Brooke Burke Can’t Eat Just One

Last week I attended a fancy red carpet event. I thought these things were over for a while and I was glad because I had run out of appropriate outfits. But I was wrong. They keep popping up, thanks to my association with LA Moms Blog (where today I have a story up about how my pants fell down at the gym). I had accepted an invitation to an unspecified event sponsored by Frito Lay a while back, and I didn’t remember much about it except that they would be serving cocktails and it was a Tuesday night – the one night each week that’s good for me to go out.

Last week comes around and the details grew a little bit more specific: it’s a premiere of a new show sponsored by Frito Lay, and there was dinner the night before and a tour of the Frito Lay factory in the Inland Empire. It was not possible for me attend those other things, so by the time Tuesday evening came I was one of the only guests who was in the dark. That’s okay, because I had purchased a new dress (at Target, but still, new dress!) and a fabulous red trenchcoat (at T.J. Maxx, but still, new coat!) and I was feeling fancy.

Indeed, there were cocktails. Specialty cocktails created just for this event – each was designed to reflect the personality of one of the four characters from Only In a Woman’s World, the new “series” from Frito Lay. I hate to break it to you, Frito Lay, but these are commercials. Now that we are being honest, I will say that they are funny, engaging, and worthy of me linking here. I would actually recommend to women who need a laugh to go watch them. You will probably see them on TV as well.

Frito Lay has a new line of food products created with women in mind. These include Flat Earth chips, Southwestern Ranch Baked Lays (with the flavor baked in to minimize caloric impact), and small packages of Smartfood popcorn. This isn’t your college Smartfood, though – no, these little packs are flavored with cranberry, chocolate (oh?), and honey. As one fellow guest remarked, they were perfect little snacks to nosh on at the bar. I enjoyed the honey nut flavor with a glass of wine last night myself. In fact, I’ll be enjoying the Frito Lay booty for a long time, since they sent me home with bags and bags of the stuff. Hey, I’m not complaining.

Best of all was the opportunity to meet and chat with some really interesting women. The reps from Frito Lay were excited to be visiting Hollywood from Dallas, but they looked so glamorous themselves I thought they were ad agency “creatives.” Bloggers and “company” people mingled without name tags so it was hard to distinguish one from the other, unless you looked over at the tweet farm in the corner where several women dressed to the nines were trying to angle their laptops just right so they could get the wireless signal. Made me glad I had left mine at home.

For some reason, Brooke Burke was there. I spoke to her very briefly. She was nice enough. I didn’t see her downing any Fritos though. That would have been a moment to remember.

That’s me with Elizabeth and Linda