SuperStar Barbie is $3 this week

Posted on | March 9, 2010 | No Comments

In celebration of her birthday March 9, SuperStar Barbie in stores for the special price of $3. The promotion is good for one week only, between March 6 and March 13.

SuperStar Barbie is a remake of the 1977 blonde bombshell with a pink dress, feather boa and a pop-in “diamond” ring. Barbie, of course, has her own Facebook page with the details.

Save On GPS Tours in Key West

Posted on | March 9, 2010 | No Comments

Tour Key West using  a GPS. Save money too.

Go GPS Tours offers a printable 20 percent discount on its GPS Old Town Waterfront Tours. The tour information is available in various languages including Spanish, French and German.

Print out a coupon for this Go GPS Tours deal on the webpage for Florida Keys Tourism Council’s Keys Kash Program.

Phone 305-293-8891.

Free ‘Alice in Wonderland’ audiobook

Posted on | March 4, 2010 | No Comments

Through March 16, you can download a free audiobook of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland read by Michael York on AudioFileMagazine.com.

We hear the movie isn’t quite true to the original. Surprised?

Thanks to Angie at Cincinnati on the Cheap for the lead.

Free Conch Shell Blowing Event

Posted on | March 2, 2010 | No Comments

This fun, family-friendly annual event features the appropriate Key West  flavor  — and it’s free.

Youngsters and adults are going to pucker up to play music and other sounds on seashells. 

The annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest  kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the Oldest House, 322 Duval St., Key West.
Phone 305-294-9501.

The Conch Honk event is free for participants and spectators. Registration before the event is suggested.

Art Walk in Big Pine Key

Posted on | March 2, 2010 | No Comments

Enjoy art and entertainment at the Artists In Paradise Art Walk.

The monthly event is Friday, March 5, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  on Key Deer Boulevard in Big Pine Key.

Live music is featured and some shops and galleries are offering refreshements and raffles. For more information, phone 305-872-1828.

Free Beer or Wine On Schooner

Posted on | February 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

If you’re thirsty while sightseeing aboard Adirondack II Schooner of Key West, this offer is  handy.

The offer for a free beverage onboard the yacht is made through the Florida Keys official tourism wesbite.

Click on the  website’s Keys Kash deals, and  print out a coupon for free wine, beer or champagne. You might also see other coupons you’ll want to download.

The Adironack II coupon is valid through May 18. For reservations on the schooner, phone 305-293-7245.

Free Concerts In Plantation Key

Posted on | February 24, 2010 | No Comments

Enjoy entertainment with the free  Pops In the Park  outdoor performances in Plantation Key.

Most of the shows are in Islamorada Founders Park , MM 87. 

The concerts feature the Keys Community Concert Band.  Bring lawn chairs or blankets.

The concert on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. , is titled Love Is In The Air.   For more information, phone 305-853-7294.

Photo deals at CVS, Walgreens

Posted on | February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

CVS and Walgreens are both offering special photo deals.

CVS has an ongoing deal: Buy $20 worth of 4-by-6, 5-by-7 or 8-by-10 prints and get a free 8-by-10 enlargement or photo collage. There is no limit to the number of free photos you can earn, and the deal can be combined with other CVS photo promotions.

Walgreens is offering a special deal every day this week, Feb. 21-27. Most of these offers are available through their online store as well as in their brick-and-mortar stores. Jennifer at Fort Worth on the Cheap has gathered up links to all the in-store coupons, but the promo codes for online are being released a day at a time, and she is updating as they are released.

Here are the deals:

• Sunday, Feb. 21 - Magazine photo cover for $1.99; use code COVERIT online or use store coupon.
• Monday, Feb. 22 - 40 percent off digital prints, includes 4×6, 5×7 and 8×10. Online coupon code is DIGITAL40. Here is the store coupon.
• Tuesday, Feb. 23 - 50 percent off 11×14 posters. In store coupon.
• Wed., Feb. 24 - 99  cent developing on 1 roll of 35 mm or APS film or one time use camera ( in store only), or 50 percent off canvas (online only). Coupon for film developing here .
• Thursday, Feb. 25 – One free 8×10. In-store coupon here.
• Friday, Feb. 26 – 50 percent off ink refills. In-store coupon.
• Saturday, Feb. 27 - Unlimited 4×6 prints for 10 cents each, no minimum. Print store coupon.

Free Boat Show & Nautical Market

Posted on | February 22, 2010 | No Comments

Various types of boats and  boat-related items are featured at this free family-friendly event in Key West.

Items for sale include marine equipment, art and apparel. Entertainment also is featured.

The Key West Boat Show & Nautical Market is 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Feb. 27 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 at Truman Waterfront off Southard Street.

Information is available on the Key West Boat Show and Nautical Market website. Phone 305-393-6099.

Win DVD of new Lego movie

Posted on | February 21, 2010 | No Comments

We’re having a contest to give away DVDs of the Lego movie The Adventures of Clutch Powers, which comes out on DVD on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Lego toys come to life in this full-length feature film from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

To win a DVD, you must be a subscriber to Florida Keys on the Cheap.

Deadline for entries is noon Friday, Feb. 26.

These are the contest rules:

• Tell us your favorite item (or your kid’s favorite item) to build with Legos. Send your email to info@floridakeysonthecheap.com.
• Your entry must include your complete name and snail mail address (we don’t keep the data, just use it to verify you are real people and not computer robots). It also must include the email address you use to subscribe to Florida Keys on the Cheap. One entry per household per website.
• Put “Florida Keys DVD giveaway” in the subject line of your entry.
• Winners must be residents of the United States or Canada.
• The winners will be chosen from the valid entries using a random number generator.