Laugh at Our Periscope, Get Awesome Spicy Stuff, & Help FL Keys Hurricane Victims
Author: Bill
If you participate in our interactive broadcasts you may have seen us in Peppers of Key West back in May. We were visiting on our Cuba cruise and had a great time with our friends and the staff as we tried some of the hottest sauces around. It was a fun broadcast to watch, so we've included it later in this post. Why are we bringing this up now? As you're probably aware, the Florida Keys, like several places, were dealt a devastating blow by Hurricane Irma, and Peppers of Key West, a great local business, is donating 25% of all sales through September 30th to local charities helping those in the Keys most impacted by the storm... read more
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