Fun In The Sun

A giant rooster and an ensemble enacting a takeoff on the movie "King Kong" marches down Duval Street late Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, during the Fantasy Fest Parade in Key West, Fla. An estimated 60,000 revelers watched the highlight event of the 10-day masking and costuming festival that ended Sunday. Tourism officials say the festival generates about $30 million for the Keys economy.

A costumed reveler poses with her big catch on Duval Street in Key West, Fla. Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, during the island city's Fantasy Fest celebration. The 10-day costuming and masking festival ends Sunday highlighted by a wacky parade expected to attract 60,000 celebrants.

Sushi, as portrayed by female impersonator Gary Marion, is lowered in an eight-foot-long reproduction of a woman's shoe to mark the beginning of 2007 early Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, in Key West, Fla. The drop of Sushi, at the Bourbon St. Pub, is one of the most popular New Year's Eve activities in the subtropical island city.

The over-sized buoy denoting the Southernmost Point in the continental United States in Key West, Fla., is seen prepared for Hurricane Wilma on Thursday Oct. 20, 2005. The popular tourist attraction was in the process of being repainted after the damaging effects from Hurricane Rita on Sept. 20, 2005.

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The signature dessert of the Florida Keys.

Fans of several Ernest Hemingway look-alike contestants cheer on their entrants at the 2008 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar Saturday, July 19, 2008, in Key West, Fla. The contest was a facet of a Hemingway Days festival that ended Sunday, July 20, and included a short story contest, marlin fishing tournament and authors' readings. The 109th anniversary of Hemingway's birth is Monday, July 21.

A cat rests in front of Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, now a museum, and also home for a colony of alleged descendents of Hemingway's famous six-toed cat. The home of the famous author was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1968.