More Fun at Fantasy Fest 2007

The highlight of this week was the 7th Annual Live Art Airbrush Contest, which is held Friday night. A lot of work and planning went in to Cheri's design, not only by her but by Pashur and his assistant. It was well worth it as she came away with 1st PLACE and a nice check for Pashur.

Celebrating Cheri's 1st place with a kiss and then with friends, Lance and Libby & Anthony and MH, plus a few nice strangers.

One thing about Fantasy Fest are the parties and fun activities are not restricted to night time, so you can start again and have some daylight fun starting around noon depending on how late you were out the previous night. More so beginning on Thursday all the way thru Saturday.

A fun daytime activity in the week is our wine tasting event when we all bring our favorite wines to taste and each year more friends join in, which of course means more wine. Cheri decided to be the waitress this time and that news was celebrated by all the males

After all the wine, beer or rum and cokes you never want to get behind the wheel of a car, so Cheri has taken up hitch hiking to get somewhere LOL. We always wonder what would happen if anybody stopped and offered her a ride. OK it would only be two blocks to Duval Street.

We knew if a car would not give her a ride we always could rely on "The Guys With Bikes" or other kinds of transportation. The problem this year was the rain, it really was not ideal for bike riding except for a couple of nights, so everybody had to make the most of it quickly.

No matter what predicament you are in, there is always somebody at Fantasy Fest who can and will help you out

Something that Key West is not short of, is bars. The Green Parrott, Caroline's, Fogarty's, Sloppy Joe's, Hard Rock, Kelly's and of course Captain Tony's make it very easy to enjoy a few different libations. Best price for a drink - Caroline's

Our "local" is Captain Tony's, we start there, knowing we can meet friends and as it's just off the main street it can give us a breather now and again. Also Capt. Tony still has a thing for the ladies whereas Jeff the owner is a little more subtle.

This year we decided to eat much better than previous visits, so instead of hot dogs on the street we were able to spend some time it quite a few quality restaurants. An early dinner still allows you time to eat properly and enjoy the nightly parties and street action.

Seven Fish is a quiet little restaurant away from the craziness, a little stark (and naked) ambiance but the food was excellent. April & Cheri really dressed up for this early evening dinner.

The whole group was out for dinner at The Hot Tin Roof, a very nice restaurant in The Ocean Key Resort. Wonderful food, even better service and the ladies were allowed in painted which pleased the staff and other customers.

At the end of a couple of nights we did have to revert to a local pizza cafe and the manager did not expect this as a tip until the second night.

The Grand Cafe is in a great location, right on Duval Street which is perfect for people watching while having "off the menu pizzas" and a nice bottle of wine before heading out for the night.

You can also find some "chicken" on the street if you get a little hungry and you fancy a nibble or a snack to keep you going.

The best part of FF is the friends you meet, new & old plus the laughs you have with them during the week sharing the memories for ever.

So that was Gnomes, Toads & White Rabbits but we are sure it was not a tea party. Just a week in Key West with people having fun and living a fantasy or two.