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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 531
The Last Thanksgiving Supper Well, that’s our last Thanksgiving done. And we got to spend it proper American-stylie 🙂 This is what we ate (I can’t remember the names of some of the stuff, but it tasted amazeballs!) Today feels … Continue reading
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Tagged 1812, America, American, Black Friday, Blog, Boxing Day, British, Culture, Eastern Shore, England, English, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, pumpkin pie, sales, St Michael's, Thanksgiving, UK, USA, war
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 530
No, we Brits don’t have Thanksgiving! I just want to confirm, because I’ve been asked this like a billion times this week already (slight exaggeration 😉 ) – WE BRITS DON’T HAVE THANKSGIVING – it’s an American tradition! But, since … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Blog, common room, England, history, hocoblogs@@@, holiday, holidays, journey, Massachussets, Native American Indians, pilgrims, Plymouth, Thanksgiving, tradition, Travel, turkey, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 529
The Repat Blog I’ve started up the ‘going home’ blog. Is it too early to think about going home? In some ways, yes – there’s still much to do out here, and life is great, but I have to prepare. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Cherpumple, Desperate Housewife: From America to England, England, expat, going home, Latke-Crusted Turkey Stuffing Fritters With Liquid Cranberry Core and Turkey Schmaltz Gravy, repatriation, Swamp Monkey, Thanksgiving crazy food, Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving Turkey Cake, Travel, Turkducken of Cheeseballs, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 527
Living in the ‘Columbubble’ I don’t know who coined this phrase for our little part of Desperate Housewife suburban America, but Columbia is a bubble and shall henceforth be forever more known as ‘Columbubble’. I attribute this clever name to … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, Alan Partridge, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, Columbia, Columbubble, Culture, desperate housewife, driving, Ellicott City, England, English, expat, expats, George Washington, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, maryland, McDonalds, McMansions, President of the USA, Stepford Wives, suburban, suburbia, The Truman Show, Thoughts, Tom Coale, Travel, Truman Burbank, UK, USA, Whole Foods
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 526
My short, but very sweet, expat life Argh, just nine months to go until we leave Uncle Sam’s shores for good. It’s happening fast. But first, I have to endure this blasted winter (Gawd, I hate winter!). It’s flippin’ freezing … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Britain, British, cold, east coast, England, expat, expat life, experiences, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, maryland, seasons, Travel, UK, Uncle Sam, USA, winter
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 525
Thanksgiving dinner Thanksgiving is just around the corner. It’s another celebration in America-land and one that is sort of treated more importantly than any other holiday. For a start, people are given two days off  at Thanksgiving (most people – not those … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Americans, Baskin Robbins turkey ice cream, BBC America, Black Friday, Boxing Day, Britain, British, Christmas, Daisy Dukes, Deadly Affairs, holidays, ID channel, Thanksgiving, To Catch a Cheat, Travel, turkey, TV show, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 524
Fox 45 News Morning Show This morning I got up at ridiculous-o’clock to get to Fox 45 studios in Baltimore to promote ‘gifts for moms’ with the upcoming ‘holiday season’ in my ‘lifestyle expert’ guise. This is what it looked … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Baltimore, Blog, British, Claire Bolden McGill, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey perfume, Fox 45 News Baltimore, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle expert, news, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 523
Baltimore crime/ English city crime I’ve been reading up a lot on the differences and similarities between crime in Baltimore and crime in London and Manchester via top Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. When The Wire got popular in the … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Baltimore police, Baltimore Sun, Blog, crime, Daisy Dukes, gun crime, guns, Independent newspaper, Justin Fenton, lifestyle, London, Manchester, maryland, pronouncing numbers, The Wire, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 522
Baltimore City Police Ride-Along I can’t say too much about my ride-along cos of the confidentiality with the Homicide Department whom I rode along with last night, but I can say this: 1. It is like The Wire in areas … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Homicide Department, Baltimore police, British humour, Canade, cops, David Simon, expat life, homicide, maryland, murders, ride along, The Corner, The Wire, UK, USA
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