Tag Archives: St Patrick’s Day

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 583

Posted on March 17, 2015 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

St Patrick’s Day USA stylie There is much greenness in the land of America today as everyone jumps on board the St Patrick’s Day bandwagon. Pictorial evidence from some of my American crew (you may need shades)…… All this happens in … Continue reading →

Posted in American, American customs, St Patrick's Day, Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, British, celebration, Culture, expat, Irish, partying, St Patrick's Day, USA | 3 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 383

Posted on March 16, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Everyone’s a Paddy It’s St Patrick’ Day weekend and in American everyone has a connection to Ireland. Honestly, they do – it’s amazing. 😉 Celebrations hit Baltimore yesterday and folk who didn’t want to drink green beer got out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 3.14, America, American, American Pie, American politics, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore St Patrick's Day parade, British, cherry pie, Columbia, Culture, Ellicott City, food, Green beer, hocoblogs@@@, Ireland, lifestyle, Paddy, Pi, Reddiwip, Shamrock 5k Baltimore, St Patrick's Day, Steak and Guinness Pie, The American Dream, Tom Coale, UK, USA | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 368

Posted on February 26, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Liberty Insurance Man This man was dressed as the Statue of Liberty today in the cold. He was promoting Liberty Insurance on the side of the road. Just made me laugh. I don’t think we’d get this kind of thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, bagels, Baltimore, Blog, Britain, British, California, Centennial Park, coffee, Columbia, Columbia Mall, Culture, Daisy Dukes, driving, Ellicott City, expat, food, Girl Scout cookies, guns, Howard County, Liberty Insurance, Macy's, maryland, Po-Po, police, shorts, Slough, St Patrick's Day, summer, sun, The Wire, Thoughts, toilet doors, Travel, TV commercials, UK, weather, yield sign | 3 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 89

Posted on March 21, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

St Patrick’s Day What I love about America is their capacity to party about ANYTHING. Of course, there is the age-old joke about everyone in the States having a claim to Irish heritage. After all, we’ve all seen Far and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, Americans, authentic, Blog, Britain, British, calendar, Culture, diary, east coast, gypsy, heritage, hocoblogs@@@, Irish, ma'am, party, Smitten by Britain, St Patrick's Day, the Queen, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA | 12 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 88

Posted on March 14, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

A year since I visited…. I visited this nation exactly one year ago for five whole days in order to get a look at the area, the schools, the location, the facilities, and, of course, the mall. I remember saying … Continue reading →