Tag Archives: New Orleans

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 569

Posted on February 13, 2015 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Fat Tuesday, USA I wish I was in New Orleans for Fat Tuesday this coming week. Oh, what fun! I love me a bit of Bourbon Street! The beads! The booze! The bands! I’ll be finding something to do though … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, Americans, Bourbon Street, British, English, expat, expat life, Fat Tuesday, hocoblogs@@@, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Pancake Day, schools, Shrove Tuesday, UK, USA, USA schools, Valentine cards, valentines day | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 481

Posted on September 9, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

How to be British An American friend asked me if her British accent passed muster the other day. It was pretty good. She said she had found a site about being British and she would attempt to pass herself off … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, African-American, America, American, Americans, Baltimore Post Examiner, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, British language, England, English, hocoblogs@@@, homesick, Lie back and think of England, lifestyle, New Orleans, Ruby Bridges, UK, USA | 3 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 467

Posted on August 20, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 466

Posted on August 19, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

New Orleans The food, the music and the eclectic culture! The Food If there is a shrimp, lobster, fish, gumbo wotnot and stuff like that on EVERY menu, you can pretty much guarantee that I am sold on a place. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 1950s, America, American, Americans, Beignet, blues, British, Crawfish Etouffe, Creole, Culture, DBA, expat, Fats Domino, food, Frenchman Street, Fried Green Tomatoes and Shrimp, gospel brunch, gospel music, hocoblogs@@@, House of Blues, Jambalya, Jazz, jitterbug, lifestyle, Louis Armstrong, Muffuletta, New Orleans, NOLA, Po Boy, Revival, rock music, soul, The Spotted Cat, Travel, UK, USA | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 465

Posted on August 19, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 464

Posted on August 19, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

How to say New Orleans Right, before we get started on the New Orleans blog, let’s get it straight about how to pronounce this place. I, being a Brit, have called it plain and simple ‘New Or-leens’. But, my chums … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, art, Blog, Bourbon Street, Britain, British, crime, Culture, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, New Orleans, NOLA, Travel, UK, USA | 2 Comments

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 459

Posted on August 12, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

California – the final part! San Francisco I was very excited to be approaching San Francisco because, as anyone who has ever worked with me will know, when I am bored I like to play games and when we played … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Alcatraz, America, American, Americans, Blog, Bourbon Street, Britain, British, California, Chinatown, Columbia, Crookedest Street, Culture, England, expat, Golden Gate Bridge, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, maryland, New Orleans, roadtrip, San Fran, San Francisco, Travel, UK, USA | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 445

Posted on July 9, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Fireworks/guns In my state I can’t buy fireworks. Cos it’s illegal. But, if I want to, I can by a shotgun or a hunting rifle without getting fingerprinted and licensed. My friends who do buy fireworks for 4 July head … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 4 July, America, American, Americans, Boss Hogg, Britain, British, Columbia, concealed weapons, Culture, Dukes of Hazzard, England, expat, firearms law, fireworks, guns, maryland, New Orleans, UK, USA | 11 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 202

Posted on August 12, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Alan Partridge in the USA? On my trip back to the UK last week I wish I had done one thing: go and see the Alan Partridge movie, Alpha Papa. I LOVE Alan Partridge! He’s ‘First Class’! Anyhow, I wish … Continue reading →