Almost American

I LOVE Cadbury's Creme Eggs and am very happy that they can be found year-round nowadays. The regular Creme Eggs are my favorite, but th...

Where in the world would you see a notice like this? Yes, it is in the United States. In the 'restroom' of the customer services dep...

. . . there is another sporting event that I will be watching this weekend. BBC America is broadcasting the Six Nations Cup live this year! ...

Last weekend we had some very good friends over for dinner who we hadn't seen since before Christmas and we finally got to exchange Chri...

Americans who live in the snow belt always laugh when the UK grinds to a halt because of an inch or so of snow. I was ready to do the same t...

Yael pointed me in the direction of this article on differences between the British and Americans . The opening line ("The first thing...

mom/Mum and Nappy Valley Mum both blogged about kids' birthday parties recently. I blogged about food at birthday parties, but they ha...

A commenter on another expat blog , pointed out this article from a couple of weeks ago in The Economist : The funny thing is, with the pas...

I'm copying the idea for this blogpost from NFAH . She wrote about changes in her life in the last 10 years. I went a little further bac...

Having a wonderfully perfect day thanks to my darling DH!

For many years after I first came to the United States, I was often a guest in someone else's home at Christmas. When I eventually got m...

Mince pies are not easy to find here in the US, and when you do find them they are often quite expensive. Most Christmases I just go without...

Here are some more of the search terms people have used that brought them to my blog in the last few weeks. Some are fairly obvious. It'...

When I got home from work today, I found a message on our answering machine from President Bill Clinton. Yes, the man himself! Of course, i...

A while ago Parent Hacks website posted a 'wonderful' idea one of their readers had come up with: serving jello (jelly) in individu...

. . . is nearly ready. And , yes, it includes green bean casserole (as discussed in the comments over at Pond Parleys ) because my father-in...

A housemate of mine introduced me to this many years ago - the New England Thanksgiving tradition of listening to Alice's Restaurant by...

"Ooh, Betty!" - Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford) in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em " I didn't get where I am today by ...

Some more phrases from my TV watching past. "I didn't get where I am today by . . . " "Ooh, Betty!" "Get down S...

"Stupid boy!" - Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army "It's good night from me" " And it's goodnight from h...