Uke Whisperer
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My wife and I just returned from our Key West trip. The weather was wonderful. Our room was right on the docks next to Mallory Square with a great balcony view of the harbor and Sunset Key. Food and drinks were wonderful too. Spent some time visiting with locals we have met over the years. Overall, a great trip, but with one disappointment having to do with not getting to play my Uke as planned. I carried the Uke with me on our first day around “old town” and the wharf. I had the opportunity to play at Hog’s Breath Saloon and a couple of other favorite spots before being notified by a Police Officer that “there is no free music allowed in Key West”, that playing and/or singing was illegal on city streets, walkways, right of ways, docks, historical (and hysterical) locations, in parks or about anywhere else that I wanted to do so. No “Leaning on a Lamp Post at the Corner of the Street” either! The Officer did tell me that I could apply for a License by filling-out and submitting an application, attaching $150.00 application fee and a copy of a $300,000.00 insurance policy for city property or personal damages. I did want to serenade my wife with “Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” and to play “Dock of the Bay” while sitting on the dock, but I chose not to ruin our vacation by bringing-up Constitutional rights, etc. and/or by spending the night in jail.
FYI, we still love Key West!
I have attached a few photos of me and my Uke at some of our favorite “watering holes”, just for your “viewing pleasure”.
FYI, we still love Key West!
I have attached a few photos of me and my Uke at some of our favorite “watering holes”, just for your “viewing pleasure”.
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