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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 194

Posted on July 30, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

British or American countryside? There is a little place off the 108 in Clarksville that I love. I love it because of its natural beauty and the fact that it sells fruit and veg and ‘pick your own flowers’ on … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, Air Force, America, American, Americans, Anglophile, Black Magic, Blog, Bradford on Avon, British, Clarks Elioaks Farm, cottage garden, Culture, cup of tea, DC, Eastenders, England, English countryside, expat, flying, food, fruit and veg, going home, Henry VIII, maryland, Mississippi, Northern Ireland, PBS, Queen, Queen's Coronation, Thoughts, tourist, Travel, Trinny and Susannah, TV, UK, USA, Wedgewood | 8 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 188

Posted on July 24, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Bay Bridge horror! Lordy, that Bay Bridge in Maryland gives me the jitters, and now even more so…. A woman swam to safety last Friday night after a tractor-trailer hit her car and sent it plunging over the Bay Bridge … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American Citizen, Americans, Bay Bridge, Beatles, Blog, British, California, Chesapeake, Collingham, cricket, Culture, expat, florida, food, heritage, humour, lifestyle, mall, marriage, maryland, Morgan Lake, Nottinghamshire, pork pies, Quest Communications, slang, Travel, TV, weather | Leave a comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 186

Posted on July 24, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Royal Baby News (FYI, I don’t have more news just because I am British… 😉 ) Well, we know these joyous things: 1. It’s a boy! 2. It has no name! 3. It was quite a hefty little bugger (where … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, American TV news, Americans, army, Baby Cambridge, bbc, birth announcement, Blog, British, Brooke Ryan, car seat, County Clare, Culture, Daily Mail, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Honolulu, Howard County, Irish, Irishman, jumper, Kate Middleton, lemonade, London, media, Metro, Mix107.3, NYC, Paddy, Patty, Prince, Prince Harry, Royal baby, Shannon Airport, St Mary's Hospital, stereotypes, Tea and Sympathy, town crier, TV, UK, Union Jack, USA, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, What's the craic?, Will Lambert, Wills | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 184

Posted on July 21, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Biker Beach Bar in the Caribbean…. Actually, read that as Biker Beach Bar in Glen Burnie, MD, just 30 minutes from Columbia. But holy smokes, it sure felt like the Caribbean, and there’s proof: Seriously, I loved this place – … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Anglophile, beach, Biker bar, Canada, Caribbean, coconuts, Columbia, comedy, cup of tea, Edinburgh, Europe, Galsgow, Glen Burnie, Great Britain, history, holidays, John Steinbeck, Mexico, poverty, Reckless Rics, Scotland, Shakespeare, TV, Xenophobe | 9 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 178

Posted on July 17, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Guns…. Oh, guns. This tweet was forwarded to me by an American friend today and it reads thus: Trying to explain our gun situation to people in other countries is like trying to explain Hitler to dogs. We Brits don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 10 o'clock news, 24, A Team, accents, America, American, Americans, beer, Beverly Hills, Blog, Breaking Bad, British, Cheltenham, cinemas, climate, countryside, cowboys, Culture, driving, drunken nights out, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, expat, fashion, Friends, fuel, gloucestershire, gun culture, guns, health care, hocoblogs@@@, Hollywood, hospitals, Kate, Kate and Wills, LA, lifestyle, Los Angeles, Louisiana, public transport, Royal baby, Royal Cheese, Snow cones, Sporanos, Starbucks, supermarkets, The Westminster William and Kate Royal Addition Cheddar, Thoughts, TOWIE, Travel, travelling, TV, UK, USA, WAGS, Waitrose, weather, Whole Foods | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 163

Posted on July 3, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

General Hospital So it was nail salon day this week, which means I got to indulge in USA TV for a whole hour. And, lo, what nonsense is this….? It’s General Hospital! A new, enthralling, bizarre and unknown territory for … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 4th July, America, American, Americans, British, Culture, expats, General Hospital, hocoblogs@@@, nail salon, Spanky, sunshine, TV, UK, USA, weather | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 156

Posted on June 24, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Wimbledon Today Wimbldeon starts in the UK! How I love Wimbledon and its Britishness and over-priced strawberries and champagne and long queues and green-ness and stiff upper lip when we want someone to win/try not to get emotional if they … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Andy Murray, British, Cliff Richard, Culture, cup of tea, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, tennis, TV, UK, USA, Wimbledon | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 154

Posted on June 20, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Columbia is 46! The town in which I live is 46 years young. I say ‘years young’ because it is young in comparison to the towns in the UK (apart from Milton Keynes probably) that I have lived in before. … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged 46 years old, America, Americans, Baltimore, baseball, basketball, Blog, Bovril, British, Camden Yards, Columbia, corn dogs, Culture, Downtown, driving, expat, food, football, high fructose corn syrup, hocoblogs@@@, Honey Boo Boo, Howard County, Howard County magazine, Jim Rouse, Kisscam, Maggie Thatcher, maryland, Milton Keynes, Orioles, President, Prime Minister, Robins Cheltenham, TV, UK, undertaking, USA, Whaddney the Robin, Wombles | 5 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 152

Posted on June 19, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Tea cup politics vs Wine glass politics Yes, the above title is how I view British politics in comparison to American politics. So, I attended my friend Tom Coale’s shindig tonight where he declared his intention to be the Democrat … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Asian Fusion food, British, church hall, councillor, Countdown, custard creams, delegate, District 9B, hocoblogs@@@, hocorising, Howard County, Jam and Jerusalem, maryland, milk, Politics, Richard Whiteley, Skip, Skip Coale, Tom Coale, TV, UK, UK councils, USA, WI | 12 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 132

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

If I wasn’t in the States what would I have been doing in the UK? I got asked this question by a few Americans at the Wine in the Woods event yesterday. I paused. I pondered. And I replied with … Continue reading →