The more you wear the more you bling
The more you bling the hotter you are
So wear our beads to the Tiki Bar!
Every year, the Tiki Bar on Solomon's Island opens in mid-Spring. Tiki Bar opening is a huge event. An event so big they shut the roads down because of bar spill-over, vendors come from all over to sell food, souvenirs, and who knows what else.
In 2012, I'd just returned from Mardi Gras a couple months prior, and had about 400 strings of beads from the parades. I drove onto the island late morning and sold beads for $1 a string out of the trunk of my car. I made about $275 before I had to leave because I didn't have a peddler's permit (who knew?).
This year, I teamed up with 2 other friends. We bought 84 dozen beads from a Mardi Gras wholesaler and sold them for a buck a piece, along with Red Bull and water. We got a peddler's permit so we couldn't be told to leave. We also offered sober rides to/from cars. The island gets so jam packed that some people have to park over a mile away.
We came in with high hopes, but the overhead and weather killed us. Tiki Bar, an outdoor sandy beach bar, does best when the sun is high and the temperatures are warm. We battled with rain and temps hovering around 50-55. After all of our expenses, we only made a little over $125 each. $125 into the moving fund, though.
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