Do you Like It....Hot??? The Keys Have Some Sauce for You!!!

Jalapeno, Scotch Bonnet, Habanero, Ghost Chile....Peppers that could make a Pirate cry, or at least mist up.

We're talkin' about Hot Sauce!! That magical elixir featuring those and other peppers that can spice up your dish with a little tang or make it so hot it can create an actual high!  Trust me, I've studied this stuff, some hot peppers can actually release endorphins, and capsacin, the active component in chile peppers is reported to help in weight loss!  I actually grow some pretty potent peppers myself.  ( How's that for alliteration!)

 Did you know that the Florida Keys is Home base for a fantastic Hot Sauce Company??? 

Florida Keys Hot Sauce Company, operated by my friend Clay Crockett, and is a locally owned company that has a full line of delicious hot sauces that add flavor and heat to whatever you are serving.. I had some Mile 0 with Fish yesterday and WOW... FLAVOR and HEAT. That's where most sauces lose me they usually only bring one or the other, but mmm mmm, these are goooood.

Founded in 2010, their private product line is a result of over 3 years of product design, development, and testing. Keys “Conchs” are very particular to their products and lifestyles. Their private line of sauces and products depict the Flavor and Fun that the Florida Keys share with visitors and locals alike. In a bottle, they are proud to bring you the flavor of the Florida Keys.

The Florida Keys Hot Sauce Co.’s line of products is available both online and in various retail outlets throughout the Florida Keys. Feel free to order from their website or visit a variety of restaurants or stores mentioned on their site and pick up a bottle while walking “somewhere on US1”.

Visit FloridaKeysHotSauce.com today!

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ARGGGHHHH !!!! AVAST YE AND SHIVER ME TIMBERS!!! CALLING ALL PIRATES!! It's Time for Key Largo Pirate's Fest!!

ARGGGHHHH !!!! AVAST YE AND SHIVER ME TIMBERS!!!  CALLING ALL PIRATES!!

It's Time for Key Largo Pirate's Fest!!

One of my FAVORITE Key's events is on once again.  Time time to release your inner Jack Sparrow, Black Beard, and Anne Bonny.

My Personal Favorite, Black Ceasar, (a pirate who roamed these very Keys) is this year's Grand Pirate.

Schedule

ENTRY TO EVENTS IS FREE EXCEPT WHERE NOTED
Thursday October 20th
Captain Morgan Look Alike Pirate Plunder Party
6:30pm Snapper’s Restaurant, MM 94
Got a little Captain in ya? Shiver your timbers with local pirates & enter the Captain Morgan look-alike contest, lots of prizes. Captain Morgan $5 drink specials, live music and plundering.

Friday October 21st
Black Caesar’s Parade and Pirate Bash starts at 6:30 pm
Buccaneers, wenches, lads and lassies, unleash your inner pirate and join this year’s Pirates’ Fest Parade on Friday, Oct. 21st. Join Black Caesar, at the kick off at 5:00 PM at Coconuts House Restaurant. Participants can win in the following categories: Best Pirate or Wench, Best Pirate Couple, Motliest Crew/Group and best float or decorated vehicle. Follow the tradition of last year’s parade, as keys cruisers, pirate decorated motorbikes, sword swinging wenches and a motley crew of Pirates leave Coconuts at 6:30 PM and meander to US1 and head south to stage an invasion of the Pilot House on Seagate Blvd.Then it’s time to splice the mainbrace at the Pirate Bash with live music, dancing, grub and grog. Entry to the parade is free. All entries received by Thursday October 20th will receive a free souvenir event t-shirt, while supplies last.
 
Saturday October 22nd
Pirate-themed Brunch
8am - 12noon Key Largo Conch House, MM100

Black Caesar Returns to Key Largo – a swashbuckling fun filled day for the whole family
Noon - 11 pm, Sundowners & Jimmy Johnson’s Big Chill, MM 104
Black Caesar and his band of Pirates will be around all day to entertain with stories fun and interactive activities for the whole family. Shop at the Pirate Bazaar and Thieves Market. Pirate shows, black powder demonstrations, cannons, swordfights and pirate boat raft up on the Bay.

