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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 421

Posted on May 21, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

East Coast Beaches I love a beach. Oooh, I do. I love the sun and the sea and the sand (actually, I don’t love the last one when it’s in my food and my bikini, but I like the IDEA … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American Civil War, Americans, beaches, Britain, British, Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Chesapeake, Culture, Deadly Affairs, Delaware, east coast, England, English, Evil Kin, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Investigation Discovery, language, lifestyle, maryland, North Beach, Southern Fried Homicide, Tangier accent, Tangier Island, Torquay, UK, USA, Virginia | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 258

Posted on October 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Letter from the residents’ association Now, my friend was telling me that she got a letter from the Stepford Wives’ residents’ association (actually, I don’t think it was from the Stepford Wives, but it might as well have been). She … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 1980s, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Chesapeake, clean house, Columbia, crabs, Culture, Denny's, expat, Halloween, Happy Eater, HIghland, Highland Fair, houses, Howard County, lifestyle, manager, maryland, residents' associations, restaurants, Scooby Doo, Stepford Wives, UK, USA, wheelbarrow, wine tasting | 11 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 205

Posted on August 16, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

American aisle in Tesco! There’s an aisle in Tesco’s in the UK that has just American food! How exciting, trilled my friends back in the UK! But let’s take a closer look at these shelves stacked with American goodness…. Oh … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 188

Posted on July 24, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Bay Bridge horror! Lordy, that Bay Bridge in Maryland gives me the jitters, and now even more so…. A woman swam to safety last Friday night after a tractor-trailer hit her car and sent it plunging over the Bay Bridge … Continue reading →