Almost American

Stinking Billy asked me a question , and not knowing the answer, I thought I'd ask my expat Brit readers who live in the US to help. I ...

Born to Indian parents in London and raised in Rhode Island, author Jhumpa Lahiri spoke in her interview on NPR about becoming American of ...

One advantage of celebrating Thanksgiving in New England as opposed to some other areas of the United States is that once the fridge is full...

Joseph O'Neil was the second author interviewed for NPR's series on Becoming American. He talked of how the decision to emigrate ha...

I loved the very first Thanksgiving I ever experienced. I was living in a dorm (hall of residence) and was staying there over the long weeke...

During this week of Thanksgiving — the most American of holidays — National Public Radio is spending time thinking about what it means to be...

When DD asked yet again this year what they eat in England for Thanksgiving, I realized we have been failing miserably to teach her about ...

It took me years to feel comfortable ordering a sandwich here in the US. I hated being asked "How do you want that?" Umm - you mea...

DD commented as we walked out of the house today, "Mom, the pumpkins are looking really scary today." Scary? Today, but not yester...

The polls have not yet closed in my state, yet Yahoo's state-by state results map shows that 3% of precincts have already reported their...

The tooth fairy doesn't have to bring her pliers to our house! In the last week, the tooth fairy has paid us two visits, and she'll ...

Dr. Who is one of the reasons I'm glad we have BBCAmerica. I wonder if the original creators of the series back in 1963 ever envisaged ...

We never used to hear from our health insurance company, but now they send me mail regularly. Apparently it's now state law that every t...

I saw this on a car at work this week: Apparently this is the third Obama bumper sticker that's been put on this vehicle. The first two ...

I had never heard Colin Powell speak at length before viewing the video clip below, but I had heard good things about him. I was impressed w...

It makes sense that a lot of people all over the world are intensely interested in the outcome of the US presidential election even though t...

This was Columbus Day weekend in the United States. This is traditionally a weekend when the roads here are swamped with out-of-staters driv...

I was hoping when I took this that you'd see the colours on the hillside in the background. I'm happy that the tomatoes and peppers...

Friday was relatively exhausting, but certainly not the worst day I've ever had. After I got home with the kids I sat and read my Handwo...

Karen (aka CrunchieMummy ) tagged me to do this meme. Here are the rules: 1. Link to the person who tagged you. 2. Post the rules on your bl...