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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 220
American TV shows….and how they influenced my view of America A recent article by Ruth Margolis, who writes for the BBC America site Mind the Gap, touched on American TV shows, where she stated (I am guessing with her tongue … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexia Ath, aliens, America, American, Americans, Athens, Baltimore, Baywatch, BBC America, bikinis, Blog, British, Culture, Deliverance, Desperate Housewives, ET, Europe, expat, Glee, Greece, hocoblogs@@@, houses, Howard County, lifeguards, lifestyle, London, Martin O'Malley, Mind the Gap, movies, Mum in London, parenting, Ruth Margolis, school, schooling, The Wire, Travel, tv shows, UK, USA, X Files
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 208
Interpreting the Confederate flag On my journeys so far I have not crossed paths much with the Confederate flag. My young, ignorant British viewings of the flag came from, yes, you guessed it The Dukes of Hazzard and those naughty … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, BBC America, Blog, Bo and Luke, Chiari Malformation, civil war, Confederate flag, Culture, Dukes of Hazzard, Easton, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Elon University, expat, General Lee, Gone with the Wind, Hello Awesome, history, hocoblogs@@@, hooping, Jason Pressburg, lifestyle, London, Mary Poppins, Mast Cell Disease, Murray, Nascar, North and South, North Carolina, Olympics, Patrica W, Pendulum, People, racism, Sarah Lyall, Shakespeare, South Carolina, southern pride, Southern states, Ta-Ta London, UK, Urban Dictionary, USA, Wars of the Roses, white power
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 186
Royal Baby News (FYI, I don’t have more news just because I am British… 😉 ) Well, we know these joyous things: 1. It’s a boy! 2. It has no name! 3. It was quite a hefty little bugger (where … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, American TV news, Americans, army, Baby Cambridge, bbc, birth announcement, Blog, British, Brooke Ryan, car seat, County Clare, Culture, Daily Mail, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Honolulu, Howard County, Irish, Irishman, jumper, Kate Middleton, lemonade, London, media, Metro, Mix107.3, NYC, Paddy, Patty, Prince, Prince Harry, Royal baby, Shannon Airport, St Mary's Hospital, stereotypes, Tea and Sympathy, town crier, TV, UK, Union Jack, USA, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, What's the craic?, Will Lambert, Wills
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 182
The Ten Pound Tour There is a great expat site called the Displaced Nation and they asked me to write a guest post, so I chose one of my favourite topics in the USA – food! Read about the perils … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, Canada, Canadian, celebrities, Christian, Displaced Nation, high fructose corn syrup, humour, Kanata, landscape, London, Monty Python, music, Native Indians, Rockies, snow sledging, sugar, therapy
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 177
Aussies in the USA Well, bung a shrimp on the barbie and get me a cold one, there’s only some Aussies hanging out in the USA! Jane found my blog whilst doing her research about Columbia, Maryland in anticipation of … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Australia, Baltimore, Blog, Brisbane, British, Columbia, Culture, driving, Europe, expat, hocoblogs@@@, holiday, Howard County, John Lennon, Kylie Minogue, lifestyle, London, maryland, neighbours, pub, Scotland, Scott and Charlene, Shootings, the Queen, Travel, UK, USA, weather, yorkshire puddings
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 175
I love a cowboy I do. I love a cowboy, a cowboy show, shootout and all the cowboy paraphenalia. Cowboys are so….so American. They say: we’re strong and rugged individuals who don’t wince at pain and can move cattle and … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Blog, Brian England, British, BritishAmerican Auto, CNN, Columbia, cowboys, CSPAN, Culture, cup of tea, expats, Fox, Harrow, Health Care for All, Healthy Howard Board, Howard County, London, main street, maryland, Nancy Pelosi, Native American Indians, Senator Harry Reed, shootout, theme park, UK, USA, White House
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 173
Brits in the USA There are a lot of us Brits in the USA. It’s funny how our paths cross, either in person or online. And we do drink tea at every opportunity, that is certainly correct. A girl also … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Andy Murray, beer, Blog, British, Colorado Springs, Coors, cowboys hats, Culture, cup of tea, driving, Embassy, England, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, Jaffa Cakes, London, Navy, Olympics, One Direction, pork pies, Prince Harry, Ruislip, Thoughts, UK, USA, Virginia
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 172
American bands In the UK I haven’t seen many bands with the enthusiasm of this teenage band that I saw outside the Howard County Library Miller Branch (the celebrations were about the Howard County Library System winning Library of the … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, British, Cocktails at Naptime, Columbia, Culture, driving, Ellicott City, Emma Kaufmann, expat, grammar, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Howard County Libraries, irony, Jilly Cooper, Ken Ulman, language, London, marching band, royal family, Ryans Daughter, teeth, UK, USA, weather, When the Saints go Marching in
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 58
Why Howard County? Someone asked me why we chose / like living in Howard County. And it made me wonder why….. Recently a friend (a Brit) said to me that living in our area (Columbia, MD) was like living in … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Baltimore, Cheesecake Factory, Columbia, country, crime, desperate housewife, diversity, ethnicity, experience, food porn, healthy, hocoblogs@@@, hocofood@@@, houses, Howard County, I95 highway, lifestyle, London, Madam Tussaud's, maryland, McDonalds, parks, tourism, town, Travel, Washington
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