We had the good fortune of connecting with Loni Paige and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Loni, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
I have been an event producer for as long as I can remember, at least 25 years, and with in 12 hours my entire business was gone. Just like that Virgin Voyages launch party, canceled, Little Lighthouse Foundation: Hearts and Stars weekend, cancelled, Carnival Cruiselines annual gala, also cancelled,
This was how my day ended on March 12th 2020.
This is not a story about how I started Loni Paige Events, but how I started Mixology Mixer among a pandemic.

As the world slowly began closing its doors on events, it also creeped into every corner of the hospitality industry leaving my long time co-workers/friends/colleagues with nothing.
Being self empoyed means you do not qualify for unemployment, makes sense, who would be paying that!
As I began my daily ritual of seeing how I can pay my rent and buy food I did find some government options that were extensive to say the least to navigate, all I could think of is how many people may not be able to navigate this incredibly complicated system.

Mixology Mixer was soon born……
Out of work bartender? Let’s make some drinks on zoom and have people log on!
Liquor brand who cannot do any promotions to generate new business, lets put you in a box with mixers, garnishes, bar tools and send you out to people across the country.
Event planners? Have clients that want to do something but don’t know what! Let’s do a cooking or a mixology class.
Yoga teachers? Lets do some zoom classes.
People working from home? Lets get together and interact to bring some cheer to your day!

2 years have now gone by and we have our own warehouse in Wynwood, make all our own mixers and garnishes in house.

Have created countless jobs, new companies and work with some of the biggest corporations!

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
We are the only ones doing what we do as far as Mixology Mixer goes!

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
The Standard Spend most of my time in Sunset Harbour

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Website: Mixologymixer.com, lonipaige.com

Instagram: @Mixologymixer , @lonipaigeevents

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mixologymixer

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