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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 451
California, part 1 ROADTRIP!!! So, off we popped just over two weeks ago to the West Coast from the muggy East Coast for our California roadtrip. A lot of people told us where we should visit, and some advice we … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Aussie, Australia, Beverley Hills, Beverley Hills 90210, Blog, Britain, British, California, Colin Farrell, Culture, England, English, expat, expats, Getty Musuem, Gwen John, Harry Styles, hocoblogs@@@, Hollywood, Hollywood Walk of Fame, La-La land, Los Angeles, Mel's Diner, Mulholland Drive, One Direction, poverty, roadtrip, Rod Stewart, Travel, UK, USA, wealth, West Coast
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 315
SNOW! Oh yes, snow is on its way – in fact, we’ve been issued a snow storm weather warning for Howard County, so I’ve cancelled plans for going out (sorry Josie!), since as I remember from last time it snowed … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, Christmas presents, Columbia, Culture, David Simons, HoCo, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Howard County Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Jaki Ulman, outdoor pools, political, poverty, schools, snow, snow day, The Guardian, The Wire, UK, underprivileged kids, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 301
School buzzers / PTA Okay, so in the UK schools you have to press a buzzer to get in to the school and there are cameras and wot not and you have to sign in and it’s all very security … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, beer pong, blagger, Blog, Britain, British, Clarksville, Columbia, Culture, DC, drinking games, flip cup, guns, hocoblogs@@@, homelessness, Howard County, humour, language, lifestyle, maryland, poverty, PTA, River Hill High School, Sandy Hook, school security, Super Zips, tickets, to blag, UK, USA, Vera Bradley, Washington, Washington Post, wealth, zipcodes
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 249
South East DC Today I headed out at 6am to a training in DC. I hadn’t been to South East DC before. The advice we get as Brits here is that if we find ourselves in this area, just head … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, American history, Americans, begging, Blog, Britain, British, civil war, Columbia, Confederate flag, Culture, diversity, driving, expat, Highland Fair, Highway Code, hocoblogs@@@, homelessness, Howard County, I95 highway, lifestyle, pie eating contest, poverty, Soup kitchen, South East DC, Stars and Stripes, trendy, UK, USA, Virginia flaggers, Washington
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 237
The other side of America I’m getting itchy feet (no, it’s not my new ‘sneakers’) to see the other side of American life – that is, the one I haven’t seen much of yet. I’ve seen glorious America, bright lights, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Aylesbury Estate, Baltimore, big city, bright lights, British, Chicago, Culture, DC, DC shootings, Debenhams, expat, favelas, Glasgow, Google Street View, guns, hocoblogs@@@, homelessness, Houston, LA, lifestyle, London, M. Nuns Jain, Mexico, Miami, Moscow, polarised, poverty, Rio de Janeiro, Skid Row, Slough, The American Dream, Toronto, Travel, UK, USA, Vishnu Pandit, Weatherspoons, wrong side of the tracks
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