Monthly Archives: December 2014

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 536

Posted on December 8, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Desperate Housewife birthday cake! Just take a look at this bit of fabulous, by my fabulous American friends 🙂 That’s what it looked like when I saw it on Saturday night. This is what it looked like on Sunday morning….. … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 535

Posted on December 8, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Party bus Americana On Saturday we took a party bus around Baltimore. I hear party buses are quite the thing in London now – it’s how to get all your chums round the town in one piece. This party bus … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 534

Posted on December 5, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Visitor from the UK So my visitor has only been here 24 hours now from the UK, but she’s noticing the differences already. She’s been to the States before, but she’s never lived here, and as you and I know, … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 533

Posted on December 3, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Forty in the USA! Today I turned 40 in the USA. Did you read what I just wrote? I wrote ‘turned 40’, which is not a phrase I would have used before living in the States. I would have said … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 532

Posted on December 2, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

A slice of Americana Yesterday was the County Council installation ceremony for Howard County, which is more jazzy and funky than it sounds, because this is American politics, innit. The UK equivalent might be held in an Abbey or a … Continue reading →