DJ Pauly D’s New REMIX Cocktail [Event at Walmart]

Cabs are HERRREEE! Wait, no. Cocktails are here! DJ Pauly D of the hit MTV Show, The Jersey Show, was at Walmart in Long Grove Beach, IL this past weekend and he was poppin bottles! Just kidding, he was signing bottles though. Bottles of his new REMIX Cocktails.

Did I know what I was getting myself into when I decided to make the 80 mile drive to this bottle signing event, #REMIXRocksWalmart? Um, no. But I figured there would be a ton of crazy fans and maybe a little fist pumping. I was not surprised by the HUGE crowd of fans that was waiting to meet The Man, The DJ, The Guido – himself. Pauly D is hands down my favorite cast member of Jersey Shore and I’m only a little ashamed to admit I was kind of geeked about meeting him. 😉

The second I walked into this Walmart I started seeing signs and huge cardboard cut outs of Pauly D. They were absolutely everywhere. I loved the concept of these drinks. I totally love mixed drinks but I suck at making them. So a ready to drink cocktail is perfect for my tastes.

After a few steps in the door, I noticed that there was a lot of caution tape and signs with arrows. Oh and of course hundreds of eager young fans.

Step one was to find the bottles and purchase them. You were required to buy your bottles before getting in line but it was pretty hard to find them among the throng of people. I actually arrived just before Pauly did, so I got to see his entrance and people. were. EXCITED. They were chanting “Pauly” and screaming like lunatics. After they all scurried off in his direction I was able to find the display of bottles and there were boxes thrown all over the place. I grabbed three bottles (because I wasn’t aware there were four flavors) and headed to a register.

After buying them, at only $10.64 each, I went and got in line. Finding the line was pretty interesting. I mean, I could see the line… it was woven throughout 60% of the store but finding the beginning became pretty interesting. Thankfully, I made it… eventually. And I was number… 

649. Seriously, there were that many people ahead of me. A little birdie told me there were over 2000 folks at the Cali event. Insanity! Predictably so, most of the attendees weren’t even old enough to buy the liquor but they were able to get some post cards signed in lieu of the bottles.

There was seriously caution tape all over this store. I can’t tell you how many times an employee had to shoo me out of an aisle because I somehow ended up in forbidden territory. The whole day was a pretty interesting experience haha.

After an hour or so I was finally close enough to see his signing table and that’s when one of the lovely Remix Ladies informed me that I just needed to get the full set of four bottles, so she handed me the final one and I was able to pay after he signed it.

The crowd was crazy. But the store was pretty organized over all. And there were employees everywhere willing to help out and point people in the right direction.

We weren’t allowed to take pictures on our phones or cameras while we were actually with him but afterwards most fans just crowded behind the DJ booth and busted out their cameras. I was able to snag a few pictures with some serious zooming power. Pauly managed to keep a smile on his face despite having to sign a billion autographs. And check it out, even Big Jerry was there handling security for Pauly! You might remember him from The Pauly D Project on MTV.

And here they are! He signed all four bottles and I was only like TOTALLY awkward when he was signing them. But hey, I have weird social anxiety. If I recall, I believe I said “Hey man. Whuddup?” Because you know, I just always say ‘whuddup’. OMG. Cringeworthy. He made a lot of eye contact though and if you know me… you know I don’t do eye contact. It weirds me out. So my awkwardness was basically all his fault. 😉 Just kidding, Pauly. You know I love you.

On to the drinks… I love their names. I feel like the bottles, the names, and the flavors just scream Pauly D. The fact that they are called remix is obviously in reference to Pauly being a DJ. And with names like OYE Mojito, Strawberry HOLLApeno, Starfruit, and Yeah YUM Berry I get a total Jersey Shore vibe. The flavors are definitely interesting and they are all made with premium vodka. They are being marketed as a “Pre-Game Cocktail” and I was all like… what does that even mean? Then I flipped the bottles over and found out.

I’m eager to taste them and I plan on gifting some to a couple of fellow Jersey Shore loving friends. If you’d like to see more pictures from the event you should definitely check out my Google+ story.

I’m glad the #REMIXRocksWalmart event took a stop in Illinois. The tour is continuing and might be coming to a city near you. I enjoyed the event and even though the line was super long it was totally worth it. 🙂

Now who wants to come over and do some taste testing with me? 😉