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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 543
Christmas roadtrip Well, y’all, I’m practicing my Southern drawl, as we’re heading on out to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee for our Christmas roadtrip and I cannot flippin’ well wait! I love the South. I do. I love … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, Christmas, Cirque Dream Holidaze, Culture, Deep South raodtrip, expat, Great Smoky Mountains, hocoblogs@@@, holibobs, holidays, Howard County, Indian reservation, Lyric Opera House, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, theater, Travel, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 542
The Best of British I’ve been hunting high and low recently for some quality British jewellery. Oh, I like Americana stuff here, but there’s something about British jewellery style that I can’t pass up. And lo, just three weeks before … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Americans, Badminton Horse Trials, Blog, Britain, British, British countryside, Britishness, Christmas, Culture, Duchess Kate, England, expat, Henley Regatta, Hiho Silver, Hiho UK, hocoblogs@@@, Polo, silver jewellery, Somerset, UK, USA, Zara Phillips
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 540
The English Dialect Coach I love talking in my British/English accent in America – it’s been a useful tool. So useful that I am due to be the dialect coach for Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s upcoming production of The Importance of … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, Ambassador's residence, America, American, Britain, British, British accent, British Ambassador, British Embassy, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, civil service, Culture, England, English, English accent, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Judy Dench, Oscar Wilde, Rupert Everett, Slough, The Importance of Being Earnest, UK, USA, Washington DC
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 539
Hectic life in the USA! It’s been utterly hectic in America-land this week just gone. My UK friend will need a holiday to get over the busy week she’s had. So, what have we been up to? Let’s talk about … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC studios, America, American, Baltimore, behind the scenes, Britain, British, Culture, Dr Oz, Dr Oz show, England, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, insomnia, New York city, NYC, Oprah Winfrey, pint of beer, Spotted Pig, Thoughts, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 538
The Dr Oz Show Who is Dr Oz and why am I writing about him? Is he an Australian Doctor in the Outback, as I first thought? No, he is not. He is a TV doctor on the ABC network … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, British, Culture, Dr Oz show, England, English, expat, insomnia, lifestyle, lifstyle, New York, NYC, Richard and Judy, This Morning, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 537
UK impressions My UK visitor and I have now completed two shopping malls (her choice!!!) and Downtown Baltimore. She fell in love with the Federal Hill area of Baltimore, with its market, character, funky town houses, culture, the fact you … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, beer, Blog, Britain, British, bus, Columbia, Culture, England, English, expat, expats, Federal Hill, Giant store, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, maryland, public transport, Shopping mall, suburbs, taco, Travel, UK, USA, Washington
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 536
Desperate Housewife birthday cake! Just take a look at this bit of fabulous, by my fabulous American friends 🙂 That’s what it looked like when I saw it on Saturday night. This is what it looked like on Sunday morning….. … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 535
Party bus Americana On Saturday we took a party bus around Baltimore. I hear party buses are quite the thing in London now – it’s how to get all your chums round the town in one piece. This party bus … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, British reserve, Culture, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, hugging, lifestyle, school bus, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 534
Visitor from the UK So my visitor has only been here 24 hours now from the UK, but she’s noticing the differences already. She’s been to the States before, but she’s never lived here, and as you and I know, … Continue reading
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