Almost American

DH says I am often too self-deprecating and that I lack self-confidence. I tell him that it is a cultural thing. Remind him that I grew up i...

I hadn't been to a Tupperware party in over ten years and now I've been to two in as many weeks, and I'm having one of my own ne...

bAs I was writing the previous post, DH came into the room and told me he was going to bed and wanted some help taking his clothes off . . ....

Back in February, DD decided that she wanted a blog of her own. It seemed as though it would be a good way to get her to improve her writing...

David asks : "What was the best decision you ever made?" The most influential decision I ever made, which in a very long roundabou...

The new Rough Guide to the UK says : "The only certainty for visitors is that however long you spend in England and however much you se...

My American Mother's Day got off to a pleasant start - I was told I had to stay in bed and not go downstairs until I was called. You won...

When a colleague referred yesterday to the landmasses on either side of the Straights of Gibraltar as Russia and the United States, I was un...

When I first arrived in the US, I had no need of a driver's licence, but was advised that a photo ID would be a necessity. After my firs...

Discussing the possibility of a trip at some point in the future to DisneyWorld, DH (who apparently does not find the idea of a trip to see ...

I never had Marmite as a child and it's not something I can honestly say I like. However, I know that there are many British expats out ...

I live in an area of the US where petrol (gas) is relatively cheap, and I paid $3.36/gallon this morning for 'regular'. I think that...

Twenty odd years ago when I first came to the United States, one of the reasons Europeans considered the American university system a joke w...

British Daffodilly tagged me with this meme a few days ago, and I've finally managed to find some time to follow up on it. It's the...

The BBC had a rather nice April Fools video about flying penguins. They are now using it as an ad for their video player service on their we...

I guess that's a threat, not a promise?

When my parents first came to visit me in the US back in the early 90s we did some travelling around the northeastern United States. Everywh...