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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 531
The Last Thanksgiving Supper Well, that’s our last Thanksgiving done. And we got to spend it proper American-stylie 🙂 This is what we ate (I can’t remember the names of some of the stuff, but it tasted amazeballs!) Today feels … Continue reading
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Tagged 1812, America, American, Black Friday, Blog, Boxing Day, British, Culture, Eastern Shore, England, English, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, pumpkin pie, sales, St Michael's, Thanksgiving, UK, USA, war
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 530
No, we Brits don’t have Thanksgiving! I just want to confirm, because I’ve been asked this like a billion times this week already (slight exaggeration 😉 ) – WE BRITS DON’T HAVE THANKSGIVING – it’s an American tradition! But, since … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Blog, common room, England, history, hocoblogs@@@, holiday, holidays, journey, Massachussets, Native American Indians, pilgrims, Plymouth, Thanksgiving, tradition, Travel, turkey, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 527
Living in the ‘Columbubble’ I don’t know who coined this phrase for our little part of Desperate Housewife suburban America, but Columbia is a bubble and shall henceforth be forever more known as ‘Columbubble’. I attribute this clever name to … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, Alan Partridge, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, Columbia, Columbubble, Culture, desperate housewife, driving, Ellicott City, England, English, expat, expats, George Washington, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, maryland, McDonalds, McMansions, President of the USA, Stepford Wives, suburban, suburbia, The Truman Show, Thoughts, Tom Coale, Travel, Truman Burbank, UK, USA, Whole Foods
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 524
Fox 45 News Morning Show This morning I got up at ridiculous-o’clock to get to Fox 45 studios in Baltimore to promote ‘gifts for moms’ with the upcoming ‘holiday season’ in my ‘lifestyle expert’ guise. This is what it looked … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Baltimore, Blog, British, Claire Bolden McGill, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey perfume, Fox 45 News Baltimore, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle expert, news, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 523
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
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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
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 521
Can Americans ‘do’ English beer? When I say ‘beer’ I mean ‘ale’. I really wished my British chum Matthew was with me last night in Columbia, MD, to sample a new beer that is being brewed in Baltimore. Matthew’s quite the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Baltimore, beer, Blog, British, Columbia, drink, drinking, eating, English, English beer, English hops, food, Greene Turtle, Heavy Seas Brewery, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, pasty, Scamp Fries, Shell Raiser Pale Ale, tacos
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 519
Blog giveaway! On Monday I’m talking on Fox 45 News about what ‘moms’ (yes, British folk, that’s ‘mums’ – and I am still one of those) might want for Christmas this year. And included in this list of items is … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Baltimore, Blog, British, Christmas, Cushies, Daisy Dukes, Downton Abbey fragrance, Fox 45 news, gifts for moms, hocoblogs@@@, Light Affections, netball, Sachi Bags, Sound Oasis, Tiles for Occasions, UK, USA, walking
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 515
British flag in the USA I only found out a few weeks ago that if you’re a Brit in the USA and you fancy flying the Union Flag outside your house, like many do, you’ve kind of got to fly it … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American flag, Baltimore, Blog, blogger, British, British flag, England, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Mobbies 2014, Stars and Stripes, Travel, UK, Union flag, USA, vote UK Desperate Housewife USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 512
My Expat Blog Interview I haven’t done a little expat interview for a while, but this one was pretty darn fun to do. Some enticing extracts for you! ‘I had a nagging fascination with things like Glee, Miami Vice, Fame, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, British, expat, expat life, hocoblogs@@@, Travel, USA
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