Mallory Square Circus

Mallory Square is a unique place where you can watch the sunset, where you can see good and not so good street performers doing their acts and where you can buy also some hand crafted souvenirs and art from the street vendors - and this every night!
A must to be there when you're in Key West!

All try to make some bucks out of you, if there is a Tarot card reader...

...or "The Great Rondini"- an escape artist who says from him self, that he is there for more than 30 years...

...or Mark, another street performer, who even made it recently to become the president of this organization(!!!)...

...or performing fire eater Will and his wife....

...or all the craft and art people with their stands, they all are so desperate to get some money too, money that pays their bills...

...or a soldier tries to get a tribute in form of money for his fallen friends...

Key West is sell able in all kind of crafts....

and not to forget all the dog lovers....

He has found the right gift to take home - a photograph of a sunset!

And there is Dave, he is singing for money every night - and often he goes home with almost nothing! But, that's the life of all Mallory Square participants, one day is good the next is bad. There is only one recipe: To come every day and never to give up your HOPE of "maybe there is a better day tomorrow"!


Hi my friends,

thank you again so much for all your support, comments and compliments. I'm fine again, maybe 80% - but yesterday I had my husband with 104F fever in bed. Today he feels better again and every coming day will be better for both of us, I know that. It's a hard life in this little RV if you are sick, believe me - not fun at all. But, weed never dies, right?

Tomorrow we will make our first bigger decision, where to go, which direction to choose. Since it's still cold enough in the northern regions and Tornadoes in the Midwest at this time of the year (!!) it's not easy to know what's the right thing to do!
Any recommendations....???

Stay tuned...I'm sitting here in the office of the campground and happily able to have connections! See you all...

Susanne and David

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My first photo book about Key West is published now!
A pretty book not only for Key West fans...!
"Good Times in Key West - Seven Years in Paradise"
You can see a preview and place your order here

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The CALENDARS for 2009 are still available to buy:

* KEY WEST CALENDARS 2009

Time to say Good Bye!

The cruise ship is leaving the dock at Mallory Square. For all 2000 passengers on board of that giant it's time to say good bye to the island and looking forward to travel to a new country. Next destinations are Cancun, Mexico or the Virgin Islands. I have seen this scene now so many times, but it gives me still today a feeling of that "travel fever"....!

Mallory Square Impressions

This is my lovely husband, David, with his booth at Mallory Square, where he is selling his original Fine Art Paintings and prints of Key West scenes and tropical subjects. He is a very talented artist and his work can be found all over the world in many collections and private homes.

You can see more of his work on our website www.vanhulstart.com

Here you can see the big traffic that we have almost every evening and especially on weekends, like yesterday. A lot of the visitors were Jimmy Buffet's Parrotheads who had their fun weekend on the island.

And this woman looks somehow like me.... with two customers at my booth who are looking at my photographs that I sell.

If you look closer into the picture, you will see Alex (with the hat) our performer guy with his juggling act shortly before sunset. Can you see what a wonderful, dramatic sunset going on in the back of the picture?

People from all over the world are watching this spectacle at Mallory Square.

And this is the fantastic view that I have (almost) every night at Mallory Square. I would never ever trade this place with any indoor job in the world. To be able to see mother nature's magic and to be "at work" in the same time, is priceless!

Just another Sunset in Paradise

It's just another simple and wonderful sunset - seen at Mallory Square, where I'm selling my photography to tourists from all over the world. They come every evening down to the pier to see and to celebrate this spectacular sensation. This is the only place I know of where you can combine your work with a lot of fun.

Five things to do in Key West - Tour 3

Take a ride with the Conch train. It will guide you to all the landmarks of Key West and trough some of the picturesque little lanes with the pretty small conch houses.

Climb up the steps from the light house at Whitehead Street- across from the Hemingway house - to see the fantastic view over the island and to visit the museum inside.

Visit the "Secret Garden" a very nice and peacefull place to be. It's a quiet place in the middle of the island, away from every days hectic life and noise. Relax and enjoy the beauty of this tropical garden.

Have a drink or two in Sloppy Joe's Bar at Duval Street, the place where also Ernest Hemingway liked to hang out with friends.

Celebrate the sunset at Mallory Square where Performers, Magicians, Fire eater and Musicians are performing their shows every evening and where artists and craft persons are selling their work, like I do selling my photography to all the tourists. Come down there and see me.

The Bounty

This is the original Bounty - sitting in the Gulf in front of Mallory Square - on that they filmed the movie "Pirates of the Carribean" with Jonny Depp. And of course this boat is a big tourist attraction every year.

Dies ist die original "Bounty" auf der sie den Film "Piraten der Karibik" mit Jonny Depp drehten. Sie sitzt jedes Jahr fuer eine kurze Zeit draussen im Golf gegenueber von Mallory Square, wo wir arbeiten. Und natuerlich ist sie eine grosse Turistenattraktion auch.

If you would like to buy this picture please drop me an email to

susanne49@yahoo.com

Sunset Celebration Every Night

Hundreds of people celebrate the setting sun every night at Mallory Square.


Hunderte von Turisten schauen jeden Abend dem Sonnenuntergang zu am Mallory Square.

Performers, jugglers, fire eater, clowns and escape artists are entertaining every night the tourists. Artists and craft people are selling their wares - where you can meet me and see my work.

Strassenkuenstler, Jongleure, Feuerspucker, Clowns und Entfesslungskuenstler unterhalten jeden Abend die Turisten am Pier, wo auch alle Kuenstler und Kunsthandwerker mit ihren Staenden dort anwesend sind - wo ihr auch mich antreffen koennt um meine Fotografien zu sehen.

A big attraction at the Hilton is Dominic and his trained cats, better known as the "Catman and his catshow". Family fun for everyone!

Als besondere Attraktion gilt "Dominic und seine Katzen". Er laesst die Katzen durch Reifen springen. Ganz besonders beliebt ist diese "Catshow" bei Familien mit Kindern.

If you would like to buy one or all of these pictures please drop me an email about prices and sizes to

susanne49@yahoo.com

After Sunset at Mallory Square

Dramatic sunset clouds at Mallory Square in Key West.

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All the Roosters of Key West

Isn't he gorgeous...?

Available in:

8" x 10" - $ 28.00 Buy with PayPal

11" x 10" - $ 35.00 Buy with PayPal

Larger sizes can be made on request

Dramatic Sunset

Some days ago the sunset looked like this.... very dramatic and beautiful!

Vor ein paar Tagen konnten wir diesen wunderschoen dramatischen Sonnenuntergang bewundern!

Available in:

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11" x 14" - $ 35.00 Buy with PayPal

Larger sizes can be made on request

Mallory Palms

What a different view at the Mallory Square palms.... right? It is a reflexion from the backside at the mirror on my car.

Eine etwas gar verzogene Ansicht der Palmen an Mallory Square. Warum? Das Bild ist eine Reflektion auf der Rueckseite meines Autospiegels.

If you like to buy this picture drop me an email please to

susanne49@yahoo.com