Dominican “Bodega” Wine Shopping: Tasting Notes and Pairings
Uncorking Memory: The Night a Bottle Picked Me My first real Dominican wine purchase happened on a sweltering Tuesday, the kind when the Caribbean sun
Dominican “Banca” Lottery Tickets: The Art of Picking Numbers and Picking Up Spanish
My First “Banca” Bet and the Accidental Lesson When I landed in Santo Domingo a decade ago I thought my intermediate Spanish would float me throug
Dominican “Agua de Coco” Stand Etiquette: Sizes, Sugar, and Straws
A Coconut Crashes my Morning Run I was halfway through my usual dawn jog on the Malecón in Santo Domingo when a coconut the size of a small bowling b
Dominating Dominican Dance Floors: Bachata Requests in Spanish
Sweat, Strings, and My First Bachata Request I was twenty-three, newly landed in Santo Domingo, and already dripping with the sticky Caribbean heat wh
Doctor’s Visit in Bogotá: Describing Altitude-Related Symptoms Like a Local
Ten years ago, when I first left the humidity of Santo Domingo for the brisk plateau of Bogotá, I assumed my island-conditioned lungs would handle th