Black Caesar and his pirate band invade at sunset – Voted best historic re-enactment by Florida Magazine
Concert on the Bay
2pm – 10pm - Blackwater Sound
Continuous live music as bands perform on the water from the pirate ship Queen Anne’s Revenge II. The concert can be viewed from the water’s edge at Sundowners and the Big Chill or join other pirate boats on the water for a pirate raft-up.

Sunday, October 23rd
Underwater Treasure Hunt: 8am Capt. Slate’s Atlantis Dive Center
Call 305-451-3020
Pirate-themed Brunch
8am - 12noon Key Largo Conch House, MM 100
Black Caesar’s By-Land-or-Sea Booty Hunt
11am, Sundowners, MM104 Bayside
Travel to Ports of Call and collect your booty... Entry fee $15 includes souvenir T-Shirt and Continental Breakfast.
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Pirates’ Poker
By Land or by Sea Poker Run at noon, register at the Elks Club MM 92.6 Bayside; $15 entry includes souvenir T-Shirt, first hand and Continental Breakfast.
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Pirate Bazaar and Thieves Market continues noon till 5pm
Shop till you drop
Buccaneer Bash and Finale
4pm, Sundowners Beach, MM 104 Bayside
Adult and Kids Costume Contests: Best Buccaneer and Sauciest Wench, and Under 14 Likeliest Lad and Loveliest Lassie; Booty Hunt, Underwater Treasure Hunt and Pirates Poker awards. Live Music, Grub and Grog. $5 Captain Morgan Specials.
 
Put a Pirate on your side! Put the experience and expertise of The Conchquistador to work for you! For more information on the outstanding real estate opportunities that exist in the Keys, call me at 305.439.7730 or email me at DropAnchor@TheRealEstateConch.com.

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Attend the Save the Old Seven Mile Bridge Reception on Friday, October 21

The 7-Mile Bridge is THE Defining Landmark  of the Keys

Did you know the Old Seven Mile Bridge segment to Pidgen Key is listed on the National Register Of Historic Places? 

Learn more about the Old Seven Mile Bridge & what you can do to help save this important part of the Florida Keys. 

Attend the Save the Old Seven Mile Bridge Reception on Friday, October 21, 2011 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Porky's in Marathon. Come out & have some fun for a good cause

Work with an agent who used to Drive on The Old 7-Mile Bridge!  Put the experience and expertise of The Conchquistador to work for you! For more information on the outstanding real estate opportunities that exist in the Keys, call me at 305.439.7730 or email me at DropAnchor@TheRealEstateConch.com.

Sold in 2005 for $930,000 - Closed Today for $450,000! Super Waterfront Islamorada Location! The Conchquistador Deal of The Day 10.17.2011

112 Captains Court, Plantation Key, Islamorada

It's October, the winds begin to change direction, blowing more from the North, the tides pick up. The days gets shorter. The air is... crisper with the scent of salt. The water...is magnificent. Hues from a palate that only Nature could create. The Kingfish and Mackerel start rolling back in. The Climate is Sublime. It's Fall in The Keys, and there is nowhere else that I would rather be!

While folks up North are breaking out their cold weather attire, we are still sporting floral shirts and relishing the start of Stone Crab Season!

If this cold weather season is anything like last year's. I believe that we will have even more interest in owning property here in The Keys!  Which leads us to Today's Deal.  A Fantastic waterfront coup by the lucky Buyer. Located in Kahiki Harbor, the much sought after neighborhood in the North end of Plantation Key, this Short Sale ( a sale where the purchase price is less than what is owed on the property) was a tremendous deal indeed!

These are the type of deals you pack up your gear from Chicago, or New York, or Boston, or Philly, or.....and get yourself down here for!!!  No Tricks...only Treats!  God I love Fall in the Keys!!

112 Captains Court, Plantation Key, Islamorada

2 Bedrooms / 2 Bathrooms

List price: $450,000 /
Sold Price: $450,000
 Previous Sale Price 990,000 in 2005

Mile Marker: 90 Bayside

Description: Talk about LOCATION! Just off Tavernier Creek and only minutes from the bay or ocean. Home has 2 bedrooms with 2 baths,large master with walk-in closet, tile floors, high tongue and groove ceiling, screened balcony, wood decks, nice landscaping, ground level storage, brick paver driveway, deep water protected dock with davits. Located on a quiet street. SHORT SALE.Bank approved Amt
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View Available Kahiki Harbor Homes

View Available Islamorada Waterfront Homes $300-500K



Put the experience and expertise of The Conchquistador to work for you! For more information on the outstanding real estate opportunities that exist in the Keys, call me at 305.439.7730 or email me at DropAnchor@TheRealEstateConch.com.

