Grass Crown

A blog by Sally. The blog gets its name from a rare military decoration dating back to Roman times called the Grass Crown, which could only be awarded by soldiers to their general.

Entries for January, 2009

Bacon, Spinach and Salsa Wraps

Tonight, I cooked sandwich wraps with bacon, spinach, and homemade salsa in them for my husband and I using this recipe. The intention was to make enough to cover our dinner tonight and Napoleon’s lunch tomorrow. It was a huge success, and eight wraps later we have only one set aside for leftovers!

Clever URL Structure for LinkedIn Search Results

I just noticed that LinkedIn supports a URL structure that makes it super easy to create a permalink to a LinkedIn search result for just about any name. For example, here’s a search for my friend Ron Lev:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ron/Lev
Note how his first name is in the second to last directory and his last name is in [...]

Riding the 1965 VBB Vespa

When moving from Seattle to New York, my husband and I left behind a 1965 Vespa. Here’s a video of my dad riding it in his backyard. He’s been taking good care of it by starting it up and taking it for a ride from time to time.