Category Archives: American

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 603

Baltimore I’m a big fan and advocate of the city of Baltimore, so it’s sad to see all the stuff going on there at the moment in light of the Freddie Gray incident. I’ve grown very, very fond of Baltimore … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 602

Promoting Earth Day So, I got asked by a fancy PR company in NYC to do some promotion of Earth Day and making the home more green and sustainable for Earth Day on 22 April. Of course, I said ‘yes’! … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 600

Expat bubble I recently read this article about the ‘expat bubble’. It’s a weird thing being an expat, between cultures. My expat life is made up of three social parts: the expat bubble that comes with my husband’s job and … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 599

UK houses vs USA houses I’ve been living in my USA house for nearly three years now. And it’s silly big. I don’t say this in a boastful way, I say it in an incredulous way. The houses in the … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 598

Cherry Blossom, DC In three years this is the first time we’ve headed down to DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival, which is a big thing. And the finest Spring day you can imagine with a load of very happy … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 597

Orange and purple are the new black in Maryland The other day I wore an orange top here in the USA. If you wear an orange top in Maryland people immediately assume you’re doing it to support the Orioles baseball … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 596

The Streets of Philadelphia So, when I think of Philly, my mind immediately turns to 80s movies such as Rocky and Trading Places, where the 80s struggling economy made an impact and the streets were grey and filled with homeless … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 595

Cadbury vs Hershey Let it be known that I ADORE Cadbury’s chocolate and all British chocolate, so it was with a heavy heart that, since were in the neigbourhood, on a wet day where else should we go than Hershey … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 594

The Ghost Town of Pennsylvania On our PA roadtrip we headed about an hour and a half north of Philly to a ‘town’ called Centralia, though it’s not so much a town now as a wasteland. Centralia’s population has dwindled from … Continue reading

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 593

Pennsylvania roadtrip So, the intention of this roadtrip was to get to different areas of PA from those more Amish influenced areas that we’d been to before. The aim was to take in Philly and some of the surrounding towns … Continue reading

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