Our tentative plan to check out housing in Estrella caused us to bring an ongoing problem to a head. The maps in our car had not been updated since we bought it. The Phoenix area is growing and building new things…
A Taste of San Francisco
We recently went to San Francisco as Chris had a conference there for work. As long term readers know, we’d been before. It was a very different experience this time. I noticed completely different things, which is not surprising as…
A Comparison of US Grocery Delivery Services
When I was a little girl, I mainly remember there being pizza and Chinese delivery. Sandwich delivery popped up sometime in the last 10-20 years as well, but in the last few years, many delivery services have appeared for a…
Minor Differences: Crisps vs. Chips
A minor difference between the UK and the US is crisps and chips. Most people are familiar with the difference in terminology in that chips in the UK refers to hot fried potatoes, whereas the crispy room temperature potato product…
Minor Differences: License Plates
There are a few differences between plates for cars in the UK and the US. In the US, of course, the state system comes into play. As with driver licenses, license plates for cars are done on the state level,…
Minor Differences and Major Similarities: Becoming Christophe with Cox Communications
So we are generally very happy with our internet provider, Cox. We have heard plenty of horror stories from the eastern half of the country where Comcast is more common. From what our neighbors have told us, the other option…
Minor Differences: Advertising in the Mail – Part 2
It turns out that not only does USPS deliver ads, but they will pass along a strange variety of other things if the price is right. Have a look at the video to find out what we found next:
Minor Differences: Advertising in the Mail – Part 1
A minor difference between the US and the UK is advertising the post. Growing up, I remember my parents reading the ads that came with the Sunday paper. We don’t actually subscribe to any papers, but despite this, every Wednesday…
Minor Differences: Unexpectedly, High Fructose Corn Syrup Part 2
So we thought we’d done a good job of cutting out all the HFCS, as we talked about in the previous post. Unfortunately, this was not entirely true. We get grocery delivery orders from Safeway every week or two. I…
Minor Differences: High Fructose Corn Syrup
A difference between the US and the UK is the plethora of corn grown in the US. Corn is eaten in the UK, but on a much smaller scale. A common corn based product in the US, high fructose corn…