2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
- Happy New Year (or "Why I hate Jude Law")
- The longest day - part 3
- The longest day - part 2
- The longest day - part 1
- Comes with instructions
- On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me... a sky high electricity bill
November 2009
- The red mist descends
- A long overdue Halloween missive
- The red tape of parenthood (aka "I'm drowning, not waving")
October 2009
September 2009
- X marks the what?
- So THAT'S what you think about Britain?
- Two years and counting
- A very public sense of loss
August 2009
July 2009
- A man walks into a bar (and other clichés)
- Rushed off my feet
- Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone...
- Ask a silly question
June 2009
- My day with Michael Jackson
- A question of love
- Losing my voice
- The game of the name
- Checks and big balances
- Funny how things change
- You win some, you lose some
May 2009
- Why New York is head and shoulders above the rest
- Ten things you can learn about New York City from the subway
- Three unacceptable faces of New York (or 'Am I becoming a grumpy old man?')
- It's just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right...
- Ten things we can learn about life from American sitcoms
- A story about swine that doesn't mention flu
- Brit On The Water
April 2009
- Time to meat your maker
- You don't have to be mad to live here
- I'm a New Yorker, and your rules do not apply to me
- Bra(in) twisting in the 21st century
- Homesickness (or 8 things I occasionally miss about Britain)
- A spoonful of sugar
- Just making sure we're all on the same page
- It's not exactly the Discovery Channel, is it?
- Money money money (isn't funny)
- A full and frank apology to the USA
March 2009
- Going green, New York style
- New York cranks it up to 11
- Would you like cheese with that?
- Some mothers do have 'em
- The luck of the Irish
- Coming to terms with shame
- Ticking all the boxes
- A sign of the American times
- Understanding New York's unique formula
- The one where A Brit Out Of Water becomes a criminal
February 2009
- The art of flushonomics
- There's honour among thieves
- How to know everything there is to know
- A very male kind of illness
- Reasons why America is great (part 5 of a series)
- Baby you can park my car
- The big breakfast. Or lunch.
- Will humankind ever learn?
- Public displays of affection
- And next on the agenda...
- Britain is closed for business
January 2009
- Never mind the show, let's watch the adverts
- My name's A Brit Out Of Water, and I'm a cheese addict
- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
- What have I got myself into?
- Reasons why New York is great (part 2 in a long forgotten series)
- A nasty infestation of Brits
- Rudeness with a smile on its face
- A moment of history
- An Englishman, an Irishman and a Frenchman...
- The British invasion
- Study: Americans are bigger than Brits in the bedroom department
- Try a little bitterness
- It's only words, and words are all I have
- Have yourself a telly little Christmas
- Two people divided by a couple of pieces of bread
December 2008
- In the right place at the right time
- Slow train to nowhere
- E-coli all ye faithful
- There's no place like home
- The way we were
- City transport in "not very good" shock
- Excuses excuses excuses
- What does a man have to do to get a beer around here?
November 2008
- Once, twice, three times a New Yorker
- Unknown at this address
- The real price of food in America
- The curious incident of the missing letter
- Important pan pipe update
- I used to be such a tolerant man
- Out with the old, in with the new. Eventually.
- A tale of two pasties
- We even have electricity
- London's dirty secret
- A jump to the left, a step to the right
October 2008
- Early to rise, early to grump
- The pipes of peace
- Back to the future
- Playing ball
- Now that's what I call autumn. Or fall.
- Wherever I lay my hat
- The restorative powers of fat
- Putting a price tag on health
- General Hospital: a lesson in the difference between fact and fiction
- America: your country needs you
September 2008
- Problems with the trouble and strife*
- Raining on my parade
- Just one dollar can save a New Yorker
- Getting a little too comfortable
- All is not what it seems
- Absolute filth
- The true cost of avoiding homesickness
- A distaste for the good life
- No tea please, I'm British
- Return to sender
- Trains cost...and right here's where you start paying
- Two pieces of bread and a whole load of turkey
- Going back to school the expensive/American way
August 2008
- I come from a land down under
- Life's too short to deal with cable companies
- The Great American Conversational Disaster
- 365 days out of water
- The campaign for the abolition of taxi talking starts here
- It's Not Right, But It's Okay
- Is this a man I see before me?
- I'd like to apologise unreservedly
- The great New York breakfast robbery
- Style pot calls fashion kettle black
- Take me to the river
- A god who walks amongst us
July 2008
- A little bit of politics
- A lesson in money management
- The war on New York's streets
- New York's 50mph strip show
- Lord knows I can't change
- Spot the difference
- Expect the unexpected
- Help me if you can
- Getting away from it all
- Zut alors
June 2008
- Be your guest? I don't think so...
- 200 things you simply have to know about New York (part four)
- Customer service hell (or America, as it's also known)
- Death, where is thy sting?
