Title: New Year in Key West
Tags: gaykeywest, New Year Key West, Sushi, Duchess,
Blog Entry: Six hours to go A thousand miles north in Times Square you could if you wish stand in the freezing cold in gloves and muffler to see the crystal ball drop. No such protective clothing was required here in Key West unless of course you were directly underneath Sushi as she popper the cork as she descended in her Ruby Red Slipper. The crowds were deeper than ever outside Bourbon Street for the now notorious Drag Drop. But you cannot help but notice that where a few years back the crown was predominately gay it is now a very straight breeder crowd. So deep was the crowd that it was almost impossible to make your way though it. Some were even getting snappy that there was crowd movement at all. As twelve struck Sushi descends to street level, in years gone by the furthest she made it was to the top of the canopy, but after a near accident a few years back the canopy is now removed for a safe and secure landing at street level. Having made it through the crowds into the garden bar for a much needed refreshment we emerged an hour or so later to witness an orderly queue waiting to be photographed in the red slipper. Sushi as Key West Ambassador was still entertaining the crowd. We hear that further down Duval a large conch shell was dropped at Sloppy Joe's and that some pirate wench was lowered from the mast in Key West Harbour. Just goes to show what a diverse place Key West really is.
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