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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 196

Posted on August 1, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Glorious England! Boy oh boy, let me tell you folks that England is fabulous today – it’s the hottest start to an August here in ten years and the skies are blue with not a cloud in the sky (plus … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 195

Posted on July 31, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Hello England! And so, I hit the shores of the green and pleasant land with a drowsy five-year old in tow, a bunged up ear, no service on my US phone and no US to UK adaptors for my plethora … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 187

Posted on July 24, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

The law can’t make up its mind! Transatlantic love Matt met his partner online. He was in the USA and his partner was in the UK. With attitudes and laws being so different in the USA from the UK, Matt … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 183

Posted on July 19, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Wrong side of the road Today, for the first time in a while, I drove on the wrong (that is left handside of the road…). Weird. Not sure why I did that. Preparing for those roads in the UK, perhaps? … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, Alabama, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Cheltenham, cockney, Culture, dentist, driving, dumb laws, expat, expats, gloucestershire, hocoblogs@@@, Home Depot, insurance, Jewish Quarter, laws, Long Island, Manhatten, New York, Ring Dings, Robert Moses Beach, state laws, sue, TastyKake, teeth, Tennessee, Texas, Travel, UK, USA | 8 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 178

Posted on July 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Guns…. Oh, guns. This tweet was forwarded to me by an American friend today and it reads thus: Trying to explain our gun situation to people in other countries is like trying to explain Hitler to dogs. We Brits don’t … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 177

Posted on July 15, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Aussies in the USA Well, bung a shrimp on the barbie and get me a cold one, there’s only some Aussies hanging out in the USA! Jane found my blog whilst doing her research about Columbia, Maryland in anticipation of … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 173

Posted on July 11, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Brits in the USA There are a lot of us Brits in the USA. It’s funny how our paths cross, either in person or online. And we do drink tea at every opportunity, that is certainly correct. A girl also … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 172

Posted on July 11, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

American bands In the UK I haven’t seen many bands with the enthusiasm of this teenage band that I saw outside the Howard County Library Miller Branch (the celebrations were about the Howard County Library System winning Library of the … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 154

Posted on June 20, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Columbia is 46! The town in which I live is 46 years young. I say ‘years young’ because it is young in comparison to the towns in the UK (apart from Milton Keynes probably) that I have lived in before. … Continue reading →