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Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 476

Posted on September 2, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

How Brits celebrate Labor Day Labor Day in the USA is like the Bank Holibobs in the UK. So, how do we Brits celebrate it? Playing a traditional British sport, of course. Cricket, with rain intervals, naturally. Welcome Fall It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, Autumn, Bank Holidays, Britain, British, bucket list, cricket, Culture, England, English, expat, fall, hocoblogs@@@, holibobs, Labor Day, maryland, repatriation, tradition, UK, USA, weather | 8 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 475

Posted on September 1, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Homecoming! Apparently, it’s nearly time for Homecoming in the US high schools. Despite hearing this phrase a lot in movies and wot not, I don’t actually know what this means, since we don’t have it in the UK. It means … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American food, American traditions, Americans, British, Buffalo wings, chicken wings, Culture, high school, hocoblogs@@@, homecoming, homecoming dance, Old Bay Spice, Teressa Bellissimo, UK, USA | 2 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 474

Posted on September 1, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Footie podcast The dulcet, and very British, tones of the UK Desperate Housewife USA have been used to introduce a very funny footie podcast called Canons and Cockerels. Smashing! Do check it out here! 🙂 Annapolis I can’t express how … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American high schools, American history, Americans, Annapolis, Britain, British, British accent, Canons and Cockerels podcast, Culture, English, football, Governor of Maryland, high school, history, hocoblogs@@@, hocohomos, Martin O'Malley, maryland, soccer, UK, USA, weather, wreaths | Leave a comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 473

Posted on August 29, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

CHiPs! OMG, I totes forgot to tell a California roadtrip story from July. It went like this, as we were coming out of Santa Barbara to Carmel. Husband: ‘Look at all those signs saying that the California Highway Patrol are … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, Americans, Blog, Britain, British, California, Carmel, CHiPs, cleaning, cops, Culture, Daisy Dukes, desperate housewife, driving, Dyson, England, English, expat, hocoblogs@@@, hoovers, pet hair, pets, rhubarb, road trip, Santa Barbara, speeding, sunshine, Travel, UK, USA, vaccums, weather, Wysteria Lane | 10 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 472

Posted on August 29, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

A blog post dedicated to all the ‘Randy’ men There are a lot of men called ‘Randy’ in the USA. I don’t think there are many men at all called ‘Randy’ in the UK. This is probably due to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged accents, America, American, Britain, British, Chipotle, Culture, Dicks, English, expat, expats, hocoblogs@@@, horny, housewife, innuendo, language, names, Randall, randy, Randy Quaid, translation, Travel, UK, USA | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 471

Posted on August 27, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Knives in America This is not a post about stabbings in the USA. Oh no, this is a post about superstitions about knives in the USA! In many places in the United States it is considered bad luck to hand … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged #als, #icebucketchallenge, #icebucketchallenge #als, America, American, Americans, Britain, British, Culture, expat, hocoblogs@@@, knives, redneck, superstition, UK, USA, White House | 1 Comment

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 470

Posted on August 26, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Mooching USA stylie The other day I wrote a blog post about living in America as a Brit and I used the term ‘mooching’, as in I was going to mooch around the new Whole Foods supermarket that has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, bangers, Blog, boobs, British, Culture, English, expat, food, hocoblogs@@@, holidays, language, mooching, sausages, school, UK, USA, Whole Foods | 4 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 469

Posted on August 25, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Back with the Amish One of the places in the USA that made an impression on me the first time I visited it was Lancaster, PA and the Amish country. I wanted to go again to feel its surrealness and … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, American flag, Americans, Amish, Amish people, Blog, Britain, British, British Embassy, British flag, Culture, England, expat, hocoblogs@@@, Lancaster PA, lifestyle, President, Travel, Twitter, UK, USA, Washington, White House, White House BBQ | 7 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 468

Posted on August 24, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

Black cats in the USA So, in the UK, we consider it lucky if a black cat crosses your path. My days are generally very, very lucky because I have two black cats and they cross my path all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged America, American, Americans, black cats, Blog, Britain, British, British humour, Columbia, Columbia Lakefront, Culture, expat, Haven on the Lake, hocoblogs@@@, Howard County, maryland, middle class, organic, redevelopment, sense of humour, supermarket, superstition, taking the piss, UK, USA, Whole Foods | 6 Comments

Desperate English Housewife in Washington, chapter 467

Posted on August 20, 2014 by ukdesperatehousewifeusa

The final New Orleans chapter The Cocktail Tour I’d like to be able to tell you the fascinating history of each cocktail we encountered on the tour of the finer drinking establishments in New Orleans, but to be brutally honest, … Continue reading →