My desire for part-time holiday work may actual come to fruition this year. Last year's attempts at making cupcakes for Crumbs or gift-wrapping for a major department store never panned out (I simply couldn't compete with all the un- and under-employed folks who could spend all day lined up outside the various locations), so this year I aimed my sights in a different direction - the Holiday Markets of Union Square, Bryant Park, and Columbus Circle.
The only response I got from my Craigslist ad campaign was from a company called Wonder Warmers. Not quite the glamorous market vendor I was hoping for, nor those amazing chocolate truffle guys, but the Wonder Warmers are pretty cool. And they're magic. They come in various sizes for all sorts of uses, and unlike other similar products, they don't smell funny, require another device to heat them, and they're reusable for a very long time (like 600 uses and counting for a sample). So, hopefully I'll be hocking these wares for the next 2 months. At least the product will keep my butt warm while I freeze outside pandering to tourists.
Check them out at http://www.wonderwarmers.com/
As for those truffles, you should just buy a whole freakin case when you find 'em at a holiday market. They only sell them this time of year and they are the most amazing, decadent, melty, chocolatey things I have ever tasted: http://www.nochewingallowed.com/index.html
It's definitely a good thing I didn't find a way to work for them. There's no way I'd make it to New Year's without needing new pants.
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Great blog! Can you imagine how much tasting you'd be doing if you sold chocolate! Selling hand warmers is more diet friendly. Let me know if the market thing works out and I'll come visit your booth. It's like back to publishing working a booth, eh?
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