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Tag Archives: Thanksgiving
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 628
UK vs USA: the final list! This is a tongue-in-cheek summary over a couple of blog posts about what I love about America, or what gets my British back up, and what I think it should adopt from the UK … Continue reading
Posted in American, American customs, Britain, British, British American differences, British customs, expat life, Travel
Tagged America, American, American culture, American history, baseball, Britain, British, brunch, Culture, expat, food, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, hugging, Politics, positivity, solo cups, tailgating, Thanksgiving, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 563
British stuff wot I spotted in the UK These are some of the things that amused me and that charmed me whilst I was in the UK. Just take a look at the gallery 🙂 Expat Austin Mum Here is … Continue reading
Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 531
The Last Thanksgiving Supper Well, that’s our last Thanksgiving done. And we got to spend it proper American-stylie 🙂 This is what we ate (I can’t remember the names of some of the stuff, but it tasted amazeballs!) Today feels … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged 1812, America, American, Black Friday, Blog, Boxing Day, British, Culture, Eastern Shore, England, English, expat, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, pumpkin pie, sales, St Michael's, Thanksgiving, UK, USA, war
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 530
No, we Brits don’t have Thanksgiving! I just want to confirm, because I’ve been asked this like a billion times this week already (slight exaggeration 😉 ) – WE BRITS DON’T HAVE THANKSGIVING – it’s an American tradition! But, since … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged America, American, Blog, common room, England, history, hocoblogs@@@, holiday, holidays, journey, Massachussets, Native American Indians, pilgrims, Plymouth, Thanksgiving, tradition, Travel, turkey, UK
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 525
Thanksgiving dinner Thanksgiving is just around the corner. It’s another celebration in America-land and one that is sort of treated more importantly than any other holiday. For a start, people are given two days off  at Thanksgiving (most people – not those … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged American, Americans, Baskin Robbins turkey ice cream, BBC America, Black Friday, Boxing Day, Britain, British, Christmas, Daisy Dukes, Deadly Affairs, holidays, ID channel, Thanksgiving, To Catch a Cheat, Travel, turkey, TV show, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 510
See ya Halloween Well, that’s it. Halloween is over. Next up: Thanksgiving. It feels like from Halloween to New Year it’s just a bunch of partying and eating in America-land! I have decided that everyone should really dress up as … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged America, Americans, Arundel, Britain, British, Buckingham Palace, dressing up, England, English, ginger beer, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, Lancaster, Lancaster Castle, Liverpool, London, Scotland, Scottish independence, Thanksgiving, the Queen, Travel, UK, Union Jack, War of 1812, Washington DC
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 508
Today in America I realised that I can’t get used to calling ‘kitchen roll‘ paper towel. I learned that whilst we Brits call this thing -1 ‘minus 1’, Americans call it ‘negative 1’. I learned that American Fall can be … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged accents, America, American, American accent, Britain, British, British accent, British food, Christmas, English, fall, Great Britain, Guy Fawkes, Halloween, hocoblogs@@@, King Henry VIII, Lancashire hotpot, London, London Dungeon, pasty, Thanksgiving, Trafalgar Square, Travel, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 372
Mailbox / letterbox Study this picture: Harry’s homework was to draw a picture of the ‘Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe’. Being the creative type he is, he actually drew the ‘Old Woman Who Lived in a Tiger Foot’. … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged accents, America, American, American football, American pubs, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, British accent, California, Christmas, Culture, cup of tea, England, English, English pubs, expat, expats, food, football, Gobby Brit, hocoblogs@@@, ketchup, language, letterbox, lifestyle, mailbox, Queen's English, Rugby, tea with lemon, Thanksgiving, Thoughts, turkey, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 307
Thanksgiving! Wooohooo! Today is a day off and we are supposed to be eating and drinking and giving thanks. And then tomorrow is Black Friday and we are supposed to be shopping. (Except I won’t be doing that.) Anyhoo, there … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged America, American, American football, Americans, Apple Mallow Yam Yum, Black Friday, Blog, Boxing Day, Britain, British, Chicago Bears, Christmas, Culture, Detroit Lions, expat, food, George Bush, hocoblogs@@@, Kennedy, lifestyle, macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Nixon, Obama, Presidential Turkey pardon, Thanksgiving, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 305
One of my favourite things One of my very favourite things is to listen to my friend Jeff’s accent here in America. He has, what I can only describe as, a lovely, soft comforting ‘drawl’. His accent is a hybrid … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged accents, Alabama, alien, America, American, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, Culture, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, inclusive, maryland, Mid-Atlantic Southern, Oreo cookie turkeys, smoked turkey, Tennessee, Thanksgiving, Travel, UK, USA, y'all
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