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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 628
UK vs USA: the final list! This is a tongue-in-cheek summary over a couple of blog posts about what I love about America, or what gets my British back up, and what I think it should adopt from the UK … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, Britain, British, British American differences, British customs, expat life, Travel
Tagged America, American, American culture, American history, baseball, Britain, British, brunch, Culture, expat, food, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, hugging, Politics, positivity, solo cups, tailgating, Thanksgiving, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 611
Desperate Housewife-y stuff As I am writing this blog there is a chap outside cutting my grass and pruning my bushes. Our landlord sorts this out for us, and I am thinking of having serious words with this landlord because … Continue reading
Posted in American, British, Cadbury's, chocolate, expat, Travel
Tagged America, American, Americans, British expat, Cadbury's, chocolate, Chocolate Mailbox, desperate housewife, Double Decker, expat life, food, hocoblogs@@@, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 596
The Streets of Philadelphia So, when I think of Philly, my mind immediately turns to 80s movies such as Rocky and Trading Places, where the 80s struggling economy made an impact and the streets were grey and filled with homeless … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, British, expats, roadtrip, USA
Tagged America, American, American cities, American history, Americans, Betsy Ross, Britain, British, Elfreth Alley, expat, expats, food, freedom, liberty, Liberty Bell, London, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philly art museum, roadtrip, Rocky, Rocky steps, tourism, Travel, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 591
Eatery bucket list As well as a travel bucket list, we have an eatery bucket list to complete before we go back to the UK, and I have to say it’s not all great food, but such is the way of … Continue reading
Posted in American, British, British American differences, expat life, UK, USA
Tagged America, American, American food, Americans, British, bucket list, Chipotle, Culture, English, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, junk food, Mexican food, Taco Bell, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 588
American foods I’ve never even heard of/never want to eat… I still have some foods on my American bucket list. Grits – check (gross); gumbo – check (love); S’mores – check (gross). Like, I’ve never had a PB&J (Peanut Butter … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, British American differences, expats
Tagged America, American, American food, British, Burgoo, Culture, donut burger, eating, expat, expat lives, food, hocoblogs@@@, Jello Salad, Koolickles, lifestyle, Sloppy Joes, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 562
Take out boxes/bags USA vs UK I love the American take out boxes in restaurants. It means you don’t have to eat all your dinner in one go – save it for lunch = economical! Nothing is wasted! You can … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, British, British American differences, culture, Travel
Tagged American, American football, Britain, British vs American, Cadbury, chicken wings, Culture, England, English, expat, expat life, expats, food, Hershey, hocoblogs@@@, Katy Perry, Obama, Patriots, Seahawks, Super Bowl, take out boxes, Tom Brady, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 546
Ham and eggs with The Lord in South Carolina On roadtrips we make it a mission NOT to eat in chain restaurants. That’s sometimes easier said than done when the road sides are adorned with signs indicating hundreds of McDonald’s, … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged America, American, Americans, British, chain restaurants, easy over eggs, expat, food, grits, ham and eggs, Nothern America, Pulp Fiction, roadtrip, South Carolina, southern charm, sunnyside up, Travel, Triangle Waffle, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 545
The Christmas Roadtrip ‘Down South’ Before we start at the beginning, we need to start at the end. The end happened yesterday and I declared that, whilst the trip had been brillopads, that was enough roadtripping for me for a … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged accents, America, American, American accent, American biscuits, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, Chapel Hill, Chicken Poop Bingo, driving, English, expat, food, Hob Nob, holidays, North Carolina, rich tea, roadtrip, roadtripping, Southern accent, southern charm, Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 531
The Last Thanksgiving Supper Well, that’s our last Thanksgiving done. And we got to spend it proper American-stylie 🙂 This is what we ate (I can’t remember the names of some of the stuff, but it tasted amazeballs!) Today feels … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 1812, America, American, Black Friday, Blog, Boxing Day, British, Culture, Eastern Shore, England, English, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, pumpkin pie, sales, St Michael's, Thanksgiving, UK, USA, war
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