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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 523

Posted on November 15, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Baltimore crime/ English city crime I’ve been reading up a lot on the differences and similarities between crime in Baltimore and crime in London and Manchester via top Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. When The Wire got popular in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Baltimore police, Baltimore Sun, Blog, crime, Daisy Dukes, gun crime, guns, Independent newspaper, Justin Fenton, lifestyle, London, Manchester, maryland, pronouncing numbers, The Wire, Travel, UK, USA | Leave a comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 522

Posted on November 15, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Baltimore City Police Ride-Along I can’t say too much about my ride-along cos of the confidentiality with the Homicide Department whom I rode along with last night, but I can say this: 1. It is like The Wire in areas … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore Homicide Department, Baltimore police, British humour, Canade, cops, David Simon, expat life, homicide, maryland, murders, ride along, The Corner, The Wire, UK, USA | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 425

Posted on May 30, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Cock up Apparently, Americans don’t use the phrase ‘cock up’. When I say it, I think they are shocked that I just used the word ‘cock’ randomly in a sentence. As if I would! 😉 (Cock up = another word … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, British, British slang, cock up, crab cakes, drive-thru, expat, graduation, hocoblogs@@@, language, maryland, The Wire, UK, USA | 6 Comments

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 344

Posted on January 23, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Cheerio Martin O’Malley Hot totty of Maryland, the one and only Governor Martin O’Malley, is giving his last ‘State of the State’ address today. I’m guessing he’ll mention Baltimore a lot. He perhaps won’t mention how The Wire’s Mayor Carcetti … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, baseball cap, Blog, Branston Pickle, Britain, British, British food, Chevrolet, crisps, custard creams, Dairy Milk, deodorant, expat, guns, hocoblogs@@@, humour, lifestyle, Martin O'Malley, maryland, Monster Munch, Pickled Onion, Smitten by Britain, The Wire, UK, USA | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 336

Posted on January 10, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Brits subtitled My British friend here in the USA mentioned that she sat down to watch the telly last night and (don’t judge her for this) there was a programme on called Party On on the E! Channel. Yes, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, Being Liverpool, Britain, British, Cheryl Cole, Culture, E! Channel, expat, freezing rain, Geordie, hocoblogs@@@, Irish, language, lifestyle, Liverpool, Party On, school delay, Scouse, subtitles, The Saturdays, The Wire, Thoughts, TV, TV audiences, weather, X factor | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 318

Posted on December 11, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Sometimes it still feels like I’m abroad It does sometimes feel like that, even after 16 months. I can’t explain it (okay, I will give it a try….) Sometimes I have a ‘moment’ and go to myself ‘ooh, look at … Continue reading →