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ThisNext is having a party and you’re invited. June 6 will mark our first ever in-house community mixer. If you’re in Los Angeles, stop by and get to know some Mavens. Need a little more incentive? We’re also giving away a Vespa.

 

Here’s how you win the Vespa:

• Recommend your favorite products on ThisNext,
• Tag your recommendations “TN Vespa.”
• Enter as many times as you like to give yourself better odds. We’ll be picking the winner randomely at our party on June 6.

Here’s a taste of the prizes we’ll be giving away all night long: 

• The Cupcake Courier 
• The Conceal Bookshelf 

Here are the details on the party:

• When: Friday June 6, 7:00 to 11:00 pm. 
• Where: ThisNext, 227 Broadway, Suite 200, Santa Monica, CA
• Door: Free, with mimoco-sponsored door prizes for the first 50 registered ThisNext users who bring a friend.
• Amenities: Drinks and appetizers will be provided.
  
• Parking: Here’s a nearby parking map that doesn’t include free parking right across the street at the soon-to-be-demolished Santa Monica Place.
  

California style is all about being comfortable and cool - essentially, jeans and a t-shirt. You’ve seen Posh Spice do it. Of course, she throws in some killer heels and oversized sunglasses - but still, she gets it. As you’ve seen pretty much everywhere - tees are getting an overhaul. Whether it be popular or witty little sayings, cartoons experiencing a revival (think Little Miss Happy), or artwork - tees are once again a conversational piece. Better Bacon tees throw another little twist into the mix - helping people. In particular, the oh-so-cool designs you see on these tees are created by disabled artists. Check out www.betterbacon.com to meet and hear some of the artists’ viewpoints and inspirations.

mimomco, maker of everyone’s favorite designer flash drives, and sponsor of our upcoming community mixer on June 6, has been spending some time in the innovation lab recently. The company has just upped the flash drive ante with a set of 8GB drives that deliver all the design-savvy goodness you’ve come to expect—just with more space for storing your vital data. Included in the enhanced collection is Boba Fett (pictured left), from mimoco’s Star Wars series, the classic Domo X mimobot, and the Fu mimobot (pictured right), which is part of mimoco’s artist series and was created by Taiwanese artist Reach. In addition to 8GB versions—which will hold nearly 20,000 photos, 2,000 mp3s, or 2,500 minutes of video—these drives are also all still available in 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB sizes.

I really like cookies, no wait, I freaking love cookies. I love cookies so much that I put myself on a one-year ban from them. Yes, I banned myself from cookies. The next cookie I have will be April 11, 2009 (yeah, I know the date). Anyways … just because I can’t eat cookies doesn’t mean I can’t share my cookie secrets with you.

I bake. Well I “fake-bake”. I always use the Betty Crocker’s cookie mix that comes in a bag. Slice and bake cookies taste like they came out of plastic tube. Those plastic tubes are great for eating cookie dough raw (yeah, I do that too) but for tricking people into thinking you spent hours in the kitchen — not so much.

A favorite of mine is Betty Crocker’s sugar cookie mix because you can turn them into pretty much any kind of cookie. I like to crush up pistachios and add dried cherries to the mix when I make cookies, which equals deliciousness! Betty Crocker had a baking mix contest earlier this year and the contestants came up with some delicious recipes … not that I tried them but the do look delicious. Check them out here>>

Dad deserves the best - we’re sure that at some point (for all you angels out there) in our lives we’ve given him a tough time, so let’s give him a break - even if it’s only for 1 day. Check out some gift ideas that we think work for our Dads, and maybe they’ll work for your Dad.

Seems like every time I turn around there is a new brand of premium denim just begging me to shell out $200-$300 of my hard earned cash all in the name of fashion.  As a self-proclaimed denim junkie I always fall for the hype.  At any given time I have close to 50 pairs of jeans in my closet, most of which are in a heap on the floor (oops).  My current denim infatuation is True Religion, which is odd because I used to hate them. I blame living in L.A. for that denim turn around. 

True Religion is still hot in Hollywood but there is another denim act in town that is fighting (and at the moment the winner) for the title of the “Hottest Jeans in Hollywood”.  Those jeans are Siwy.  A favorite brand with celebs like Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, Nicole Ritchie and the ThisNext community!  I haven’t tried them out yet but they are becoming more tempting by the second.  

Take a look at what  Maven roborange sent us!  ThisNext Mavens are the best.  They love and know This Next and constantly show it.  Thank you for being so wonderful and making our days so terrific.