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I am always getting asked about the local real estate market and what is selling, so in an effort to keep you updated I am providing a monthly report that shows the sales activity in the Upper Keys.

I hope you find this information useful and interesting.

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Submerge in a Coral Restoration Workshop.

Wow, what great way to have fun AND restore a bit of nature!

 

With so many local and visiting boaters, anglers, and divers, our reefs really take a beating, and they literally are the lifeblood of our community.

 

Key Largo / October 11 to October 13

 

Submerge in a Coral Restoration Workshop

 

In a joint effort with the Coral Restoration Foundation, divers can actively learn about preserving Florida Keys reefs, the stressors affecting corals and how the Florida Keys are leading the way to grow and transplant new corals to the reefs. Workshop is $456.50 per person and includes three nights' accommodations & tax at Amy Slate's Amoray Dive Resort, tanks, weights, classroom sessions and dive trips to work in the nursery and transplant corals on the reef.
Contact: 305-451-3595; 800-426-6729

Email: amoraydive@amoray.com

Put the experience and expertise of The Conchquistador to work for you! For more information on the outstanding real estate opportunities that exist in the Keys, call me at 305.439.7730 or email me at DropAnchor@TheRealEstateConch.com.

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It's Almost Time for The Best Butt in The Keys Contest!!! The Florida Keys

Hot, firm, succulent Butts make my mouth WATER!!! Sitting up nice and high.  Just the right amount of muscle...just the right amount of fat...mmm makes them, ohhhh so juicy!!!

You DO know I am talking about Pulled Pork ..DON"T YOU???

Low and slow, and TASTY!!!

A great competition for a great cause, The Best Butt in The Keys competition with proceeds benefiting The Good Health Clinic, Wednesday October 12.

Held at the little known Hideaway called The Sparrows Nest to the rear of Bud n Mary's Marina, Mile Marker 80.
Great Food, Prizes and raffle.

See the Flier Below...It's gonna be fun!!

Work with an Agent who knows his way around a good Butt!  Put the experience and expertise of The Conchquistador to work for you! For more information on the outstanding real estate opportunities that exist in the Keys, call me at 305.439.7730 or email me at DropAnchor@TheRealEstateConch.com.

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Stillwright Point is HOT!! Waterfront Home Just Closed $770,000!! The Conquistador Deal of The Day 10.5.2011

 

Stillwright Point In Key Largo

 1 North Drive Key Largo
 Wow! Stillwright Point is Hot! Stillwright is one of my favorite Key Largo Communities.  My colleagues Terry Canto and Kelly Wilson, had the listing on this home that was right across the canal from the previous Deal of the Day, and is the essence of Keys Living! The smart money is definitely in Stillwright Point!

1 North Drive, Key Largo

List Price: $799,000 / Sold Price: $770,000

Original Price $895,000

3 Bedrooms / 2.1 Baths

Mile Marker: 105

Description: CASUAL ELEGANCE! Beautiful new concrete house meticulously maintained. Featuring a beautiful & spacious kitchen, island w/granite, tiled floors throughout with top-of-the-line finishes. Vaulted/tray ceilings, impact resistant windows & wraparound balcony. Entertainment area by the water with Tiki Bar, built-in grill & hot tub. Privacy fence,deep water dock w/boat lift. Many extra's.

View Detailed Brochure with Photos and Mapped Location

Stillwright Point (originally Stellrecht Point) is a great community that is on a natural peninsula positioned perfectly in Key Largo on picturesque Blackwater Sound. 45 Minutes to Miami...But an entire World away.  It is a premiere community made up of sumptuous waterfront estates with breathtaking open-water views.

View Detailed Brichure with Photos and Mapped Location

View Available Stillwright Point Homes

View Key Largo Waterfront Homes $750K-1M

Put the experience and expertise of The Conchquistador to work for you! For more information on the outstanding real estate opportunities that exist in the Keys, call me at 305.439.7730 or email me at DropAnchor@TheRealEstateConch.com.

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