Sirens & Smiles: How the Tourist Police Became My Unexpected Spanish Teachers
I was bargaining for coconut earrings on Santo Domingo’s colonial Calle El Conde when my backpack vanished—one distracted selfie and ¡plin! gone.
Sir or Buddy? Mastering Tú and Usted so You Don’t Trip Over Your Own Spanish
The elevator ride that almost tanked a contract I’d just arrived in Bogotá, sleepless and over-caffeinated, to pitch a Dominican fintech to a conse
Sip, Swirl, and Say It Right: Wine & Cheese Vocabulary for Tastings
I was standing in the breezy courtyard of a restored colonial house in Santiago de los Caballeros when the sommelier offered me a glass of tempranillo
Singing Your Way to Fluency: Turning Spanish Song Lyrics into Mini Grammar Lessons
A Bachata Chorus That Ruined My Translation App One humid Friday in Santo Domingo I stood in a karaoke bar gutsy enough to tackle Romeo Santos’ hit
Signing Up for the Dominican “Liga de Softbol”: A Cross-Caribbean Spanish Workout
Primera mirada: el guante que me abrió el barrio I still remember lugging my cracked Wilson glove through the tropical heat of Santo Domingo Norte on