best man at a wedding held at the Southernmost Mansion this July. Key West is beautiful but the heat and humility were shutting down my organs. The booze may have also been a contributing factor.

[KW Gary M]

Originally Posted by Rentham

Welcome, Gary. I was the best man at a wedding held at the Southernmost Mansion this July. Key West is beautiful but the heat and humility were shutting down my organs. The booze may have also been a contributing factor.

The heat does take some getting used to. I grew up in Boston. Took me 3 summers before I was comfortable. Been here 18 years now. Anything below 85 degrees and I break out the jacket. Southernmost Mansion is beautiful. A friend of mine owns it. They hold a bunch of local charity events there.

Could be the booze too though. KW is a small drinking town with a big tourist problem. They say you can tell how long a person has lived here by how much time they spend on Duval Street. My first couple years I was there every time I had a chance. Now I go when I have something specific I need to do. Do what I need to do and leave.

[Rentham]

Originally Posted by KW Gary M

Could be the booze too though. KW is a small drinking town with a big tourist problem. They say you can tell how long a person has lived here by how much time they spend on Duval Street.

Yeah we barely made it to Duval Street. They kept that little bar by the pool staffed just about 24/7 for us since we bought out the entire Mansion. There were no survivors.

[SwissJon]

Welcome to the madhouse, don't mind the natives, they only bite at feeding time.

[KW Gary M]

I think I'm going to enjoy the Natives. So far everyone seems fun.

[Bruce A]

Welcome - love what I've seen about Key West and that part of the world. Should make for some great photographs - hope you post some here. It's a great forum with some great people - and the rest are okay too. Then there's Max