- Don't stop me now
- The change
- A cultural loss
- 200 things you simply have to know about New York (part three)
- Summer in the city
- 200 things you simply have to know about New York (part two)
- 200 things you simply have to know about New York (part one)
- Over the Hil
- The sweetest thing
May 2008
- Keeping your distance
- New York in three words
- On top of the world
- Taking control
- Manners maketh man
- Cometh the hour, cometh the Van
- The love of the game
- So sue me
- On song
- Speed bumps
- They think it's all over
- Size matters
- This is not just a blog post
- Read all about it
- National WTF Day
April 2008
- Washed up
- Reality bites
- When the moon hits your eye
- Gardening leave
- Warning: this entry may cause mild tedium
- Grunt work
- 'Z' for 'zero respect'
- Wheels of steel
- FFS
- Lost and found
- No can do
- Five things I have discovered in the last 24 hours
March 2008
- In search of a slogan
- How to get a red in advertising
- School papers
- Mixing isn't matching
- Scandalous
- Good Friday. Or 'Friday', as I now call it.
- Open brackets
- Chopbusters
- Green with envy
- Fight the power
- Counting on it
- Pancake day
- I smell the blood of a
n EnglishWelshman - Aroma therapy
- The universal language of rudeness
- Are there dollars in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?
- London, England
- Send us victorious
February 2008
- A very British sense of humo(u)r
- When the chips hit the fan
- Fast food nation
- Best snack (in a supporting role)
- Not a morning person
- The Carroll Gardens cleaning curse
- The real New York
- Racked with guilt
- Let there be (saintly) love
- Cushioning the blow
- The great pretender
- At the drive-in
- Hearing is believing
- Le petit dejeuner
- X marks the spot
- Flipping out
- Lost in translation
- Champions
- A small world
- Hands across America - update
January 2008
- Any given Sunday
- Hands across America
- A bit of a beef
- What's for lunch
- A new kind of justice
- Cross crossing
- A tale of two vending machines
- Short not sweet
- Taxing times
- It's the freakiest show
- A perfect setting
- Where's Sky Sports when you need it?
- A done deal
- Signed, sealed, delivered
- Holding the baby
- New Year, new look
- Taking it personally
- Reasons why New York is great (part 1 of a series)
- I'll never call them chips, OK?
- Like water for friendship
- Losing control
- The winning number
- Happy New Year
December 2007
- Tears of a town
- Egged on
- A heated debate
- An Apple a day
- Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
- The all blacks
- The Mad Old Lady Of Met Foods
- For the love of cheese
- The big 100
- On the telly
- Party time
- All for one
- When two become one
- Keeping it sweet
- Cab chaos
- Hello hello hello
- One for the road
- Jostling for room
- New York smells
- Lessons learned part 3
November 2007
- Chasing cars
- Prancing on ice
- Extreme noise terror
- Just brilliant
- A turning point
- Heading south
- Giving thanks
- Officially speaking
- A ruby murray
- Down the tube
- On the streets
- It takes two
- Two out of three ain't bad
- Bah humbug (or a guide to rampant commercialism)
- Poop
- It's getting better all the time
- Trouble in store
- The Subway Barger
- Ethnic cleansing?
- All change
- The sad truth
- A momentary w(h)ine
- New dogs, old tricks
- The iceman cometh
- Reasons why America is great (part 4 of a series)
- Lessons learned part 2
October 2007
- Halloween be thy name
- Stalled
- Step back in time
- Assault! Assault! Assault!
- Rainy days
- Reasons why America is great (part 3 of a series)
- Weather with me
- MyPod
- Cat power
- Driven to distraction
- Digging deep
- Right here on the dancefloor is where you gotta let it go
- Potato paradise
- I've only gone and done it
- The first cut is the deepest
- Lights, cameras, action
September 2007
- Breakfast In America
- Radio free state
- Reasons why America is great (part 2 of a series)
- Reasons why America 'sucks' (part 1 of a series)
- Front row seats
- Last of the famous international drinkers
- Climate unchanged
- A slight return
- Have a nice day
- Stooping to conquer
- Hooked
- Is this what it means to be a New Yorker?
- All apologies
- The view from the roof
- Tipping point
- Sporting chance
- You are (w)here?
- Big hair big hair big hair
- Salad days
- American for beginners
- Let's get one thing straight
- Second floor: carpets, travel goods and bedding
- Reasons why America is great (part 1 of a series)
- Land of my fathers
- This is a low
- Down to earth
- Catching the bug
- In sympathy
- Making a (big) splash
- Mind the chat
August 2007
- Work work work
- Just ask a New Yorker
- Looking for Trouble
- We interrupt this game for a display of patriotism...
- Top gun
- All the world's a stage
- You talkin' to me?
- Branded
- False alarm
- Identity crisis
- One solution to the weak dollar?
- A whole new world
- A heavy price to pay
- Stormy weather
- Ready, steady....
