Midori Sushi

The restaurant has been in business for eight months but this was my first time ordering from Midori. My sister-in-law orders from Midori a lot. It's interesting that she finds new restaurants in our town before we do. I guess we don't eat out often.

I stopped in just after I finished up my business at the bank. It was close to lunch time and wanted to treat myself. A mini celebration of sorts. I had just won a 7 month contract with a major client. So I ordered three rolls -- spicy tuna, spicy salmon and an avocado roll.

I chatted a bit with the guy who took my order. Unlike most restaurant in the area Midori does delivery and takes orders online. Online orders get a 10% discount.

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My meal was packaged in a simple but hefty brown paper bag. As I mentioned I don't order take out often but I think this bag is better than most I've seen.

The restaurant provided ample amounts of soy sauce , wasabi and ginger. My meal also included a cup of miso soup. I didn't order the soup but it was a nice surprise.

The spicy tuna and salmon wasn't as spicy as I had hoped. The restaurant is probably catering to the typically bland North American palate.

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Verve Rwanda Mutovu

I'm trying something new. I wanted something unusual. Something that local roaster doesn't carry. The scent of the Rwanda Mutovu roasted beans reminded me of milk chocolate. I may do this once in a while as a treat.

I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'Jim Carrey

Dream Diabetes Device Wildcard – D Blog Week #DBlogWeek

2012 Diabetes Blog Week Topics & Posts (bittersweetdiabetes.com)

Back by popular demand, let's revisit this prompt from last year! Tell us what your fantasy diabetes device would be? Think of your dream blood glucose checker, the delivery system for insulin or other meds, magic carb counter, etc etc etc. The sky is the limit – what would you love to see?

My dream diabetes device would be a device as compact as an iPhone. It would receive BG readings wireless from small sensors embedded in my skin. The device would allow me to record all my BG readings in real time and provide graphing and analysis via an app. The app would have a scanner--may be using the device camera— to use for scanning a bar code so that I don't have to enter nutritionally. The app would use nutritional information and BG readings for trending analysis and to guide how my pre-meal bolus or basal insulin should be adjusted to meet my diabetes management goals. The app would suggest the bolus and then prompt me to send that information to my insulin pump. All my data -- BG, nutritional information, insulin -- would be kept in my health record (PHR) and easily shared with my diabetes care team.

I don't think this is a dream. I think this could be done today.