Monthly Archives: August 2013

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 206

Posted on August 16, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Drug deal! Well, not quite. So here’s the tale….. Today I was in Annapolis with Harry, having a mooch about the streets and lanes around the waterfront before boarding the Pirate Adventure ship. Annapolis is a lovely, genteel, historical place … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American humor, American TV, Americans, Annapolis, blackboard, Blog, blow, British, British humour, bulletproof whiteboard, Culture, drug deal, expat, Facebook, Friends, guns, hocoblogs@@@, irony, ketchup, maryland, MASH, OScars, Pirate Adventure, Ricky Gervais, Sandy Hook Elementary School, sarcasm, sauce, Seinfeld, Shootings, The Office, Tim Curry, UK, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA, Virginia Tech | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 205

Posted on August 16, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

American aisle in Tesco! There’s an aisle in Tesco’s in the UK that has just American food! How exciting, trilled my friends back in the UK! But let’s take a closer look at these shelves stacked with American goodness…. Oh … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 4th July parade, accents, America, American, American food, Americans, Amish, Annapolis, Baltimore, Baltimore Zoo, Blog, British, Brooke Ryan, cell phone, Centennial Lake, Chesapeake, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Clarksville, cowboys, Culture, DC, Dennis J. Lane, District 9B, Ellicott City, expat, florida, Fort Lauderdale, fries, Halloween, Harlem Globetrotters, hocoblogs@@@, hurricane sandy, Lancaster County, language, leopards, loo, maryland, New York, Ocean City, potty, Rehobeth, Tesco, Thoughts, Times Square, toilet, Tom Coale, Travel, UK, USA, Wine in the Woods | 16 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 204

Posted on August 14, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Storms are a’comin’ Apparently from 15 August it is officially storm season. To be honest, it’s been pretty much storm season for most of the summer, but I guess this just means the storms get more frequent and intensify. Storms … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American flag, Americans, bar, Beatles, Blog, British, Columbia, Culture, delegate, District 9B Ellicott City, expat, George, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, John, lifeguards, maryland, Obladi Hotel, Paul, Politics, pools, PR, Ringo, storms, Tom Coale, UK, USA, weather | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 203

Posted on August 13, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Amish mafia I heard an advert (commercial) on the radio for a TV programme yesterday that I had no idea existed. It’s is called Amish Mafia. Let me repeat that title: AMISH MAFIA. What is this glorious monstrosity that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Amish Mafia, Baltimore Post Examiner, Blog, British, Brits, Cheers America, Culture, DC, drinking, Englishman, expat, Gibraltar, hocoblogs@@@, Justin Webb, Lancaster County, Lebanon Levi, Pennsylvania, Rock of Gibraltar, Scarface, Shoo-Fly Pie, Travel, UK, USA, Washington | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 202

Posted on August 12, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Alan Partridge in the USA? On my trip back to the UK last week I wish I had done one thing: go and see the Alan Partridge movie, Alpha Papa. I LOVE Alan Partridge! He’s ‘First Class’! Anyhow, I wish … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 1970s, Alan Partridge, Alpha Papa, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, California, Culture, Elementary School, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, kindergarten, Labor Day, movies, New Orleans, pools, San Antonio, San Francisco, schools, Texas, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 201

Posted on August 11, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Desperate English Housewife gets desperate Put it this way. Flying home to the USA has never been less simple. Or less enjoyable. S It’s a long, complicated story and there is still the mystery of the missing suitcase with all … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged airport, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Chicago, Culture, Dame Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey, expat, flying, hocoblogs@@@, Nina and the Neurons, Shirley MacLaine, UK, USA, Violet Crawley, weather | 3 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 200

Posted on August 8, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

The other USA bucket list stuff So, a blog buddy showed me a link to weird and wonderful things to view in the USA courtesy of Roadside America. It’s bloody ace for stuff that’s a bit less obvious and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, Bovril, British, bucket list, Culture, Elijah Jefferson Bond, England, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, marmite, maryland, Paul de Fonville, Roadside America, Stonehenge Gated Community, Travel, UK, USA, weather | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 199

Posted on August 6, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Maryland’s not miserable! We’re a happy bunch in Maryland, USA are we not? In fact, I miss many aspects of it whilst currently back in the UK – I do! There’s not too much to have a moan about is … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, alphabet, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, British countryside, Cookie Monster, Culture, driving, England, expat, Governor of Maryland, grass, happiness, hocoblogs@@@, Martin O'Malley, maryland, National Trust, Sesame Street, Stonehenge, taxes, The Vyne, Travel, Twitter, UK, USA | 10 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 198

Posted on August 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Texas Death Penalty As we are aware, the death penalty still exists in some States across the USA and the heart-strings are a-tuggin’ for poor Texas whose current problem with the death penalty is not ‘shall we abolish it?’, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, bacon sandwich, beer, beer garden, Blog, Brasserie Blanc, British, Cotswolds, Culture, cup of tea, curry, Daily Mail, death drugs, death row, death row inmates, Deep South, Dixie, driving, Ewen, executions, expat, food, hanging, hillbillies, hocoblogs@@@, lanes, lethal injection, lifestyle, manua car, maryland, racism, rain, stereotypes, Tamara Reynolds, Texas law, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA, vindaloo, Virginia, weather, Wild Duck | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 197

Posted on August 2, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Howard County Fair While I am away I am missing the county fair back in the USA. That’s right, I am missing Americana cowboys and corndogs and fairground rides! One of the more interesting and curious attractions they are promoting … Continue reading →