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Tag Archives: Columbia
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 114
A key dilemma So, I needed to get a key cut today (no, don’t yawn…). But could I bloody well find anywhere that in my ‘UK’ head might cut keys….? Nope. I Googled all sorts of key-cutting combinations and I … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, bloggers, British, cobblers, Columbia, communities, Culture, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, hocofood@@@, Howard County, Kendalls Hardware store, keys, lifestyle, mannequins, margarita, maryland, Mexican food, Timpsons, Travel, Twitter, UK, USA, Xitomate
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 109
Festival in the sun I had a choice today to go and see some swashbuckling pirates in Fells Point in Baltimore or go to a festival in Ellicott City, my nearby little mini-American-Glastonbury. My five year old, surprisingly, chose the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, awesome, bands, beer, Blog, British, Columbia, Culture, Ellicott City, expat, festival, Glastonbury, good people, hocoblogs@@@, Hocopopo, hocorising, ice cream, language, maryland, Maxine, music, pulled pork, The Bubble Man, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 107
It’s a small world after all…. Today I went for lunch with some American people whom I had never met before. That is a very interesting thing to do because you just don’t know…. So why did I go for … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, British, chickpea cookies, Clarksville, coincidence, Columbia, Columbia Gym, Culture, expats, fate, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, parents, Roots, South Africa, tweet, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 103
How NOT to do drive-up banking So, drive-up banking is, as I have declared before – BLOODY BRILLIANT. I love it! When people come to stay I just want to show them drive-up banking, so even the smallest amount of … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, baseball, Blog, British, Columbia, Dallas, drive up banking, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Jackie Robinson, lifestyle, maryland, nail salon, Patrick Duffy, The People's Court, The View, Thoughts, Travel, TV, UK, USA, walking, weather, Whoopie Goldberg
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 97
Me and Columbia I live in Columbia, MD. This is what I had to say about it (Can you spot me? Hint:I’m the one with the British accent… ;): (Note: this was taken after a VERY sweaty workout :)) Things … Continue reading
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Tagged alliteration, America, American, Americans, bacon, bagels, Baltimore, Baltimore Post Examiner, BBC America, Blog, Bloglovin, breakfast, British, Columbia, Columbia Association, Culture, cup of tea, Daisy Dukes, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, sunshine, Thoughts, USA, weather, workout
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 94
The Desperate Housewife actually ‘does’ Washington The funny thing about living in the ‘burbs is that, whilst I’ve been to Washington, I’d not yet actually ‘done’ Washington in the tourism sense, but that was rectified this fine Spring Break/Easter weekend. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandria, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Capitol Building, cherry blossoms, church, Columbia, Culture, DC, Easter eggs, Easter weekend, FLOTUS, Forrest Gump, hocoblogs@@@, Irish pubs, Kite Festival, Lincoln Memorial, Michelle Obama, protestors, Reflecting Pool, spring, Thoughts, topless men, Travel, USA, Virginia, Washington, weather, White House
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 93
Chuffed of Cheltenham / Columbia Today’s little episode that brought a smile to my face….. Man to me in the mall: Excuse me, do you write a blog about living in the States? Me: Yes, I do…. Man: Oh, I … Continue reading
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Tagged America, British, Cheltenham, Columbia, hocoblogs@@@, pub, Scotland, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 88
A year since I visited…. I visited this nation exactly one year ago for five whole days in order to get a look at the area, the schools, the location, the facilities, and, of course, the mall. I remember saying … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Columbia, Culture, cup of tea, Deep Fried Oreos, driving, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, home, homesick, Howard County, July 4th, lifestyle, mall, maryland, Mother's Day, politeness, restrooms, Smitten by Britain, St George's Day, St Patrick's Day, sunshine, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 85
Rock the blog party! So, I’m guessing many people are asking, what on earth is a blog party? Valid question – I asked myself the same thing. Many of us may be guilty of perceiving bloggers as geeks (okay, some … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, blog party, British, Claire, Columbia, Culture, cup of tea, expats, fish and chips, football, hocoblogs@@@, language, Lemsip, lifestyle, maryland, People, phone booths, phone boxes, pissed, pissed off, pronunciation, pubs, rain, soccer, Ta of Sexology, UK, Union Jacks, USA, weather
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