Tuesday Specials #5

Hemingway's House in Key West - front view

Hemingway's House in Key West - left view

Tuesday Specials #5

I had an idea about supporting my husbands fine art paintings. I will call it “Tuesday Specials” and will bring every Tuesday one painting out of his collections of pictures of Key West.

The pictures are works painted in Acrylic and/or Oil medium and some of them are already owned in famous collections all over the globe. The originals are available to buy for the art collector and art lovers, starting at $ 695 up to $ 4’500 based on sizes. There are also prints available to buy. For prizes see our website: www.vanhulstart.com . For special requests please write a email or call: 305-395-0326.

So many pictures left - # 2

One of the three Coconut trees in my yard

Banana tree in Ernest Hemingway's garden

A visit in Ernest Hemingway's House

View from the entrance by the gate

Hemingway's office

The bedroom

Look into a room from the hallway

And his pool

As with most of Key West, you don't have to walk very far to get here - one block across from Duval Street. One of the few stone buildings in Old Key west, glimpses of the very distinguished facade can be glimpsed from the pavement through the tropical trees and bushes in the front yard.

As with many of the larger Victorian properties in Key West, the house is an impressive testament to a wealthy period in the City's history. The porches that encircle the two floors of the house and the lush gardens initiate a(nother) bout of "Why don't we live somewhere warm? . . ." "We could live here . . . "

The inside of the house is interesting with period and antique furniture that belonged to Ernest Hemingway and his wife Pauline (number two of four?). What makes the visit, however, is the tour guide with their informative and humourous commentary. A life like Hemingway's is rich material for such a tour - there's nothing like stories of excessive drinking and salacious gossip to bring life to an old house. You may have to wait a few minutes but it's the difference between "It's an old house with old stuff in it" and "Aaaah . . . now that Hemingway guy really lived!"

Don't miss the writer's studio or the cats (you'll have a job to miss those) . . . and toy around with the idea of having an old bar urinal in your garden - it'll make a great story.

Review by Jay Broek

Five Things to do in Key West - Serie 1

Hanging out on the beach for a while.....

Having breakfast or lunch with the roosters in "Blue-Haven" in Bahama-Village....

Visiting the Southernmost Point from the U.S. at the end of Whitehead Street....

Feeling the spirit of Ernest Hemingway and petting his cats all over in the house or in the yard....

Enjoying the breathtaking sunsets together and have a dream about living here for ever.