Coffee Culture Showdown: Spain’s “Cortado” vs. Colombia’s “Tinto”
Written by an expat who orders cortados in Madrid cafés at 7 a.m. and downs steaming tintos from Bogotá street carts at 7 p.m.—discovering tha
Clipper Confidences: Talking Haircuts in Spanish
Fade Failures and Fresh Starts in Santo Domingo The first time I walked into Don Kelvin’s barbershop off Avenida Bolívar, bachata trumpets competed
Candles, Marigolds & Perico Ripiao: Explaining Latin Traditions in Spanish
The December heat in Santo Domingo wraps you like a flannel you never asked for. I was stringing blinking lights around our mango tree when my Colombi
Candles at Sunrise: Belting “Las Mañanitas” from Santo Domingo to Medellín
The morning my Dominican neighbor Doña Milagros turned seventy, I woke to a brass banda and half the barrio huddled beneath her balcony, waving papay
Calm Words, Clear Mind: Booking a Therapist Session in Spanish—A Field Guide for Expats
“¿Te animas a hablarlo?” That question—“Do you feel like talking about it?”—rolled off my Dominican friend Mariela’s tongue one muggy T