The Houston British Expats Meetup Group

"Thank for the warm welcome Gerladine. I can't make the ballet but will be at the Highland Games on Saturday, being a Scot it would be rude not to! Hopefully will meet some members there. Looking forward to the girls night out!"

"No worries , it is a difficult one !"

"Hello and Welcome Look forward to meeting you IRL soon. Geraldine"

"Sorry Leonie - I totally spelled your name wrong on the email!"

"Hi there, my family and I moved from Scotland to Houston (Katy) 4 weeks ago. We are hoping to meet up with other Brits and hopefully make some friends! I would also like to meet other mums to save my sanity! "

"Hi, Do I like Pearland? I think it will take time to grow on me, that sounds like a pun giving the cities name!. The previous city we lived in was much prettier. Been here six months."

"Hi susan, how u liking Pearland? small town feel to it still. we moved to Pearland 5 years ago - it really has grown. Hope to see you at a meetup some time."

"Nice to have a fellow N.Irelander on board. Although I have yet to make it to an event!"

"I had a great time at the Red Lion, it was nice to meet you finally and enjoyed meeting the others as well. I am going to try and make it to Cafe Adobe on Thursday for the all ladies shindig."

"Jim: I have recently joined the Expats meetup group - Scottish... Worked in costuming [Theatre] for years both back home and here in Texas, if you ever over hear you're colleagues are in need of costume assistance for their plays... please feel free to let me know, I would love to volunteer - Hope to see you and the expats soon... Max "

"Hello, I've been living in US for twenty one years. Married twenty five years. Recently moved to Pearland from Shreveport, Louisiana. Looking forward to meeting fellow Brits. I belonged to a British club in Louisiana, missing the contact."

"A heebie-jeebie welcome to you. Geraldine"

"Hi Geraldine: Great site, looking forward to meeting more ex-pats... Hope to see you guys soon :)"

"This is the place to continue the conversation between monthly Meetups. Get to know your local Meetup community, ask questions, answer questions, talk about your last get-together--it's up to you. We..."

"I was born in North Wales and have lived i the States since 83. Looking to meet some people from back home. I live in Dickenson and work in Sugarland."

"I'm a 32 year old South African now living in Houston (on the right in the pic). I miss a few things about SA/UK culture, rugby, cricket, Brit humor etc. So far Houston has been perfectly agreeable particularly Memorial Park and the golfing. "

"I teach dialects for theatre at UH. I use dialect recordings in my work with actors, so if anyone in the group is willing to chat with me briefly, I would greatly appreciate it! Occasionally I can offer theatre tix in exchange! jjohnson33@uh.edu"

"Hi There, I'm an Australian who is currently living in New York .I have been here for almost 3 years. We are about to make the move to Houston in the next few months. I really miss people with a laid back attitude and hilarious sense of humour."

"Hi, we (my husband & 2 kids and the dogs) moved to sugar land in july 07. It's a great place, but i feel lonely when everyone is at work and school. We would love to meet some new people, who understand us and know where we're coming from."

"I first came to Houston in 1972, went back to N.Z. in 1982, and returned to Clear Lake in 2005. I work for KBR downtown, and my wife Diane is Admin. at Church of Redeemer, Episcopal in Eastwood. She lived in U.K. from 1973 to 1976."

"No - go make in real life friends!"

"Now there's a couple of pixies!"