Tadpoles Boba, the women-owned boba shop on the rooftop at The Exchange, will host The Bad Luck Club from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. It’s the last Friday the 13th of 2026, and the shop is inviting guests to lean into superstition: tempt their fate, or stack the odds back in their favor.
Three women-owned local businesses will run pop-ups for the night:
- Love Mary Letters, tarot readings. Mary, a tarot reader of more than seven years, offers single-card pulls, three-card spreads and 10-minute in-depth readings rooted in intuitive storytelling.
- Stardust Beauty Studio, “Lucky Lashes.” Licensed lash artist Desirae Wilembrecht applies mini pops of color, six to 10 extensions per eye, with optional glitter, tinsel or star accents. Each takes about 20 minutes.
- Blushed Pink Boutique, good-luck charm bar. Owner Jenni Carrillo brings her full charm bar so guests can build a custom talisman, from four-leaf clovers and evil eyes to darker designs.
Tadpoles will serve drinks from Hibernation, its new seasonal menu of six cozy, woodland-themed drinks, along with its regular favorites. The event is free to attend; each pop-up handles its own sales.
The fun starts before the doors open. Tadpoles built a free browser game, also called The Bad Luck Club, at https://www.tadpolesboba.com/pages/play. Players guide a kawaii Ouija planchette through a night sky, catching good-luck charms like four-leaf clovers and heads-up pennies while dodging black cats, broken mirrors and the number 13. Charms for each pop-up partner earn bonus points.
Players can post their scores to a live leaderboard using their Instagram handle. The board locks at 7:13 p.m. Friday the 13th, during the event, and the top three players win free boba.
“Tattoo shops have owned Friday the 13th for years, so we wanted to give it the Tadpoles treatment: a little dark, a lot cute,” says Julie, owner of Tadpoles Boba. “I love hosting nights like this, where local women-owned businesses get to show off what they do and our community gets a reason to hang out on the rooftop together. Whether you’re here to tempt fate or protect yourself from it, we’ve got a drink for you.”
Event details
- What: The Bad Luck Club
- When: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, 2026
- Where: Tadpoles Boba will set up on the rooftop of The Exchange, located at 234 N. College Ave. in Fort Collins
- Cost: Free to attend; pop-up services priced by each vendor
- Game: tadpolesboba.com/pages/play (leaderboard locks at 7:13 p.m. Nov. 13)
- Instagram: @tadpolesboba, @lovemary.letters, @stardust_beautystudio, @blushedpink_boutique
