Almost American

In the words of one of my friends:   It's just such a great holiday. It really is. It's four days long, you have enough time fo...

Toast seems to be more popular in the UK than here in the US. I remember Saturday lunches when I was growing up, or any lunches when I was a...

I can't imagine Guy Fawkes' night being postponed. The whole point is that it's on the 5th of November. The same with the 4th of...

I still haven't figured out why every time there's a big snowstorm, this happens in the supermarket: We joke about all the people...

WOW - they really weren't kidding when they predicted widespread power outages! We got about 12 inches of heavy wet snow. The branches i...

Never mind a White Christmas - we're having a White Halloween this year! We're used to snow in the northeastern USA, but not this mu...

UK expats often have a lot to say about the differences between the National Health Service and the lack of a national health service here i...

I had never heard of this before - British subjects, living in Britain, required to give up their nationality simply because they married a ...

My DH forwarded this image to me recently. I think he remembered me telling him about  NFAH's comments on the topic!  

I'm trying to remember what time lunch (dinner) was served when I was in school. I'm pretty sure it was 12 noon. My secondary school...

A couple of years ago, I wrote about the local asparagus ice cream .This week I had another interesting culinary experience. Chocolate chip ...

DH just got home from the local Farmers' Market. The kind, sweet, man that he is, he brought me a couple of gifts. Well, they are to sha...

I get more spam comments than real ones at this blog. That's OK - Blogger filters them out very effectively and it takes no time to hit ...

Personalized license plates are more of a big deal here in the USA than in the UK I think. Years ago, when I was in grad school, I had a Tur...

Advertising seems to be getting more and more subtle. Can you guess what this ad is for?

Long weekend = trip to IKEA + lots of gardening. Good thing we have a large(ish) vehicle. Most of our neighbors have their mulch delivered i...

People have been whining here about how it's been raining all week. The lawn has grown several inches longer than DH likes it to get, bu...

I failed - but I'm in good company as the American Girl in England 's English friends and family who took the test failed too. I th...

No, I'm not away on some exciting vacation . . . Just very busy with work and family, and not inspired to blog. No, not even about the R...