Tag Archives: Culture

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 531

Posted on November 28, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 528

Posted on November 21, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

American childhoods vs British childhoods As I sat and listened to my American friends reminisce about their American childhoods, and as they spouted forth their cultural references that went right over my head, it made me realise that Brits and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 1980s, America, American, American and British differences, American TV, Americans, Back to the Future, Bill Cosby, Blog, Blue Peter, Britain, British, British children, British TV, Coca Cola, Count Duckula, cultural differences, Culture, England, English, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Jell-O 123, jello, jelly, kids, Lady Di, lifestyle, Prince Charles, Pudding Pops, Sherbert Dib-Dab, Smash Hits, Thoughts, UK, USA, Wham bar | Leave a comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 527

Posted on November 20, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 507

Posted on October 27, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Explaining The Sun’s Page 3 to Americans I can’t really remember how this conversation came about, but when you start explaining (not condoning, just explaining) The Sun’s Page 3 to Americans, which lands on a soft-porn daily basis on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Britain, British, bunny girl, Culture, England, English, expat, expats, Fry and Laurie Halloween, Halloween, Halloween costumes, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Page 3, The Sun, UK, USA | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 501

Posted on October 19, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Rennfest The Renaissance Festival: medieval merriment like only the Americans know how. Do we have this sort of thing in the UK, they ask. Not really, unless you count a few Forest of Dean folk pretending to make blankets out … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, Culture, dancing, Dancing with the Stars, England, English, expat, expats, Game of Thrones, hocoblogs@@@, La Blast, lifestyle, louis van amstel, medeival, Obama, Renaissance Festival, Strictly Come Dancing, UK, USA | Leave a comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 500

Posted on October 17, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Politico stuff Someone the other day asked me why I get involved and support the American politico stuff when I can’t vote. I said to them, that whilst I can’t raise a dolphin, I can do stuff to support it … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged #hocopolitics #hocomd, accents, adult phoneline, America, American, American politics, Americans, Anthony Brown, Britain, British, British accent, Calvin Ball, Columbia MD, Courtney Watson, Culture, Downtown Columbia, English, expat, fall, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Ken Ulman, Lake Kittamaqundi, maryland, political campaigns, Politics, Thoughts, UK, USA | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 496

Posted on October 11, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

American accents – blurred lines! I keep getting comments about my TV news appearance from folks in the UK saying I sound really American! What???!!! I donned my best British accent for that piece! I suspect there are a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, American, American accent, Americans, Baltimore, Becky Martin, Britain, British, British accent, Chris Addison, Culture, Dallas, Downtown Baltimore, England, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, maryland, Orioles, Peep Show, Sue Ellen, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Thick of It, Travel, UK, USA, Veep | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 495

Posted on October 9, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

UK Housewife USA on the telly! Today was super fun! I was interviewed by the rather devastatingly handsome Tom Rodgers on Fox 45 Baltimore News about taligating. I almost couldn’t get my words out, because he was so dishy! (Love … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, British, crabs, Culture, England, English, expat, Fox 45 news, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, lifestyle expert, Orioles, Ravens, taligating, Tom Rodgers, UK, USA, WBFF Baltimore | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 493

Posted on October 6, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Backyard and Tailgating Parties Doesn’t that title sound just sooooo American? Well, it is! And I’ll be talking about such things from a British perspective on Thursday ON THE TELLY! I’ll be on a segment at 9.25am on WBFF-TV (Baltimore … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, backyard parties, Baltimore, Blog, BottleBoss, Britain, British, Clever Crates, Culture, expat, Fox 45, Fox Baltimore, Gratechef, hocoblogs@@@, Sachi Bags, tailgating, Thermacell, TV, UK, USA, WBFF Baltimore | 3 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 492

Posted on October 5, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Poems about America and Britain Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and I was laughing. Why was I laughing? Because I had made up some poems / limericks about the differences between America and Britain … Continue reading →