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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 400

Posted on April 9, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

400 posts! Holy cow, that’s a lot of writing. Fact. British eccentricity I wrote a piece recently about how the British liked to take their clothes off a lot at sporting events. I’m told this also happens in America at … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British eccentricity, Culture, drive up banking, England, Erica Roe, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Mr Bean, racism, streaking, UK, USA | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 242

Posted on September 22, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Views of DC Washington DC – it’s picturesque, non? Especially from the top of Arlington Cemetery. The graveyard itself was mind-blowingly massive. You can’t help but be blown away by the sheer scale of it, and the importance of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged American Civil War, American National Socialist Movement, anti-racist, Arlington Cemetery, Gamma Phi Beta, General Lee, Greek, guns, Jeff Schoep, Leith, Neo-Nazi, North Dakota, Paul Craig Cobb, Potomac River, racism, segregation, slaves, sorotities, Starbucks, The National Mall, University of Alabama, Washington DC | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 235

Posted on September 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

The Miss America debate Well, I can’t blog today without mentioning this debate engulfing America. So, the The Miss America pageant broke new ground this year by crowning Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, the first contestant of Indian descent to … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, beauty queen pageant, Blog, British, Culture, expat, guns, hocoblogs@@@, India, Internet, internet trolls, Miss America, Miss Florida, Miss Kansas, Miss New York, Navy Yard, Nina Davuluri, patriotism, racism, shooting in DC, social media, tattoos, Thoughts, UK, USA, Washington | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 208

Posted on August 22, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

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 →

Posted in Travel | 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 | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 198

Posted on August 5, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Texas Death Penalty As we are aware, the death penalty still exists in some States across the USA and the heart-strings are a-tuggin’ for poor Texas whose current problem with the death penalty is not ‘shall we abolish it?’, but … Continue reading →