Tag Archives: Howard County

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 156

Posted on June 24, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Wimbledon Today Wimbldeon starts in the UK! How I love Wimbledon and its Britishness and over-priced strawberries and champagne and long queues and green-ness and stiff upper lip when we want someone to win/try not to get emotional if they … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Andy Murray, British, Cliff Richard, Culture, cup of tea, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, tennis, TV, UK, USA, Wimbledon | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 154

Posted on June 20, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Columbia is 46! The town in which I live is 46 years young. I say ‘years young’ because it is young in comparison to the towns in the UK (apart from Milton Keynes probably) that I have lived in before. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 46 years old, America, Americans, Baltimore, baseball, basketball, Blog, Bovril, British, Camden Yards, Columbia, corn dogs, Culture, Downtown, driving, expat, food, football, high fructose corn syrup, hocoblogs@@@, Honey Boo Boo, Howard County, Howard County magazine, Jim Rouse, Kisscam, Maggie Thatcher, maryland, Milton Keynes, Orioles, President, Prime Minister, Robins Cheltenham, TV, UK, undertaking, USA, Whaddney the Robin, Wombles | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 152

Posted on June 19, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Tea cup politics vs Wine glass politics Yes, the above title is how I view British politics in comparison to American politics. So, I attended my friend Tom Coale’s shindig tonight where he declared his intention to be the Democrat … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Asian Fusion food, British, church hall, councillor, Countdown, custard creams, delegate, District 9B, hocoblogs@@@, hocorising, Howard County, Jam and Jerusalem, maryland, milk, Politics, Richard Whiteley, Skip, Skip Coale, Tom Coale, TV, UK, UK councils, USA, WI | 12 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 148

Posted on June 13, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Bugs and bites Flippin’ bugs! This tropical weather, which I declare is like a moody young teenager (since I cannot determine how it will play out during the course of the day), has been the bringer of all things BITING. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, bites, British, bugs, Culture, Dorothy, driving, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, indicating, maryland, mosquitoes, Oklahoma, rotaries, roundabouts, tornado, UK, USA, weather, Wizard of Oz | 18 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 147

Posted on June 12, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Tornado time Last night lil’ ol’ Howard County was on tornado watch, and as the sky darkened and the rain lashed down, for a while it felt pretty hairy-scary. It was a mild tornado, but there was still debris circling … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Allan Kittleman, America, American, Americans, British, Chief Executive, Columbia, Columbia Lakefront, Culture, Dennis Davison, Game of Thrones, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, maryland, Politics, Skype, tornado, UK, USA, What the time Mr Wolf?, Woodbine | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 144

Posted on June 6, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Wrong side / right side of the road Every time (and I mean every time) I get in to the car and drive I do consciously still say to myself ‘drive on the right, drive on the right’. (Note, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Bowie, British, Columbia, cowboys, Culture, Dallas, DC, driving, expat, freeways, Governor of Maryland, highways, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Hugh Laurie, Interstates, John Ross Jr, language, Martin O'Malley, maryland, Texas, UK, USA, Washington | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 143

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Tales from Howard County I wrote an article back in March for the Baltimore Sun’s magazine about Howard County. It has just been published, so here it is for you to enjoy and share and chuckle at. The photoshoot was … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Baltimore Sun, British, Culture, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Howard Magazine, lifestyle, maryland, UK, USA | 14 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 142

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

“Make a difference, and have fun doing it” Today was the celebration and memorial for Howard County blogger Dennis J. Lane, aka Wordbones, aka the Godfather of Blogs. What a guy. What a turnout at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, And Then There's That, blogger, blogging, Columbia, Courtney Watson, Dennis J. Lane, hocoblogs@@@, HoCoMoJo, Howard County, Kind of a Big Deal, Mary Kay Sigaty, maryland, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Mickey Gomez, UK, USA, wordbones | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 141

Posted on June 3, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Hygiene obsessions! I have found recently that ’round these parts’ Americans (not all, but some) are obsessed with hygiene. Like, really obsessed. Like cleaning their weights before they pick them up at the gym obsessed. This behaviour is at odds … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Post Examiner, British, Columbia, Columbia Lakefront, Columbia Patch, Culture, Democratic, expat, Food truck competition, governor, graduation, Healthy Howard, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Huffington Post, hygiene, Ken Ulman, kindergarten, lifestyle, Lt. Gov Anthony Brown, maryland, NY TImes, obsessions, PK4, Politics, PR, school, Thoughts, UK, university, USA | 13 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 140

Posted on June 1, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Adult Swim Parties! Adult swim in DC? What’s this all about? Pool parties and drinkiepoos? Sounds like the sort of superficial nonsense that would be immensely enjoyable! 😉 In reality I expect there would be lots of shallow, saucy shenanigans … Continue reading →