Dominican Surf-Wax Choices: Warm vs. Tropical Spanish Terms
La primera ola que me enseñó español Ten years ago, I paddled out in Playa Encuentro with a borrowed board, a melted bar of tropical wax, and vocab
Dominican Street-Barber Pop-Ups: Fade Requests and Payment Lingo
From Gringo Buzzcut to Caribbean Fade: My First Chair on the Sidewalk Ten years ago, freshly arrived from Portland with an embarrassingly crooked self
Dominican Street-Art Supplies: Spray-Paint Color Names in Spanish
La noche que confundí el fucsia con el rosado chicle Tenía apenas veintitrés años, recién aterrizado en Santo Domingo, cuando un colega dominican
Dominican Street Markets: Bargaining for “Zapote” & “Lechosa”
El primer mordisco—how a messy orange shirt changed my accent I still remember the first time I stained a brand-new white guayabera with the deep co
Dominican Storm-Shutter Installation: Contract & Hardware Spanish for the Determined Expat
When the Clouds Rolled In—and I Couldn’t Roll Down the Shutters Last August, while a capricious tropical wave turned the usually placid waters off