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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Geoffrey Norman: If Hemingway was there, give the joint a miss

by Geoffrey Norman

It took a while for me to establish one of my most firm rules of travel -- 20 years, to be exact. 

The length of time between the honeymoon my wife and I took to the Florida Keys and the second honeymoon we spent in Venice. We stayed in Islamorada in the Upper Keys on our honeymoon. For the fishing. 

But we drove down to Key West one day and went to the usual places and did the usual things. I had it in my mind that I wanted to go to the saloon where Hemingway did his drinking and my wife thought that would be interesting. 

Turned out, it was wretched. 

Sloppy Joe?s was loud and overdone with Hemingway memorabilia, including a 54-kilo sailfish he?d caught. 

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