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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 404

Posted on April 16, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Getting sick, USA stylie I still don’t get the USA medical system. Fact. Chicken Maryland I live in Maryland, where Chicken Maryland must come from – right? Wrong! ‘The dish known in the UK as Chicken Maryland, popular in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Austin, Blog, Britain, British, Chicken Maryland, country music, Culture, cup of tea, Daisy Dukes, England, English, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Keith Richards, KFC, Leeds, lifestyle, maryland, music, New Jersey, radio, rock and roll, Texas, Tom Gillam, Tom Gillam Kosmic Messengers, UK, USA, Wichita | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 358

Posted on February 10, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

USA basketball is messing with my head! So, yesterday I encountered American basketball for the first time (Washington Wizards vs the Sacramento Kings). I’d seen the Harlem Globtrotters before (see here for a reminder of THAT experience!), but this was … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged acid trip, American, Americans, baseball, basketball, Blog, Britain, British, cheerleaders, Culture, Dude Ranch, England, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, music, noise, pizza, pulled pork, Sacramento Kings, school snow days, soda, Travel, UK, USA, Vicar of Dibley, Washington Wizards, Wimbledon | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter313

Posted on December 6, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Yes, it’s bl*ody well true! Marylanders are second-most likely to swear (but also third-most likely to be courteous) – says a recent poll about cursing (that’s ‘swearing’ to us Brits!) Ohio beat out Maryland as the state in which people … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, beaver, Britain, British, Coldplay, Columbia, Culture, deputy, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Howard Magazine, Katy Perry, Last of the Famous International Playboys, lifestyle, maryland, Marylanders, Morrissey, music, Ohio, Ohio cursing, Primal Scream, prohibition, raccoon, Sheriff's Office, Stereophonics, swearing, Take That, The Krays, The Stone Roses, Thoughts, UK, USA, Zumba | 3 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 182

Posted on July 19, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 109

Posted on April 20, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Festival in the sun I had a choice today to go and see some swashbuckling pirates in Fells Point in Baltimore or go to a festival in Ellicott City, my nearby little mini-American-Glastonbury. My five year old, surprisingly, chose the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, awesome, bands, beer, Blog, British, Columbia, Culture, Ellicott City, expat, festival, Glastonbury, good people, hocoblogs@@@, Hocopopo, hocorising, ice cream, language, maryland, Maxine, music, pulled pork, The Bubble Man, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA, weather | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 69

Posted on December 18, 2012 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Reading the news USA radio style I recently switched radio stations in the car, mainly because I was fed up of listening to a) the same songs and b) adverts for men’s neck and ear hair removal and soda streams … Continue reading →