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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 624
Canada vacation So, I think I’ve been to Canada three times before in my life, because in the 1970s half of my family decided to emigrate there. My mother took my brother and I on a six week East to … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 574
For the love of real estate Today I’ve been discussing with my American chums the difference between a UK sestate agent and a USA real estate agent. It appears that the USA ‘realtor’ develops a relationship with the people who are … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Americans, British, Brits, Columbia, estate agents, expat, expats, French, hocoblogs@@@, maryland, McMansions, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, real estate, realtor, UK, USA, War of 1812, Washington, Washington DC
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 566
The White House West Wing Visit Well, scrub it off the bucket list! We visited The White House. And jolly nice and white it was too 🙂 . If I tell how we got in there I would have to … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americana, Americans, attractive accents, British, British accent, DC, England, English, expat life, French, House of Cards, Irish, Michelle Obama, Obama, The West Wing, The White House, UK, USA, War of 1812, Washington
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 467
The final New Orleans chapter The Cocktail Tour I’d like to be able to tell you the fascinating history of each cocktail we encountered on the tour of the finer drinking establishments in New Orleans, but to be brutally honest, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American history, American Horror Story, Americans, Anne Rice, Bourbon Street, Brad Pitt, cocktails, Creole, crime, Culture, Delphine Lalaurie, desperate housewife, expat, Fats Domino, French, ghosts, hocoblogs@@@, Hurricane Katrina, Interview with a Vampire, Kathy Burke, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mint Julep, New Orleans, Nicholas Cage, slaves, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Garden District, Travel, Truman Capote, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 465
Let’s talk New Orleans! When I flew back from Louisiana’s little French/Creole/Spanish swampy party kooky culture-fest last night I felt like I was heading back to Maryland from a completely different country. New Orleans, whilst it might be described as … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, beads, Blog, boobs, booze, Bourbon Street, Britain, British, Creole, crime, Culture, Detroit, Disneyland, England, expat, expats, French, French Quarter, Frenchman Street, Garden District, guns, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Mardi Gras, maryland, murder capital, New Orleans, NOLA for Life, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 385
I am over winter. Thank you Uncle Sam, you can keep your snowy East Coast winters. That is all. The BritChick Meet the ‘BritChick’ (great name!), aka Bex Saunders. She is a very British girl, living in Canada. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, bleeding Nora, Bradley Cooper mini, Britain, BritChick, British, British sense of humour, Canada, chuffing, Culture, England, English, expat, expats, French, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Nova Scotia, pubs, snow, social media, spring, swimming, Toronto, Travel, UK, Uncle Sam, USA, weather, winter
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