Tag Archives: expat

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 483

Posted on September 11, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Math/Legos I know where the ‘s’ in Maths has gone in America – they put it at the end of Legos! Back to school parties We don’t have such things as Back to school parties in the UK. But here … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Back to school parties, Blog, Britain, British, Culture, deer, English, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, Kona Ice, Lego, Legos, lifestyle, school, September 11th, UK, USA | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 482

Posted on September 10, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Creatives award A piece that my lovely friend Kate Evans and I put together for Global Living Magazine about her expat experience in Botswana and the difficulty of coming back home has won a ‘creatives’ award. How lovely! See the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American football, Americans, Baltimore Ravens, Blog, British, Confederate flag, Creatives Alice Award, crosswalks, Culture, Displaced Nation, Dr Kate Evans, driving, English, Europe, expat, expats, Global Living Magazine, high school, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Ken Ulman, lifestyle, pedestrian crossings, Ray Rice, UK, USA, walking | 13 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 479

Posted on September 7, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

On the telly! Well, Desperados, I had my USA TV debut last night and in case you missed it, here are some shots from the show, Investigation Discovery’s Season 3 episode, Blood Ties, where I play a cop! If you … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 1812, Alexandria, America, American, American independence, Americans, Blog, Blood ties, Britain, British, British American relations, British Embassy, bucket list, cricket, DC, England, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, House of Cards, ID season 3, Investigation Discovery, sailing, tug of war, UK, USA, Virginia | 3 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 477

Posted on September 5, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

My name American-stylie American woman to me: ‘What’s your name?’ ‘Claire.’ ‘How do you spell that?’ ‘C-L-A-I-R-E’ ‘Oh…Claire! That’s my middle name!’ ‘Oh ha ha! How do you say it then?’ ‘I say it Clay-air. I am from the South, … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 476

Posted on September 2, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

How Brits celebrate Labor Day Labor Day in the USA is like the Bank Holibobs in the UK. So, how do we Brits celebrate it? Playing a traditional British sport, of course. Cricket, with rain intervals, naturally. Welcome Fall It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Autumn, Bank Holidays, Britain, British, bucket list, cricket, Culture, England, English, expat, fall, hocoblogs@@@, holibobs, Labor Day, maryland, repatriation, tradition, UK, USA, weather | 8 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 473

Posted on August 29, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

CHiPs! OMG, I totes forgot to tell a California roadtrip story from July. It went like this, as we were coming out of Santa Barbara to Carmel. Husband: ‘Look at all those signs saying that the California Highway Patrol are … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, California, Carmel, CHiPs, cleaning, cops, Culture, Daisy Dukes, desperate housewife, driving, Dyson, England, English, expat, hocoblogs@@@, hoovers, pet hair, pets, rhubarb, road trip, Santa Barbara, speeding, sunshine, Travel, UK, USA, vaccums, weather, Wysteria Lane | 10 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 472

Posted on August 29, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

A blog post dedicated to all the ‘Randy’ men There are a lot of men called ‘Randy’ in the USA. I don’t think there are many men at all called ‘Randy’ in the UK. This is probably due to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Britain, British, Chipotle, Culture, Dicks, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, horny, housewife, innuendo, language, names, Randall, randy, Randy Quaid, translation, Travel, UK, USA | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 471

Posted on August 27, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Knives in America This is not a post about stabbings in the USA. Oh no, this is a post about superstitions about knives in the USA! In many places in the United States it is considered bad luck to hand … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged #als, #icebucketchallenge, #icebucketchallenge #als, America, American, Americans, Britain, British, Culture, expat, hocoblogs@@@, knives, redneck, superstition, UK, USA, White House | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 470

Posted on August 26, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Mooching USA stylie The other day I wrote a blog post about living in America as a Brit and I used the term ‘mooching’, as in I was going to mooch around the new Whole Foods supermarket that has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, bangers, Blog, boobs, British, Culture, English, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, holidays, language, mooching, sausages, school, UK, USA, Whole Foods | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 469

Posted on August 25, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Back with the Amish One of the places in the USA that made an impression on me the first time I visited it was Lancaster, PA and the Amish country. I wanted to go again to feel its surrealness and … Continue reading →