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HONG KONG WILLIE BEST PLACE TO BUY $1.00 KITSCH & 10,OOO FOLK ART
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HONG KONG WILLIE BEST PLACE TO BUY $1.00 KITSCH & 10,OOO FOLK ART
Hong Kong Willie’s
trees to an old wooden bait house, along with a menagerie of
surfboards, car doors and wooden sculptures strewn around the yard. This
is Hong Kong Willie’s — a funky gift shop and Key West-themed folk-art
gallery operated by a preservationist/artist collective. Inside the
former 24-hour bait shop, you’ll find all sorts of one-of-a-kind Florida
souvenirs made from recycled materials. There’s something for everyone,
from $1 glasses of “Florida Beachfront Property” made from old
Starbucks Frappuccino cups to worn wooden planks taken from old Key West
landmarks and painted, the latter going from a few hundred dollars up
to $10,000.
