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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 →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, British, Capitol Building, cars, civil war, commercials, Confederate, Culture, Django, Downtown, expats, fire hydrant, Fredericksburg, Guardian UK, highway, history, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, ice skating, inauguration, litter, marshmallows, maryland, NFL, Obama, parking violation, philanthropy, Politics, rhetoric, Richmond, road trip, southern charm, speeding, tarot cards, tattoo, Thoughts, Travel, Union, USA, Virginia | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 69

Posted on December 18, 2012 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Reading the news USA radio style I recently switched radio stations in the car, mainly because I was fed up of listening to a) the same songs and b) adverts for men’s neck and ear hair removal and soda streams … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, Baltimore, British, Connecticut shootings, Culture, Dallas Dance, Denzel Washington, expats, gloucestershire, hocoblogs@@@, I95, knife, lifestyle, maryland, music, naked woman by Christmas tree, radio stations, schools, Travel, USA | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 67

Posted on December 10, 2012 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Christmas lights in the USA So…..there are lights, lights everywhere. Christmassy ones. And blow up Santas, and blow up snowmen, and I even saw a blow up pineapple, though what that has to do with Christmas, I cannot fathom. Anyhow, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 80s, America, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, British, Christmas, Christmas trees, class, Culture, decorations, Dukes of Hazzard, expats, guns, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, lights, maryland, People, Politics, Ravens, Santa, sheriff, snowmen, tailgaiting, Thanksgiving, Thoughts, UK, USA | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 58

Posted on November 9, 2012 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Why Howard County? Someone asked me why we chose / like living in Howard County. And it made me wonder why….. Recently a friend (a Brit) said to me that living in our area (Columbia, MD) was like living in … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 52

Posted on November 1, 2012 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Halloween and Hooters You might want to grab a cup of tea for this one….! So, let’s start with Hooters. Hooters, dear friends, is a bar which prides itself on its employees, who it promotes as lovely, buxom, fit ladies … Continue reading →