And finally...

I have decided to start this blog, which I have been contemplating for ages. Maybe my impetus is the recent edition of Talk of the Nation on NPR dedicated to blogging, maybe it's the accumulating mass of little things I've written that are sitting on my hard drive, but the time has come.

I'm an arty, 27 year old American girl living in London. Before London, I lived in Prague, Czech Republic, which remains my favorite spot in the world. Before Prague (and after it, for a year), I lived in Philadelphia, PA, another great city. Before that, I grew up next to Hershey, PA, home of chocolate (which I don't particularly like).

My work interests consist of academia and theatre (and how they do or do not get along), but I'm also fascinated by language, fashion, religion, travel, politics and wider cultural issues, especially relating to women. Mostly, I enjoy ruminating on my changing relationship with the US: the things I learn about it by not living in it, the ways in which British and American culture diverge and overlap.

I'm curious to meet others straddling this (or other) cultural/national divides, other bi-national couples (my partner's English) or just anyone who fancies reading a slightly random, internationally-inclined and reasonably well-written blog.