Red Carpet Remix with Mutineer Magazine
Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 11:04PM 
Tomorrow night, Mutineer Magazine is taking over the Napa Valley Opera House as they host their third annual Red Carpet Party. And I'm on the guest list. Since the only parties I attend these days are for the one and under crowd, you can imagine my excitement. I've been told by my friend, food/wine PR queen Ashley Teplin, to dress to impress. So...I'll be hiding my chipped-polish speckled toes in closed-toe pumps and slipping into a pencil skirt (because I only have time in the mornings to de-fuzz from the knees down) as I join my non-baby friends for a very grown up night of cocktail competitions and elbow rubbing. I'm actually nervous.
I've made a mental note not to tell everyone about Maddie's newest accomplishments. Or scroll through iPhone pictures of her all evening. So now I have no idea what I'll talk about. Do you think anyone there watches SEC football? Maybe I should read a newspaper in the morning. In all honesty, I imagine I'll stand quietly in the background sipping my herbal-infused DRY soda and watching eight of Napa Valley's top bartenders compete in the King's Ginger Cocktail Competition. Maybe snap a few photos. Since this is my first attempt to rejoin adult society, I figure I can gently ease myself into the program.
Whatever the evening holds, with Chicano Tequila and Luxardo as the premiere cocktail presenters and Mutineer Editor-in-Chief Alan Kropf at the helm, it promises to be rich with flavor and energy. The photos above and below were taken at last year's Red Carpet Comedy Festival, held at Jacuzzi Vineyards. It ranks as one of the most entertaining nights I spent in 2010. I can hardly wait to see if tomorrow tops it.
Tickets are almost sold out, but you don't have to strut the red carpet at the Napa Valley Opera House - or even be in the Napa Valley - to enjoy the event.
Members of ToutSuite Social Club can log on Sunday evening at 7:30 and watch the event as it unfolds. That’s right. Live. Action. Viewing.
You can also check out Mutineer Magazine’s blog, which has been featuring King’s Ginger liqueur cocktail recipes all week.
Proceeds from the Red Carpet Party will go to Mutineer’s Clean Water Crusade, which is helping to provide water filtration systems to the people of Nepal.
