For various reasons, we ended up going to England and Italy this summer. I realize to many Americans, this probably sounds like a treat. It wasn’t actually for tourism though, and either way, it ended up being quite a grueling trip.…
Doctor Who: Ranking the Russell T Davies Era Part 1
When I first moved to England in 2010, Chris wanted me to watch pretty much everything he had ever seen that he liked that I hadn’t seen before. We didn’t have to find new TV programs for about 2 years.…
Brexit
As most of you know, Britain has recently voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. We stayed up the latest we have yet in Arizona to find out the results, which were extremely surprising on one count and extremely…
England & Arizona: A Comparison
When Chris’s parents came to Arizona, it made me think a bit more about how the UK and Arizona compare. For instance, my mother-in-law watching some of the local news found out it was meant to snow somewhere in Arizona.…
Minor Differences: Bread and Cheese
A common complaint of the British when visiting the US is that the bread and the cheese are terrible. British people I have spoken to often seem to think most American cheese is that really processed rubbery stuff or at…
Chris’s Parents’ Arrival in Arizona
We have finally had visitors after living in Arizona for 4 months. Chris’s parents came in late April. Check out a short video of their arrival and all the British goodies Chris’s mum managed to squeeze into her bag. More…
A Blast from the Past: A 2015 Easter Road Trip to Manchester
Before traveling to the US, we took a comparatively tiny road trip in the UK. We used it as the chance to practice blogging as we were certainly not in the habit of filming everything that happened to us before…
Flight to Phoenix
We have made it Arizona and our flights were actually better than expected. We have flown with Delta before (usually at Christmas) and had only previously had horrible flights with them, but both were fine, despite one of our two flights being the…
A Proper British Curry
Chris’s sister gave us some vouchers for one of the best curry houses in the Slough area, the Akash, so it gave us an excuse to go out for one more curry before we left. They do especially nice…
Computer Butler: Auntie-Virus Edition
A frequent experience of people in IT is that it’s a huge, huge field and once you are in it, your friend and relatives will try to get you to do all manner of IT related tasks for them. Most of…