Tag Archives: soccer

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 474

Posted on September 1, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Footie podcast The dulcet, and very British, tones of the UK Desperate Housewife USA have been used to introduce a very funny footie podcast called Canons and Cockerels. Smashing! Do check it out here! 🙂 Annapolis I can’t express how … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American high schools, American history, Americans, Annapolis, Britain, British, British accent, Canons and Cockerels podcast, Culture, English, football, Governor of Maryland, high school, history, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, Martin O'Malley, maryland, soccer, UK, USA, weather, wreaths | Leave a comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 440

Posted on June 29, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Football/soccer USA There’s some crazy broad in the USA saying that soccer is BAD for you. Not guns, or sugar, or drink(drunk)-driving, but FOOTBALL. In the midst of the world’s World Cup joy, that even the USA are sharing (yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Ann Coulter, Britain, British, Columbia, Culture, England, English, football, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, Luis Suarez, maryland, soccer, soccer moms, stay-cation, Travel, UK, USA, Wilde Lake | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 415

Posted on May 8, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Mini Daisy Dukes If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you will know that I love wearing me some Daisy Dukes. Call it ridiculous, call it not-very-classy, call it a poor attempt at channeling a cowgirl, call it … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, An Idiot Abroad, Bill Bryson, Blog, Britain, British, Culture, Daisy Dukes, England, English, eraser, expat, expats, football, hocoblogs@@@, Indianapolis, Karl Pilkington, lifestyle, Lost in the Pond, NYC, rubber, sausage rolls, school, soccer, UK, USA | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 407

Posted on April 21, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Cool American friends A British friend noticed that I had an American friend on Facebook with the surname ‘Kanicki’ ‘That’s just cool,’ she said. ‘Cos of the Grease dude.’ It’s true, that is a very cool name for a friend. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American healthcare, Americans, axe-murderer, bbc, Blog, Britain, British, California, Culture, England, English, expat, food, Grease, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, James Van Leer, Kenickie, lifestyle, Memphis, movies, NHS, soccer, Thoughts, Transatlantically Speaking, UK, USA | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 384

Posted on March 17, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

St Patrick’s Day shenanigans in Baltimore There is a lot of love for the Irish in Baltimore (and across the USA), in fact so much so that it got me to thinking that with all the ‘Irish’ folk celebrating yesterday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 5K race Shamrock, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blighty, Blog, Britain, British, Brits in Baltimore, Charm City, Columbia, Culture, Eurovision Song Contest, expat, expats, fish and chips, football, footie, four leaf clover, hocoblogs@@@, Irish, language, leprechauns, lifestyle, snow, snow day, soccer, spring, St Paddy's Day, St Patrick's Day, telly, Thoughts, UK, USA, weather | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 350

Posted on January 29, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Valentine’s Day – Bah Bloody Humbug! (Note: grumpy Brit post follows… 😉 ) I’ve already had it with Valentine’s Day and the ‘everybody gets a card’ nonsense at school and it’s only January. Is this ridiculousness happening in the UK, … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British slang, British words, colloquialisms, Columbia, Culture, England, English, expat, heartbroken, hocoblogs@@@, humbug, kids, kindergarten, language, Lost in the Pond, maryland, Mormons, Oprah Winfrey, Rugby, school, soccer, teenagers, The Color Purple, UK, USA, Valentines cards, valentines day, Wilde Lake | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 298

Posted on November 21, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Americans don’t do crackers for Christmas…. I heard this terrible news yesterday. What? No crackers at Christmas?! But how do you make each other laugh with terrible, terrible jokes or annoy each other with random facts? How do you not … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American Education Week, Americans, Blog, blogging, Britain, British, British Christmas, British schooling, Chief of Staff, Christmas crackers, Culture, expat, Food Bank, football, Governor of Maryland, hats, hocoblogs@@@, Justin Beiber, language, lifestyle, Liverpool, Martin O'Malley, nutrition programmes, PE, Politics, PoPo, presents, Ravens, school, soccer, Thoughts, UK, USA, writing | 16 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 231

Posted on September 12, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

I take it back about the rain in the USA We’ve had a few hours tonight of craaaazy thunderstorms, American stylie. So much so that they’ve only gone and cancelled some football matches. An alert read thus: ‘Because of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore Ravens, Blog, British, Columbia, Culture, expat, football, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, lightning, Making a Difference, rain, Shari Chase, soccer, thunderstorms, UK, USA, weather | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 174

Posted on July 12, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

The weather ‘It’s pretty much the worst summer we’ve had in a long time.’ Harsh, harsh words to the delicate ears of a sun-loving Brit just yesterday. Come on, America-land, give me that sunshine! I know you have it (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 4th July, America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Blog, British, Columbia, cosmetic enhancements, Culture, Detroit, expat, fast food, Fells Point, gangs, hocoblogs@@@, Matt Renouf, McDonalds, news, North Michigan, parenting, religion, Shootings, soccer, Southampton University, sport, sunbathing, sunshine, teeth, Thanksgiving, Travel, UK, USA, weather | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 85

Posted on February 27, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Rock the blog party! So, I’m guessing many people are asking, what on earth is a blog party? Valid question – I asked myself the same thing. Many of us may be guilty of perceiving bloggers as geeks (okay, some … Continue reading →