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Timeout NY – Eastenders 25th Anniversary Bash with Big Apple Brits

Feb 12, 2010 at 7:15 am in brit culture, brit week, britain, british, british expats, british in new york, british in new york city, brits, britsh expatriate, eastenders, watch eastenders by Big Apple Brits · Leave a Comment »

EASTENDERS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BASH IN NEW YORK CITY BY TIMEOUT NY – PAGE 32 – ISSUE 750

Celebrate a quarter century of the British soap opera Eastenders at this all evening affair, featuring a talk by Albert Square & Me author Larry Jaffee (6pm), trivia (7:30pm), a screening of classic clips and karaoke. Line your stomach with “Ian Beale-style chips” covered in salt, vinegar and ketchup!

Regsitration at [read more →]

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Smitten by Britain blog on Big Apple Brits – My Journey to Britophilia

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Smitten by Britain Blog on Big Apple Brits – The home of the Britophile!

My Journey to Britophilia

My interest in Great Britain began at the age of thirteen, when I discovered the Rolling Stones. I would spend hours in my room listening to their albums and staring at the cover of “High [read more →]

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"Feet First" by Emma Smith

Nov 24, 2009 at 9:41 pm in blogs, britain, british, brits, expatriates, york by Big Apple Brits · Leave a Comment »

Emma Smith is a featured blogger on Big Apple Brits.

Week two of my new life in New York and it is entirely possible I may lose my legs.

I fear they could actually fall off from all the walking. Today I saw ten apartments in three hours. That is a lot of walking and fast. People in New York walk like the pavements are made from hot coals. My legs [read more →]

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"Welsh Alien in New York…" by Emma Smith

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Tuesday 1st September 2009. My glamorous new life in New York begins with me arguing in a Queens branch of Subway over a tuna mayonnaise footlong.

I ask the woman for tuna mayonnaise, but she looks at me blankly, so I ask for it again and point to the tuna, but her expression remains. So I say it again…‘Tuna. TUNA [read more →]