Today I had a brief opportunity to catch up with one of my professional friends, you know, the people you know only through work but with whom you eventually develop a casual friendship based on your jobs. Even easier these days with facebook and blogs. This one is quite amusing because I live [...]
Two critical observations from my local Sainsbury’s tonight.
On Cheese. They did have some slices of something that looked like American cheese. As in, it was yellow and in a package of individually wrapped slices and called “Cheese-flavoured slices” which I thought was very amusing. They also had something shockingly scary-looking called “Dairylea [...]
A few (or more) months ago, a tiny little Mexican food joint opened in my neighborhood. It was written up favorably in the local paper and I kept meaning to check it out, but I had not yet managed until today. It’s a take-out joint, there is no seating area but a few [...]
I have come to the conclusion that a big difference between American and British grammar in daily practice is in the Brits’ tendency to abbreviate. The discussion on “port of last departure” versus (the more specific but longer) “airport of…” yesterday, the “can I help?” statement, the “Big Issue, please” phrase and others. [...]
Back in Old Blighty, that is, although I leave for a week in Germany on Sunday and will be back in the US in less than a month. I had a really great trip to the US, although as usual, it was mostly work and only a tiny bit of play. But there were several [...]
It’s all very New England here. Like you see why it’s called that after you’ve been living in old England. The towns are all named the same thing but in a different order; for example, it makes no sense that Warwick is right next to Greenwich. And of course, here in New England we have [...]
I rushed to find some Cheez-its on my arrival (I swear, I always liked them but I was never so obsessed until I couldn’t just go to the store and buy them or anything remotely like them!) and got to wondering about American cheese. First of all, if you buy cheddar here it does not [...]
I recall when Target in my neighborhood in the US switched to a policy of “Open 8 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week” and the only time one had to think about whether Target was open was pre-Christmas (often open until 11) and certain holidays. When I was a kid Target was not [...]
I started blogging over a year ago as a way to vent frustrations and write about my expat experiences. It truly never occurred to me that blogging would lead to friendships in the real world. But I have been utterly blessed by real relationships that have grown out of blogging, and today was a time [...]
…they sell MEAD at your local liquor store. I had already paid for my bottle of New Zealand white, else I would have bought some simply for the curiosity factor. And so that I could have played the Robin Hood fantasy game where I have long curly hair and get to kiss Kevin Costner from [...]
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