“A new service on CrimeReports.com, launched last year and expanding nationwide, overlays police reports on maps, so people can view where arrests and other police calls have been made. Users can configure e-mail alerts to notify them of crimes in locations of interest within a day.”

Before we moved in to our apartment, I contacted a police station to ask for crime incidence rates in our area. I was passed on from one place to another, I ended up just forgetting about it. This free online service cuts the middle man and lets you do the search yourself. You a search on your address and I just tried searching for our area. Not too bad!

So what’s this contest about? Bloggers submit their chocolate-themed post and the winner will be selected by highly esteemed judges from the top 10 vote-getters. Voting begins on February 4 and ends February 8, and judging commences thereafter.

We entered our Peppermint Hot Chocolate with Handcrafted Chocolate Marshmallow post for the contest. It’s chocolate-y all the way and bring you to heaven and back in one sip.

I humbly ask you, my dear friends, to please vote for Gourmeted.com. I’d appreciate your support for this exciting event for me and Dan.

And don’t forget, there’s something for both bloggers AND readers –

The Culinate Death by Chocolate Contest sends one reader, and one food blogger, on a trip for two to Napa Valley to attend the Copia Center’s annual Death by Chocolate Festival on Feburary 23, 2008, featuring a day of chocolate and wine tasting, demonstrations by pastry chefs, and other sessions with chocolate aficionados and experts.

The contest will include daily drawings for cookbooks, additional festival tickets, and Valentine chocolates.

You can register now and vote next week. We could all use a trip to Napa for FOOD, WINE, and CHOCOLATE, yes?

Thank you, thank you!!! You’re awesome.