Oh, yes, it's ladies nite!! Oh, what a nite!!
Thursday was the BIG day! We had reservations at Aqua Nightclub for the 7PM drag show!
But before we get to our fantastically scandalous evening, let's touch on our day, shall we? My mom wanted to see the Flagler Museum, so we made our way north, back to the bight/wharf. We were pleased to find we could go right in and watch the videos about Henry Flagler and his rail line (check out this very important part of Key West...well, really, Florida...history if you are unfamiliar).
On our slow stroll back to the condo, we stopped for some fries and a drink at this kooky little place called Bo's.
We enjoyed a lazy afternoon at "home" by cooking hot dogs on the grill and me heading to the pool while Mom & Chris napped!!
Then, it was time to get ready for the big show!!!
We had a little table reserved in our name and got to ordering our first round of drinks! When the show began, we were raring to go and so were the queens! Jessica Deveraux, Elle Taylor & Inga gave THE best drag show I have seen! They were spot on in their performances and they came right out into the audience to dance, engage and make us all feel part of the nite!!
Mom was having the time of her life! She was giving me singles for tipping, laughing constantly and ordering several rounds of drinks! Almost before we knew it, the show was done.
Fortunately, we were allowed to return for the 9PM show free of charge!! Hell to the yeah, we were coming back!
In between shows, we headed to 801 Bourbon Bar for a drink. (Bet you thought I was going to say The Bull, right??!!)
The 2nd show was just as spectacular as the first and completely different! Ah-Maz-Ing!
Not sure how much money we went thru in singles...for some reason both my mom & I thought we had used all of ours up, but found more in our purses later! It was as if our purses were growing dollar bills!!! HA!
We are in love with all 3 queens! My camera battery died during Elle's first performance of the first show, so we barely got any photos and zero of Inga! But we were then completely engaged and present for both shows, rather than behind the camera lens!
I received a friend request from Inga after we returned (I had posted what a good time we had on Aqua's FB page, so she commented there and sent the request!!!) I then friended both Jessica and Elle. I tagged Elle in a couple of the photos of her I shared and she even used one as her profile pic! I just love her hair and will, most likely, take the pic of her the next time I get a haircut!
Friday was Mom's day to fly back home. We walked to Croissants de France for breakfast...many of my family members kept raving about the place. The breakfast wasn't all that, in my opinion (I would rather have gone back to Blue Heaven for the Rooster Special), BUT the croissants we bought to eat later were the treat!
It was sad to send my mom away in her taxi, but we had such a great visit that it was easier than the other times we have parted (usually when I am flying back home). Chris & I were both so pleased that Mom really had a tremendous time and that she had the opportunity to relax away from all of her everyday cares in a place she has talked about visiting for many years!!!
Eventually, we headed back to Duval and walked around, ending up at The Bull for some more margaritas and people watching from one of the tables at the "window". (I took one of the coasters which I have at my desk as a constant reminder of the laid back & fun times!) We spent some down time at the condo with our plan to return to the 801 Bourbon Bar for their free 5PM cabaret-syle drag show. We could have come back for a later show and then stuck around (for free) to the next, we were informed that each show gets a bit crazier (or should I say raunchier!!!) and that by the 11PM show, the queens may be nekkid! But we knew we would be pretty worn out by late evening and planned to get up VERY early Saturday morning to watch the sun rise.
After the show, we headed north to catch our last sunset. We caught Catman's show again, too!!!
Five (or was it 5:30) AM came pretty quickly! But we got up & dressed, headed to the beach at the Southernmost Beach Cafe to sit in the sand and at the water to watch the sunrise (we knew we wouldn't see a great one b/c we weren't on the eastern part of the island, but we were making due). It was pitch dark as we passed the Southernmost Point Mile Marker and headed to the beach.
Can you believe the beach was locked?!?
Well, we walked back to the Southernmost Point and climbed over the ledge to stand on the rocks jutting out and from there we watched the nite give way to dawn.
Then we headed back to the beach!!! We walked along the water and then the pier. While sitting at the end of the pier, Chris spotted a stingray! We could also see a "mass" that could have been a school of fish or, perhaps, a small pod of dolphins, but it never came close enough for us to be sure.
We walked around some more that morning. I tried an iced Cuban coffee (made with coffee ice cubes ~ genius!) from this little coffe place near the bight, The Cuban Coffee Queen, I think. We went to Croissants de France for a couple more rasberry coconut croissants (this time buying the day-olds for only $1) and coffee! We also bought a turkey & swiss and ham & swiss croissants to eat during our layover in Tampa.
We met a great guy, Allen, during our Key West - Tampa leg. He & his partner live in Dayton, Ohio, where Allen is a hairstylist!!! They seem like great guys and people we would enjoy living near and hanging out with!!!
It was a very full week, yet we were glad to return home to our girlies!
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