Almost American

"These directions are for planning purposes only. You may find that construction projects, traffic, or other events may cause road cond...

When I was in graduate school here in the United States, I dated an African American for a short period of time. I was absolutely furious wh...

create your own personalized map of the USA Over 20 years and this is all I've managed to visit? Pathetic really, especially as 'Flo...

Yes, there is too much chocolate in my house. In addition to all the chocolate in the photo in my last post, there is a ten POUND bar of cho...

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I had never really thought about whether drinking was allowed on the Tube or not. I've never really spent that much time in London. I...

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...