Tag Archives: Baltimore Ravens

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 482

Posted on September 10, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Creatives award A piece that my lovely friend Kate Evans and I put together for Global Living Magazine about her expat experience in Botswana and the difficulty of coming back home has won a ‘creatives’ award. How lovely! See the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American football, Americans, Baltimore Ravens, Blog, British, Confederate flag, Creatives Alice Award, crosswalks, Culture, Displaced Nation, Dr Kate Evans, driving, English, Europe, expat, expats, Global Living Magazine, high school, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Ken Ulman, lifestyle, pedestrian crossings, Ray Rice, UK, USA, walking | 13 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 352

Posted on February 2, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Superbowl Sunday Today is Superbowl Sunday. It’s not like last year’s buzz here on the East Coast when the Baltimore Raven’s were playing, but I guess in Seattle and Denver they are whooping it up! I’ll be watching the commercials … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, Beast Mode, Britain, British, chicken wings, Culture, Denver, England, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, London, Marshawn Lynch, Seattle, Skittle Sausages, Superbowl commercials, Superbowl Sunday, UK, USA | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 345

Posted on January 24, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Pittsburgh Steelers The kids round these parts (Maryland that is, of course) support one of two teams generally – The Baltimore Ravens or The Washington Redksins. My son, age 6, knows not a lot about American football, but such is … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American football, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, Blog, bollocks, Britain, British, British slang, expat, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, piss-artist, Pittsburgh Steelers, SuperBowl, swearing, The Septic's Companion, Troy Polamalu, UK, USA, Washington, Washington Redskins | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 245

Posted on September 25, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

American Stereotypes So my Brit chum Toni has written this piece busting American stereotypes. We’re all guilty of it, aren’t we? We’re guilty of it on the Brits too in our own communities, but let’s face it, we all have … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American stereotypes, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, banking, bbc, Blog, Britain, British, CHiPs, commercials, cops, Culture, deer collisions, expat, fashion, football, Gordon Ramsay, guns, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, Macy's, maryland, Mind the Gap, motorbikes, philanthropy, Pumpkin Spice L, radio, Thoughts, UK, USA, work posters | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 244

Posted on September 25, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Ravens party… ‘Ravens Party Bus Woman Says She’s Not A Stripper’ – now that’s the kind of headline that gets me reading! A Ravens star was injured after he was hit over the head with a champagne bottle. Apparently Jacoby … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American football, Americans, Baltimore Ravens, British, Coach John Harbaugh, Culture, deer, driving, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Jacoby Jones, lifestyle, maryland, raccoons, roadkill, squirrels, stripper, Sweet Pea, UK, USA | Leave a comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 231

Posted on September 12, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

I take it back about the rain in the USA We’ve had a few hours tonight of craaaazy thunderstorms, American stylie. So much so that they’ve only gone and cancelled some football matches. An alert read thus: ‘Because of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore Ravens, Blog, British, Columbia, Culture, expat, football, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, lightning, Making a Difference, rain, Shari Chase, soccer, thunderstorms, UK, USA, weather | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 224

Posted on September 6, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

What the expats have to say about America I hung out with a bunch of British and Aussie expats last night. It’s always interesting to get an insight into how different expats view their experiences and listen to their perspective … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American football, Americans, Aussie, Australia, Australian, Australian expat, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, Blog, Britain, British, Culture, drive on the left, drive on the right, dry cleaning, expat, expat life, expat living, expats, food, guns, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, language, lifestyle, living in America, road rage, road signs, shopping, turn on red, UK, USA | 11 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 78

Posted on January 30, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Superbowl weekend So, it’s the Superbowl this weekend and that means A LOT of talk about football (and chicken wings, which, apparently, Americans will consume over 1 billion of during the game. Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day of … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American football, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, British, cheerleaders, chicken wings, Culture, football, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, Miami Dolphins, murder trial, Poe, purple, Ray Lewis, soccer, Superbowl Sunday, USA, Wayne Rooney | 21 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 76

Posted on January 22, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

ROAD TRIP! So, before I begin the tale of our road trip, let me begin by telling you a story about once upon a time when I visited a tarot card reader in Glastonbury. This tarot card reader told me … Continue reading →