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An outsider's take on all the things that make America unique - from the point of view of a British expat. Covering politics, style, religion, food, language, and anything else that takes my fancy.
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At the baseball, no culture shock at all. Almost
This week, we went to see the New York Yankees play, er, no wait it’s coming to me, the Tampa Bay… Rays. Anyway, off we go on the B train all the way up the enormous new stadium in the Bronx, and here’s me expecting to find tons of ...
Would you like some cigarettes with your Nicotinelle?
This is the counter in Rite Aid, a chain-store chemist: Keen-eyed readers will note several interesting details: 1. The large selection of sweets available to purchase on the spur of the moment. 2. The cigarettes. 3. The slightly obscured sign for th...
Are you Jewish?
In most parts of the world, the moment when someone asks you for directions is the moment when you you know you’ve assimilated. In New York, particularly in Brooklyn, it’s when someone stops you in the street and asks, ‘Are You Jewi...
Are you as excited as me?
Unless your name is Vanessa, I doubt it: And yes, some of the won ton sauce ended up on the shirt. ...
Shopping with hippies, poets, architects, economists
No stint living in Brooklyn is complete without a membership of the Park Slope Food Coop. If only for the comedy hats. Est 1973 by a bunch of hippies, it’s a members’ only supermarket, where all members have to work 2 hours and 45 minutes...
