Monthly Archives: June 2013

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 151

Posted on June 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

You’re welcome! Now, I like the phrase ‘you’re welcome’, but it doesn’t come naturally to me because I am British. For example: I am packing my own grocery bags in the grocery store. Usually the person on the checkout does … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, British, checkout, Culture, expat, grocery store, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, NHS, private medical insurance, UK, USA | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 150

Posted on June 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Pride in Baltimore Today we took in Baltimore Pride and by stepping into Druid Hill Park, we stepped into a truly colourful, harmonious, proud group of 10,000 people supporting Baltimore Pride 2013, and I couldn’t have been prouder to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, British, Druid Hill Park, hocoblogs@@@, LGBT, marriage, maryland, mass wedding, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Pride 2013, same-sex wedding, UK, USA | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 149

Posted on June 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

The Derecho Derecho came and went. He was a stormy kind of tornado, which I pronounced as “DEREKO’ (my thoughts were that it was like a male version of Irene and all those female storms….). But it is not pronounced … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, B&O museum, backstreets, Baltimore, bars, blue solo cup, British, Columbia, Coyote Ugly, Culture, Derecho, Downtown Baltimore, expat, Fluff''n' nutter, Georgetown, Glee, hocoblogs@@@, Howl at the Moon, maryland, Mr Smiths, New York TImes, Red Solo Cup, RSVP, storm, tipping, Toby Keith, tornado, UK, USA, Washington | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 148

Posted on June 13, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Bugs and bites Flippin’ bugs! This tropical weather, which I declare is like a moody young teenager (since I cannot determine how it will play out during the course of the day), has been the bringer of all things BITING. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, bites, British, bugs, Culture, Dorothy, driving, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, indicating, maryland, mosquitoes, Oklahoma, rotaries, roundabouts, tornado, UK, USA, weather, Wizard of Oz | 18 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 147

Posted on June 12, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Tornado time Last night lil’ ol’ Howard County was on tornado watch, and as the sky darkened and the rain lashed down, for a while it felt pretty hairy-scary. It was a mild tornado, but there was still debris circling … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Allan Kittleman, America, American, Americans, British, Chief Executive, Columbia, Columbia Lakefront, Culture, Dennis Davison, Game of Thrones, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, maryland, Politics, Skype, tornado, UK, USA, What the time Mr Wolf?, Woodbine | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 146

Posted on June 9, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Honestly, what’s the HonFest? HonFest is a new-fangled thing to me, being British. I’d spent that last couple of weeks telling people I was going to HonFest, pronouncing the Hon’ as in in ‘honest’. Wrong! It’s ‘Hon’ as in ‘honey’, … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 145

Posted on June 7, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Donut Day and Running Day Today is National Donut Day in the USA. It occurs two days after National Running Day. Coincidence? Perhaps they could work together and you could do a really long run to a donut shop? So … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Adele, America, American, Americans, Britain, British, Culture, donuts, graduation, Greggs, hocoblogs@@@, Hurricane Andrea, Martin O'Malley, maryland, National Donut Day, President, rain, running, UK, UK storm of 1987, USA, weather | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 144

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Wrong side / right side of the road Every time (and I mean every time) I get in to the car and drive I do consciously still say to myself ‘drive on the right, drive on the right’. (Note, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Bowie, British, Columbia, cowboys, Culture, Dallas, DC, driving, expat, freeways, Governor of Maryland, highways, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Hugh Laurie, Interstates, John Ross Jr, language, Martin O'Malley, maryland, Texas, UK, USA, Washington | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 143

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Tales from Howard County I wrote an article back in March for the Baltimore Sun’s magazine about Howard County. It has just been published, so here it is for you to enjoy and share and chuckle at. The photoshoot was … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Baltimore Sun, British, Culture, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Howard Magazine, lifestyle, maryland, UK, USA | 14 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 142

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

“Make a difference, and have fun doing it” Today was the celebration and memorial for Howard County blogger Dennis J. Lane, aka Wordbones, aka the Godfather of Blogs. What a guy. What a turnout at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in … Continue reading →