American Expat in London

• THE Football World Championship Game 10 years ago ...otherwise know as the Super Bowl.This year, the Super Bowl coincided with Simon's birthday, and weeks before the Seattle Seahawks even made it into the playoffs, we decided to host a Super Bowl Birthday Extravaganza (cue echo..).Well, as luck would have it (though really, we all know it was...
• Crisis Averted 10 years ago As incredibly knowledgeable as Simon is about American culture/pop culture/history/politics, I often forget that he is not 'of' this country.  There are subtleties that can be lost on him-and I usually don't recognize this until said subtlety is indeed lost.Take the below photo.  After 18 months,...
• Aloha, Hey Y'all, and Ainngai 10 years ago That's 'hello' in Hawaii, the South, and Alaska (Inuit).I often forget how diverse this country is-which is really sad, when I consider that I drove from North Carolina to Washington State not even 18 months ago.  But...I do.Simon and I have done a fair amount of travel in the US this year-and...
• Finding My Voice 11 years ago Simply put, I've not been very active on my blog for the past year-effectively, since I returned to the US.  Which, considering the premise of my blog ('an expat in London'....), makes sense.  I loved writing my blog when I was in London, but since moving back, didn't feel like I had much of a...
• Back to the Homeland 11 years ago After 1 year and (what will be...) 29 days, Simon will return to the mother ship for the first time since departure.I am incredibly excited for him to be able to go home and see friends and family-and experience the sense of familiar that he will surely feel by being back in London.I wonder if he's...

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