Why American chocolate tastes so weird For years, British people told me American chocolate tasted like vomit. I thought that was a bit dramatic. April 24, 2024Read more
31 | getting old + figuring myself out (let’s chat) I’d just turned thirty-one, and saying that out loud felt weird. Sitting on the floor also hurt my March 22, 2024Read more
Can I thrift an outfit in England (as a total newbie?) I liked looking around charity shops, especially at all the little trinkets, but I didn’t really buy things. March 5, 2024Read more
9 things America does better (sorry Britain!) I loved living in the UK, but there were comforts from North America that I missed. After eight January 30, 2024Read more
British words I say without even realising When I moved to the UK as an adult, I didn’t expect my words to change very much. January 16, 2024Read more
This UK Christmas treat would make an American cry (me included) I have tried hard to like Christmas pudding. Fancy ones, cheap ones, supermarket ones and homemade ones have December 26, 2023Read more
Making Britain’s CRAZIEST Christmas Cocktails It was ten in the morning and I was about to make Christmas cocktails. I’d wanted to try December 12, 2023Read more
Is Christmas better in Canada or the UK? My first Christmas in the UK was in 2015, about a month after I arrived. I was at December 12, 2023Read more
Is the UK actually good for foreigners? After seven years living in a small town outside London, I was thinking about whether the UK was October 31, 2023Read more