May 2010
27 posts
“A friend of mine told me the other day that my accent is markedly different from...”
“Top tip: If the rain in England gets you down, plant a garden. Then all...”
“brb. going to go see who is running the country now.”
“Arugula = Rocket; Canola Oil = Rapeseed Oil; Cilantro = Coriander; The Spurs...”
– quickies
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“Cucumber sandwiches contain little protein and so are generally not considered...”
– Cucumber sandwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helping my niece come up with some ideas for easy to make British food for a cultural fair at her school. I’d never eaten a cucumber sandwich before I lived in England and I’m still not always sure what the draw is. I mean,...
“Oh my god, you just said quid! Usually you say dollars, even when you mean...”
– Mr. Tea, remarking on my assimilation.
“You know, I think really the best and nicest thing about living here is that...”
– Twitter / thaumata: You know, I think really t …
I tweeted this earlier but it bears repeating: I really love living in a small town. I love that when I walk into a shop, I am just as likely as not to run into the owner. I’m also likely to run into them when I am out and about...
Yelp.co.uk →
My periodic reminder that Yelp works in the UK now and it’d be fun to have friends there.
I just had dinner at a british tex-mex restaurant. We are not amused.
Nah, that’s not really fair. If you’re looking for chili-in-a-tortilla-covered-in-red-sauce, this place was pretty good. But they were calling it a burritto [sic] and I’m sorry… it just wasn’t. No margaritas either, but my coronas did come with a lime, so I’ll shush. Overall, it was no...
“Dear England: Hope you enjoyed my Union Jack knickers when my dress blew up in...”
– I totally understand why British girls wear so many tights now.
April 2010
59 posts
The Colour Laboratory →
Mr. Tea put up a photo he’d taken of the Williamson’s Factory just now, along with a transcript of a very interesting Flickr comment he got on it from someone who used to work there. It’s really kind of cool how the internet brings total strangers together sometimes.
(Sometimes, they even sucker American girls into marrying them.)
