Background
Key West has always famous for it's beautiful sunsets. The best place to
watch is on the west side of the island at the end of Duval Street in Mallory
Square.
 What
it's like
Starting about two hours before sunset, various arts and crafts exhibitors,
street performers, food carts, psychics, locals and tourists gather at
Mallory Square to begin the Sunset Celebration. You will see fire jugglers,
escape artists, trained animals, and singers all performing for free (tipping
is encouraged). We watched an act of knife and fire jugglers with trained
dogs perform for about fifteen minutes. It seems an unlikely combination,
but it was an entertaining show. The husband and wife would juggle and
then have the dogs do some tricks and then juggle some more. We got some
freshly prepared guacamole and sat down at the water's edge and watched
the sun set into the Gulf of Mexico. Everyone was just hanging around
having a peaceful time listening to the sounds of the street performers.
Several sunset cruises were sailing in the harbor as well and the crowd
on the pier would wave at the passengers on the boats. After a while we
moved on and saw an escape artist wrap himself in a straight jacket, get
wrapped in chains and get hung upside down escape. At the end of the pier
we watched a group of trained house cats do tricks under the direction
of a crazy French man.
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