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Having lived in central New York my entire life and mostly hating it, I knew I needed a change. The company for which I worked was in a state of the unknown and staff didn’t often know if the company would be around another month, much less another year.
Central NY is an area that has always been economically depressed, at least since I’ve been old enough to work. Utica and the surrounding towns are depressing in a good economy. Let there be a bad one and it’s just a horrible place to be.
Enough about the negatives, I left that life behind in June, 2010.
I decided to move to Paradise! Key West! I loved it for years, had friends there, and felt it was a great place to start over. |
Key West… as seen by Miss D
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Congratulations Hogfish Bar & Grill!
| It’s no secret to those who know me that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Hogfish Bar & Grill! Fortunately for the Mongelli family and unfortunately for the locals, the tourists who are willing to “get a little crazy” and actually leave Duval Street are also LOVE LOVE LOVING Hogfish. There is another group who consistently love Hogfish and they are the folks over at “Coastal Living”, Prissy’s favorite publication. Imagine my joy when the June issue arrived in my mailbox and Hogfish was in there, yet again. For what? Glad you asked! |
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Prissy’s Top 5 Restaurant Pet Peeves
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So a few month ago, The Handsome Captain™ and I were at one of our favorite places in the Lower Keys. The owner reads my blog and asked us about some of our biggest restaurant pet peeves. Interesting question. Obviously there cannot be *that* many, because we still dine out. Now I totally understand that a restaurant can have an off night. I also understand that some places have a personality that may not match our’s. |
Prissy’s Rumor Has It: Pier House
A reliable source told me this morning that Pier House has been sold to The Remington Group for an undisclosed amount. For those who may not know, The Remington Group also owns two local Waldorf properties: Casa Marina and The Reach. Apparently Prissy took her blonde pills this morning and didn’t have enough coffee! The Remington Group owns Southernmost House and The Inn at Key West-and now Key West Pier House. My sincere, redhead apologies! 
From Grand Central To “Taste of Key West”: The New York Minute Version
| Taken from Urban Dictionary (no, this is not my usual source of reference), ” A New York Minute is an instant. Or as Johnny Carson once said, it’s the interval between a Manhattan traffic light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn”. So for people who know me IRL, they know I don’t say anything quickly. I once told a co-worker that I don’t tell short stories because I CAN’T tell short stories. However, some things are short and sweet and don’t end well So last Sunday, I was in Manhattan with my best friend (who lives in Westchester) where we enjoyed brunch (can you say endless sangria?), our trek to a wine bar, and ultimately to Grand Central where we would be hopping the Metro North back to Greystone. Except Laura Ann had a surprise for me on the way to our train. |
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Lupita’s Mexican Food
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So we started hearing the local buzz about Lupita’s at 1500 Bertha since last fall. The former B’s Cuban had new tenants in Saul Cifuentes and Norma Castaneda (he from Guatemala, she from Mexico). We had not gotten around to checking it out until this past weekend. Lupita’s was pretty full of locals for 2pm-ish on a Sunday afternoon and we were greeted by a lovely waitress who allowed us to choose our own seat. |
