2011

Revisiting Resolutions

December 28, 2011

A sometimes-dangerous side effect of writing a blog is that once you post, it’s hard to hide from it. Normally, this level of accountability is a great benefit for bloggers; however, it comes with risks. Case in point: Tell the world you don’t like skinny jeans? Be sure not to post a picture of yourself [...]

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Christmastime

December 25, 2011

Our Christmas holiday began early this year; we took off from London 10 days ago. We learned our lessons from previous trips home and tried to keep our itinerary as flexible and unscheduled as possible. Unlike last year, we didn’t try to squeeze in a trip to the dentist – David wasn’t too keen on [...]

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London Living Rooms

December 11, 2011

London – or at least its retailers – have been prepping for Christmas for 6 weeks now, but the big fanfare doesn’t begin until the first weekend in December.  The shopping crowds are getting quite mad, so we’ve stayed far away from craziness of Oxford and Regent Street. Instead, we took a trip to Shoreditch [...]

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Daily Chronicles: What I really miss

December 4, 2011

For the first 6 months we lived in London, the list of  things we missed were mostly “creature comforts.”  Now that we are closing in on two years abroad, our list is much shorter.  We have either learned to live without, found a substitute, or in some cases, even an upgrade. For example: when we [...]

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Thanksgiving Recap

November 27, 2011

Turns out Thanksgiving has become one of my favorite holidays. Since the holiday only exists in American expat circles in the UK, we don’t have to deal with the stress of grocery stores on the days leading up to Turkey Day, we don’t have to hit I-95 to battle against the holiday traffic, and we [...]

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Blogging Benefits

November 22, 2011

Upon David’s suggestion, I entered the blogosphere in 2009. He saw me combing the web for suggestions about moving abroad and he knew I would find the most unfiltered testimonials in the blog world. So, I gently dipped my toe in, searching Google for “American expats in London” and “Moving abroad blogs. A couple of [...]

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Dining out with the Christmas menu

November 13, 2011

David already shared how early the Christmas season gets going in the UK with decorations, markets, and holiday windows in full swing by early November. Another interesting element of Christmas in the UK is the presence of a special “Christmas menu” at restaurants  and pubs. I may need the help of the few English readers [...]

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Quite an odd holiday, Guy Fawkes Day

November 6, 2011

Since I was on bed-rest this time last year, I wasn’t going to miss Bonfire Night this time around. The 5th of November is commemorated in England to celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – the Catholic scheme to unseat the Protestant king. Recently, Guy Fawkes may be better known because of V for Vendetta (which [...]

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Christmas Comes Early (really early!)

November 1, 2011

Guest post by my husband, David I love Christmas. I don’t mean I just like parts of Christmas like, getting presents, eating decadent meals or taking time off of work. I love CHRISTMAS and everything that goes with it; advent calendars, decorations, TV specials (I personally own over 20 different versions of A Christmas Carol), and setting up the [...]

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The Poppy Appeal

October 30, 2011

Coinciding with Veteran’s Day in the US, the Armed Forces in Britain are honored on November 11 - Remembrance Day. The UK charity, the Royal British Legion is most visible during the weeks leading up to the holiday  because of its very successful fundraising and awareness campaign called the Poppy Appeal. By selling small paper lapel poppies, [...]

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