“This is so fucked up” “What are you talking about?” “Turn your TV on.” Ten years ago I was sitting on my sofa in Brooklyn when my friend B. IM’ed me on AOL Instant Messenger a little after 8:45. I turned on the TV and saw what so many other people did – smoke billowing,Continue reading “My day on 9/11”
Category Archives: The American perspective
Do expats celebrate 4th of July?
I can tell that I’ve finally assimilated into the British way of life when July 4 rolls around and my English husband has to remind me that maybe it might be fun to celebrate America’s adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Oh yeah. Should we have a burger or something? As a kid, I alwaysContinue reading “Do expats celebrate 4th of July?”
A very cool video of my spiritual home, New York City
I left New York City more than 8 years ago to live in London, and I still don’t think I’m over it. The city is like a lover I can never forget. Sometimes it drove me mad, or made me depressed. Sometimes I vowed to leave. I did do that once – relocating to Paris,Continue reading “A very cool video of my spiritual home, New York City”
Cool kids’ TV shows – then and now
When I was young, TV didn’t have the bad name it has now. Back then it was a social studies medium, Broadway training ground and musical outlet extraordinaire. Sesame Street and The Electric Company (featuring actors like Rita Moreno and Morgan Freeman and eventually a victim of its own success according to Wikipedia) were theContinue reading “Cool kids’ TV shows – then and now”
What Brits really think about the royal wedding
It’s turning out to be a week of my culturally insightful gems re: Brits v Americans. My latest is a piece I wrote for an American website started by veteran newswoman Leslie Stahl, Whoopi Goldberg and other high-flyers. I give my fellow Americans the low-down on how Brits really view the royal wedding. SoContinue reading “What Brits really think about the royal wedding”
Video: American v British Easter
I take a cursory and light-hearted look at the way my bi-cultural family celebrates Easter. Homepage photo: Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Jennifer HowzeI’m a journalist and blogger. Previously I was The Times’s online lifestyle editor and Alpha Mummy blogger. Now I’m co-founder of BritMums and BritMums Live! – our annual blogging conference that draws hundreds.Continue reading “Video: American v British Easter”