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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 428
Miami Miami. Whilst I was there this past weekend I thought this a lot: This is a place as far removed in demeanour and character from the town where my parents live in the UK as you could possibly find. … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged America, American, Americans, beach, Britain, British, Bugatti, Culture, drag queens, expat, fashion, florida, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Miami Beach, Muscle beach, poseurs, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 427
Summertime Someone asked me why I wasn’t blogging as much recently. Has America lost its appeal? Goodness no, and especially not in the summertime!. The reason I am not blogging as much is because I have been sunbathing a lot. … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 426
American Theater/Theatre So, American theater is no different from British theatre, right? People are in the audience watching, and people are on stage acting. Just the same. Except there are differences – of course there are! We saw The Wizard … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, British, Chief Executive Howard County, Courtney Watson, Culture, England, expat, gay marriage, Governor of Maryland, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, ice cream, LGBT, marriage equality, Martin O'Malley, maryland, pride, same-sex marriage, theater, theatre, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 425
Cock up Apparently, Americans don’t use the phrase ‘cock up’. When I say it, I think they are shocked that I just used the word ‘cock’ randomly in a sentence. As if I would! 😉 (Cock up = another word … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged America, American, Americans, British, British slang, cock up, crab cakes, drive-thru, expat, graduation, hocoblogs@@@, language, maryland, The Wire, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 424
British food / American food Marmite. I had some yesterday and it was LUSH. I don’t miss it, I don’t crave it, but when I had some it was fandabidozie. Monster Munch crisps. Our mate Dave always brings some over … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Charleston, Colonial Cravings, Cornish, Cornwall, Culture, deep-fried, England, English, expat, fish and chips, food, hocoblogs@@@, Hush Puppies, lifestyle, marmite, maryland, Maryland crab, Monster Munch, Peanut butter and jelly cupcakes, Rick Stein, saffron buns, South Carolina, spotted dick, trailing spouse, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 423
Holibobs Today is a holibobs in the USA (Memorial Weekend), and the UK has its May bank holibobs too today so there was no need to feel jelly about anything, especially when we get to spend time here in Southern … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, beaches, Britain, British, Culture, cup of tea, Ellicott City, England, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, maryland, Memorial Weekend, Politics, race, South Maryland, Tom Coale, UK, USA, water parks
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 422
Bringing up my British boy in the USA I wrote a guest post this week about the funny little things my son, age 6, says as he tries to get his head round stuff in the USA. He says some … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Hits 1073, America, American, Americans, Bakersfield, Blog, Bringing UP Brits, Britain, British, Britney Spears, Brooke Ryan, California, Charleston, Culture, Disney, Dr Zeuss, England, English, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Katy Perry, lifestyle, marriage, Matt Nathanson, Memorial Day, Mickey Mouse, Nate Dogg, Oprah, Sunday Funday, The Magic, UK, UK in USA, USA, Washington DC
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 421
East Coast Beaches I love a beach. Oooh, I do. I love the sun and the sea and the sand (actually, I don’t love the last one when it’s in my food and my bikini, but I like the IDEA … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American Civil War, Americans, beaches, Britain, British, Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Chesapeake, Culture, Deadly Affairs, Delaware, east coast, England, English, Evil Kin, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Investigation Discovery, language, lifestyle, maryland, North Beach, Southern Fried Homicide, Tangier accent, Tangier Island, Torquay, UK, USA, Virginia
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 419
Today in America This: Oh. My. Gawdness. This: I caused a traffic jam on the 32 in Howard County rescuing three groundhogs sat in the middle of the road. One went off in the other direction and I thought I … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American English, Americans, Britain, British, British English, Culture, England, expat, expats, groundhogs, guns, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, Howard County, language, Montana, Papa John, pizza, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 418
The heat is on I don’t really have much to say about life in America except that it is now V HOT AND STICKY. Hoorah! 🙂 Snogging/making out This is true fact: USA folk: you make out. We Brits ‘snog’. … Continue reading
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