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Tag Archives: Columbia
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 630
Happy 4th July It seems apt that my final blog post here in the USA on this blog happens on the eve of 4th July. You know, the day before the day back in history when the Brits got walloped … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, American dream, bloggers, blogging, blogs, Britain, British, British American differences, British customs, England, English, expat British, expat life, expats, fearlessness, Howard County, lifestyle, Maryland, Repatriation, Travel, Travel, UK, USA
Tagged America, American, American independence, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Columbia, Culture, Desperate Housewife: From America to England, English, expat, expat life, expats, From America to England, Global Living Magazine, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Independence Day, July 4th, lifestyle, repatrat, Travel, UK, UK DesperateHousewife USA, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 617
Rain, rain UK stylie When it rains in Americaland, like it is doing today for a change (it’s been sweltering this past week!), people do say to me ‘it must be just like being back in England’. Yes, I can … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, American dream, British, British American differences, expats, Travel, UK, USA
Tagged #hocomd, America, American dream, Americans, blogging, British, Brits, Columbia, England, expat, expat life, hocoblogs@@@, summer, Travel, Truman Show, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 615
Bye Bye Blog Party Well, folks, it’s back to afternoon teas, going ‘to the loo’, driving on the left and making innuendos without having to a) apologise or b) explain them as I depart the wonderful haven that is Howard … Continue reading
Posted in American, bloggers, blogging, England, Howard County
Tagged American, blog party, blogging, Britain, British, British accent, Columbia, Ellicott City, England, expat, expat life, From America to England, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, maryland, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 614
A Desperate Desperate Housewife in Washington This morning I got up at 515am to go down to DC to appear on the Good Morning Washington show, presenting a segment about insomnia and all the fabulous new products out there to … Continue reading
Posted in American customs, blogs, British, British American differences, culture, expat
Tagged America, Americans, Britain, British, British accent, British vs American, Columbia, DC, expat, expat life, Good Morning Washington, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, Howard County, insomnia, maryland, Mrs Doubtfire, sleep, Travel, UK, USA, USA mailboxes, Washington
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 613
Nashville and Memphis Second up – Memphis It was hard for Memphis to live up to Nashville. Many people expressed preference for one over the other. Nashville is cool and funky and I liked keeping it country. Memphis is emotional; so … Continue reading
Posted in Elvis, Memphis, Travel
Tagged America, American, Americans, Arkansas, Beale St, Blue Hawaii, British, Brits, civil rights, Columbia, Dr Martin Luther King, Elvis, expat, Graceland, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, McMansion, Memphis, Mississippi, Nashville, rock n roll, Sam Phillips, Sun Studio, Tennessee, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 607
Brit gals in the Bahamas, part 1 This is a brief travel blog of two Brit gals living in the USA who headed to the Bahamas for a long weekend. You don’t want the long version, cos we nattered non stop … Continue reading
Posted in Bahamas, blogging, British, culture, expat life, expats, Travel
Tagged America, American, Americans, Bahamas, beaches, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, Brits, Caribbean, Columbia, Culture, driving, expats, Gibraltar, history, hocoblogs@@@, holidays, Nassau, Queen Victoria, reggae, residents association, rum, Sky Juice, Torquay, tourism, Travel, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 600
Expat bubble I recently read this article about the ‘expat bubble’. It’s a weird thing being an expat, between cultures. My expat life is made up of three social parts: the expat bubble that comes with my husband’s job and … Continue reading
Posted in American, British, cross culture, culture, expat life, expats
Tagged America, American, Americans, blogging, British, Columbia, cross culture, Culture, desperate housewife, England, expat, expat bubble, expat life, expats, friendships, hocoblogs@@@, home from home, lifestyle, Little Britain, maryland, trailing spouse, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 592
Howard County celebrity Col. Gateway So, where I live there is a road called Columbia Gateway Drive but on the road signs for it, it is written like this: And so this local dude has fashioned himself as ‘Col. Gateway’ … Continue reading
Posted in expats, Howard County, UK, USA
Tagged #hocomd, America, American, Americans, bloggers, British accents, Col Gateway, Columbia, English, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, maryland, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 590
The expat child The expat child can have a confusing time. For example, you live/are from England, but you currently live in America. As this map, drawn my very own expat child shows… He is tremendously patriotic! Whenever I say … Continue reading
Posted in expats, Travel
Tagged America, American, Americans, British, Columbia, Culture, England, English language, expat, Expat child, expats, Hobbits Glen, hocoblogs@@@, JRR Tolkien, life abroad, Mark Twain, maryland, MD, Robert Frost, soliciting, Solicitors, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 574
For the love of real estate Today I’ve been discussing with my American chums the difference between a UK sestate agent and a USA real estate agent. It appears that the USA ‘realtor’ develops a relationship with the people who are … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged America, Americans, British, Brits, Columbia, estate agents, expat, expats, French, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, McMansions, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, real estate, realtor, UK, USA, War of 1812, Washington, Washington DC
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