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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 109
Festival in the sun I had a choice today to go and see some swashbuckling pirates in Fells Point in Baltimore or go to a festival in Ellicott City, my nearby little mini-American-Glastonbury. My five year old, surprisingly, chose the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, awesome, bands, beer, Blog, British, Columbia, Culture, Ellicott City, expat, festival, Glastonbury, good people, hocoblogs@@@, Hocopopo, hocorising, ice cream, language, maryland, Maxine, music, pulled pork, The Bubble Man, Thoughts, Travel, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 108
No Kinder surprises here…. Remember those white and milk chocolate eggs from your youth with a toy inside….? (Here’s the mighty strange advert from the 80s in the UK to remind you…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4kHmbZTvyI). Well, they’ve only bloomin’ well gone and banned … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, ban, Blog, British, Choc Treasure, chocolate, Culture, expats, food, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Kinder eggs, maryland, ruby slippers, schools, Thoughts, tornado, tornado watch, toys, UK, USA, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 104
A terrible, sad day in Boston Another terrible tragedy in the USA today at the Boston Marathon. The reaction is instant and people are filled with horror and disbelief. Too, too sad. Too, too confusing. Too, too many of them. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Baltimore, Boston, Boston Marathon, British, hocoblogs@@@, London Marathon, marathon, Thoughts, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 103
How NOT to do drive-up banking So, drive-up banking is, as I have declared before – BLOODY BRILLIANT. I love it! When people come to stay I just want to show them drive-up banking, so even the smallest amount of … Continue reading
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Tagged accents, America, American, Americans, baseball, Blog, British, Columbia, Dallas, drive up banking, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, Jackie Robinson, lifestyle, maryland, nail salon, Patrick Duffy, The People's Court, The View, Thoughts, Travel, TV, UK, USA, walking, weather, Whoopie Goldberg
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 99
Ta’ra Maggie! Well, goodbye Maggie Thatcher. End of a British era and all that. I’m not sure what my American readers think of Maggie – the Washington Post says this of her: Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the grocer’s … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Arthur Scargill, BBQ, beer, Blog, British, Culture, Daisy Dukes, Guardian, hocoblogs@@@, lifestyle, Maggie Thatcher, milk snatcher, Miners' Strike, Pillow Fight Day, Prime Minister, Spitting Image, summer, The Chicken Song, Thoughts, UK, USA, Washington, Washington Post, weather
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 97
Me and Columbia I live in Columbia, MD. This is what I had to say about it (Can you spot me? Hint:I’m the one with the British accent… ;): (Note: this was taken after a VERY sweaty workout :)) Things … Continue reading
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Tagged alliteration, America, American, Americans, bacon, bagels, Baltimore, Baltimore Post Examiner, BBC America, Blog, Bloglovin, breakfast, British, Columbia, Columbia Association, Culture, cup of tea, Daisy Dukes, expats, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, lifestyle, sunshine, Thoughts, USA, weather, workout
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 96
British class / American class There’s been a survey doing the rounds on the good old BBC website to help you define which class of British person you are. Really. Go on, do it! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973 I took it and I … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, bbc, BBC website, Blog, British, class system, Culture, dinner party, elite class, expat, hocoblogs@@@, middle class, money, quiz, social class, Thoughts, Twitter, USA, working class
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 95
British humour An American friend sent these little quips below to me with the title of her email reading: British Humour is Better! Whatever your view (and I guess I am a little biased), these are examples of British humour … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Americans, Blog, British, expats, fence, hocoblogs@@@, humour, Long Fence, Thoughts, UK, USA
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 94
The Desperate Housewife actually ‘does’ Washington The funny thing about living in the ‘burbs is that, whilst I’ve been to Washington, I’d not yet actually ‘done’ Washington in the tourism sense, but that was rectified this fine Spring Break/Easter weekend. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandria, America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Capitol Building, cherry blossoms, church, Columbia, Culture, DC, Easter eggs, Easter weekend, FLOTUS, Forrest Gump, hocoblogs@@@, Irish pubs, Kite Festival, Lincoln Memorial, Michelle Obama, protestors, Reflecting Pool, spring, Thoughts, topless men, Travel, USA, Virginia, Washington, weather, White House
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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 90
The Dave Matthews Band On the radio station that I listen to (that’ll be Jack Diamond’s Mix 107.3) they are holding a competition to win tickets to go and see the Dave Matthew’s Band. There are women screaming with delight … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Americans, Blog, British, Culture, Dave Matthews Band, Diana McLellan, differences, expats, groundhog, hocoblogs@@@, Jack Diamond Morning Show, lifestyle, maryland, mix1073, Panxsutawney Phil, schooling, schools, spring, sunshine, Thoughts, UK, USA, Washington, Washington Post
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