Tag Archives: DC

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 →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 4th July parade, accents, America, American, American food, Americans, Amish, Annapolis, Baltimore, Baltimore Zoo, Blog, British, Brooke Ryan, cell phone, Centennial Lake, Chesapeake, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Clarksville, cowboys, Culture, DC, Dennis J. Lane, District 9B, Ellicott City, expat, florida, Fort Lauderdale, fries, Halloween, Harlem Globetrotters, hocoblogs@@@, hurricane sandy, Lancaster County, language, leopards, loo, maryland, New York, Ocean City, potty, Rehobeth, Tesco, Thoughts, Times Square, toilet, Tom Coale, Travel, UK, USA, Wine in the Woods | 16 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 203

Posted on August 13, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Amish mafia I heard an advert (commercial) on the radio for a TV programme yesterday that I had no idea existed. It’s is called Amish Mafia. Let me repeat that title: AMISH MAFIA. What is this glorious monstrosity that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Amish Mafia, Baltimore Post Examiner, Blog, British, Brits, Cheers America, Culture, DC, drinking, Englishman, expat, Gibraltar, hocoblogs@@@, Justin Webb, Lancaster County, Lebanon Levi, Pennsylvania, Rock of Gibraltar, Scarface, Shoo-Fly Pie, Travel, UK, USA, Washington | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 194

Posted on July 30, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

British or American countryside? There is a little place off the 108 in Clarksville that I love. I love it because of its natural beauty and the fact that it sells fruit and veg and ‘pick your own flowers’ on … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, Air Force, America, American, Americans, Anglophile, Black Magic, Blog, Bradford on Avon, British, Clarks Elioaks Farm, cottage garden, Culture, cup of tea, DC, Eastenders, England, English countryside, expat, flying, food, fruit and veg, going home, Henry VIII, maryland, Mississippi, Northern Ireland, PBS, Queen, Queen's Coronation, Thoughts, tourist, Travel, Trinny and Susannah, TV, UK, USA, Wedgewood | 8 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 190

Posted on July 26, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Rudey-nudey killjoys in the UK Look, in Europe (yes, the UK is in Europe!) we’re not adverse to a bit of nudity. In fact, we like it – generally. So the council shirt and tie killjoys in Clacton are trying … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged American, Americans, Baltimore, baseball, Boston, British, Broadway, California, Clacton on Sea, council, cowgirls, Culture, cupcakes, DC, Disneyland, driving, dust, east coast, economy, Ellicott City, England, Essex, florida, freeways, guns, Halloween, history, hocoblogs@@@, Hogwarts, Howard County, Italian food, Leominster, lifestyle, maryland, maternity leave, Mexican food, nude bike ride, NYC, Ohio, Philly, pizza, public transport, Rose Rocca, schools, skinny dipping, snow, Travel, UK, USA, villages, weather, West Coast, white Christmas, yoga | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 144

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Wrong side / right side of the road Every time (and I mean every time) I get in to the car and drive I do consciously still say to myself ‘drive on the right, drive on the right’. (Note, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Bowie, British, Columbia, cowboys, Culture, Dallas, DC, driving, expat, freeways, Governor of Maryland, highways, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Hugh Laurie, Interstates, John Ross Jr, language, Martin O'Malley, maryland, Texas, UK, USA, Washington | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 140

Posted on June 1, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Adult Swim Parties! Adult swim in DC? What’s this all about? Pool parties and drinkiepoos? Sounds like the sort of superficial nonsense that would be immensely enjoyable! 😉 In reality I expect there would be lots of shallow, saucy shenanigans … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Adult Swim Party, America, American, Americans, Bradford on Avon, British, Culture, DC, historic, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, pool parties, Savage, SavageFest, Trowbridge, UK, USA | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 138

Posted on May 31, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

That Bay Bridge I’ve shared my scaredy-cat view of the Bay Bridge, which you have to cross to get to lovely places like Rehoboth and all the beaches on the Eastern Shore, and cross it I have at least five … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, art, Baddies, Bay Bridge, Blog, British, Brits, Brooke Ryan, Caroline McCatty, cheese rolling, Cockney Rhyming Slang, Culture, DC, expat, expats, fat camps, hocoblogs@@@, language, Lion King, Mix107.3, podcast, Scar, school holidays, shots, Star Trek, summer camps, sunset, Travel, UK, USA, Washington | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 115

Posted on April 28, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Road signs When you drive over here (as a Brit), all of a sudden you see signs which make you go ‘ooooh!’ and ‘wow’. This one did just that. Good innit?! Brits in Baltimore This weekend I hooked up with … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, Americans, Annapolis, Baltimore, blogger, British, Chick and Ruths Delly, Columbia, Culture, DC, drag queen, expats, FBI, food, gay scene, Governor of Maryland, hocoblogs@@@, Man vs Food, Martin O'Malley, maryland, New York, pub crawl, road signs, Star Wars, Towson, UK, USA | 20 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 94

Posted on March 31, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →