Treasure Island

The Kennedy Boys Poster

2006-08-19T10:04:00.000-07:00

Officially, a gift this actually came from Greg upstairs. He's had it for years, and gave it away many times, but it keeps coming back. He said he's tired of constantly folding and unfolding it. So he sent it down here. But it may be that it's in love with him, so let's just say it's here for the time being. (BTW, there is some really weird pre-photoshop coloring of the Kennedy fellow's skin to give them a more natural human and alive rosy tone. See for yourself, it's now hanging in the internet room.)

Slide Guitar

2006-08-19T09:48:00.000-07:00

Feel like jammin out? Come on down to the Coffee Plantation, where our storehouse of musical instruments just keeps on growing! Listed here, a beautiful slide guitar, the kind of thing any real musician would love to own and play.

The plan was to have one of the guys playing at the Hog's Breath to come in and tune it. And this actually happened! But that was a couple of months ago. Isn't it pretty? It is now also part of our kitchen decor.

Original J Junbdut Oil Painting

2006-08-19T09:40:00.000-07:00

Art-collector Dennis brought this in. Purportedly by a Dutch master, and smuggled here to the Keys at risk of life and limb from Cuba, it is now on sale at eBay - as it has been for the past three months. So stop and by and see it on display here at Coffee Plantation. Its conveniently stored on the keyboard drawer of Diane's computer desk in our internet room.

Bagpiper's Pants

2006-07-26T10:09:00.000-07:00

Bagpiper Dennis brought in these pants to sell.

It is July. In Key West. They are wool.

Complimentary Cigar

2006-07-26T10:04:00.000-07:00

Apple Bob left this for us in December. It's a cigar that says, "For a good customer."

Since it's now July, apparently we haven't had one!

Pineapple Lamp Bases

2006-07-26T09:34:00.000-07:00

What would a coffee shop be without a couple of these?

Vinyl LPs

2006-07-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

These are recent additions to our collection, courtesy Cowboy Lee. He got them for .50 cents apiece, and naturally brought them here to Coffee Plantation so that we could play them, only we can't figure out how if he wanted us to upload them to Napster or play them on our iPod.

Anyhow, Cowboy Lee says "one day they'll be valuable." Particularly the Barbara Streisand and Barry Manilow.

The iMac

2006-07-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

This is actually Mike Mongo's now. He bought it from Rick, who bought it at a garage sale, for $50, and brought it here to Coffee Plantation, "for the Mac users."

The only problem? It ran Operating System 9, which is about four operating systems behind. So several of our regulars who are part of the Cult of Mac decided to convert it to running OS X. A process which took about a month and included everything from trying to trick to booting off a CD with OS X to replacing the harddrive, and which didn't work.

Since it's still here, apparently the process continues. Stay tuned!

Found at Coffee Plantation!

2006-07-26T08:11:00.000-07:00

This is a very specific blog, on a very specific subject matter. All the stuff our customers "leave behind" (ie store with us) at here in Key West at our coffee shop The Coffee Plantation. Here goes!