Riverside Dining, Dashing

Hooray for Amazon's two new beta services: Gourmet Foods and Sporting Goods. Here's a related L.A. Times article. One of the participating vendors is Dan's Chocolates, with whom I've had good gift ordering experiences before. A few cool things about Dan's:

• Customize a chocolate box with a photo of your choice


• Send chocolate and flowers in one fell swoop


• Every sale results in a donation (percentage unspecified, unfortunately) to a charitable partner of your choice

Another great participating vendor: Mendocino Mustard.