Key West Coincidences

Adam, Kika and I spent 3 days in fabulous Key West. This was my second time there, and Adam's third, and Kika's first. It's a place with a reputation for drinking and good times, and both are definitely to be had there. Duval Street is the main tourist drag, with loads of bars, restaurants and shops to keep you entertained. However, we found ourselves enjoying the slightly quieter areas of the town better, which may indicate our aging souls.
The best thing about our trip down there was all of the fortuitous circumstances we happened upon. The first full day we were there (Sunday), we saw a sign advertising a dog holiday parade in the dog park. While we didn't force a costume upon Kiks, we did go to the park to check out all of the cool breeds of dogs that showed up. There was everything from Great Danes to Rhodesian Ridgebacks to Huskies to yes!, another Rat Terrier. Of course Kika was in no mood to be sociable and almost bit off the other Rattie's nose, but the other dog took it well...
On Monday evening, we found out about the "Little White House", the house where U.S. presidents since Harry Truman have been staying when they visit the island. Adam was dying to go in, but since we got there by 5:30pm, and the grounds close by 6pm (and there is a $9 fee to go in) we thought we were out of luck. So we just decided to walk around the grounds for the last 1/2 hour we were there. Lucky we did, because as it turned out, there was a special event for the public that night to tour the downstairs area of the Little White House, which had been set up as if the President were coming for a stay. All the china that was used for the Clintons was laid out, and the rest of the downstairs, which consists of a living room, game room, parlour, etc., were exactly in the decor that the Truman administration had originally used. It was a wonderful history lesson to walk around and read the interpretive signs in the museum area and understand the full history of the house. Not to mention, they brought us a glass of champagne to heighten the effect...
Later that night, we decided to go out to an outdoor bar for drinks and nosh. We weren't super hungry, but decided to split an entree while the New Orleans Saints played the Baltimore Ravens. Just as I was about to order, the bartender informs me that in a few minutes, free appetizers would be brought out for halftime, and so we could skip on buying a pricey entree. He was right on. So we only paid for our booze, had free appetizers, and called it a relatively early night, because I was just about to come down with a bad cold, which I'm only now getting over, by the way.
Gotta go for now...we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz...actually, Adam's grandma.