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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 614

Posted on May 26, 2015 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

A Desperate Desperate Housewife in Washington This morning I got up at 515am to go down to DC to appear on the Good Morning Washington show, presenting a segment about insomnia and all the fabulous new products out there to … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 497

Posted on October 11, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Political frenzy in Maryland! There’s a slight frenzy in the air at the moment in Howard County, Maryland, as people are gearing up for the elections…..4 November is the big day! As well as attending pretend-politics VEEP fundraisers, I have … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 487

Posted on September 22, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Whirlwind weekend Despite the Desperate Housewife having bronchitis (I know, sob sob!) there are still events to attend and people to see and photo opps to be had. Let’s not forget that it’s 10 1/2 months till we depart Uncle … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 474

Posted on September 1, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Footie podcast The dulcet, and very British, tones of the UK Desperate Housewife USA have been used to introduce a very funny footie podcast called Canons and Cockerels. Smashing! Do check it out here! 🙂 Annapolis I can’t express how … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 463

Posted on August 14, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Thank you, Dennis Lane It’s been over a year since the Blogfather, as I like to call him, Dennis Lane was killed. His death rocked the Howard County community and bloggers who knew Dennis united in their blog tributes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, And Then There's That, Blog, bloggers #hocomd, Bourbon Street, British, brunch, burlesque, cabaret, Columbia, Culture, Dennis Lane, Ellicott City, expat, French Quarter, Gospel, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, Howard County, Hurricane Katrina, maryland, Merriweather Post Pavilion, New Orleans, plantations, Thoughts, Tom Coale, Travel, UK, USA, wordbones | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 419

Posted on May 16, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 323

Posted on December 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Big bottoms Nope, I am not talking about ladies (or gents) here, folks. I am talking about the bottom bits of American houses (yes, the basements), particularly in the area in which I live (sometimes called McMansionville, I hear…) I … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American real esate, American real estate, American realtors, Americans, basements, Blog, Bob and Ronna, Britain, British, Buzzfeed, Clarksville, Columbia, Creig Northrop, Culture, doppleganger, estate agents, expat, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, houses, Howard County, juke box, London estates, mansions, maryland, Phil Jones, pool table, UK, USA, wine cellar | 3 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 191

Posted on July 27, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

High school lockers Why high school lockers today? Because they are iconic to us Brits and epitomise American high school. In the movies and TV series all the romances, arguments, life-changing adolescent happenings take place at the locker. The locker … Continue reading →

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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 164

Posted on July 4, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Adult beverages In the UK, we simply call it ‘booze’. In the USA, it’s called an ‘adult beverage’. I find that interesting. Meeting British people I have met some random Brits recently in the USA. Just like that – ‘Hello’ … Continue reading →