Tag Archives: Baltimore Sun

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 523

Posted on November 15, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | Leave a comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 301

Posted on November 23, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

School buzzers / PTA Okay, so in the UK schools you have to press a buzzer to get in to the school and there are cameras and wot not and you have to sign in and it’s all very security … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, beer pong, blagger, Blog, Britain, British, Clarksville, Columbia, Culture, DC, drinking games, flip cup, guns, hocoblogs@@@, homelessness, Howard County, humour, language, lifestyle, maryland, poverty, PTA, River Hill High School, Sandy Hook, school security, Super Zips, tickets, to blag, UK, USA, Vera Bradley, Washington, Washington Post, wealth, zipcodes | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 283

Posted on November 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Blogs Oscars In Baltimore there are these things called the Mobbies – they are the Blog Oscars for local bloggers. And, hooray, Desperate English Housewife is in the ‘Personal Blogs’ category! (And the ‘Lifestyle Blogs’ category!) So, if you have … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, Blog, blog party, blogger, bloggers, British, Dennis J. Lane, Desperate English Housewife in USA, expat, Howard County, Mobbies, Tale of Two Cities, UK, UK Desperate Housewife USA, USA | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 143

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Tales from Howard County I wrote an article back in March for the Baltimore Sun’s magazine about Howard County. It has just been published, so here it is for you to enjoy and share and chuckle at. The photoshoot was … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Baltimore Sun, British, Culture, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Howard Magazine, lifestyle, maryland, UK, USA | 14 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 126

Posted on May 10, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Goodbye Dennis J. Lane A blogger friend, pillar of the community and thoroughly decent chap left this world last night in tragic circumstances that have shocked our local area greatly. Dennis was one of those blokes who exuded warmth and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, Blog, blog community, blogger, British, Columbia, Columbia Patch, Culture, Dennis Lane, Ellicott City, expat, hocoblogs@@@, HoCoMoJo, Howard County, language, maryland, Mr DC Pageant, ottoman, poof, UK, USA | 12 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 116

Posted on May 3, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Baltimore Prison Saga The current dinner table talk in my neck of the woods is of worthy of an HBO drama series….and it’s all true. The synopsis of the current ‘can you believe this is happening’ story is this: The … Continue reading →