Encouraging Kids’ Bilingual Friendships—Ice-Breaker Games That Actually Work
Stepping off the plane from Medellín last August, my six-year-old son Nico immediately spotted his Dominican friend Dariel in the arrival hall. The t
Emergency Funds on the Fly: How I Learned to Ask Dominican and Colombian Banks for Short-Term Loans
A Laptop, a Hurricane, and a Drained Cushion I was halfway through editing a YouTube tutorial in Santo Domingo when the power flickered. Tropical Stor
Echoes of Progress: How Monthly Accent Tags Turn Your Phone into a Personal Spanish Coach
The Night the Motoconcho Driver Became My Mirror One humid evening in Santo Domingo, I hopped on a motoconcho after a long day of remote work. I greet
Echoes in the Gallery: Mastering Museum Spanish from Santo Domingo to Medellín
I stepped into the Museo de las Casas Reales on a humid Thursday, eager to escape the Caribbean heat and pretend I’d time-traveled into a stone-cool
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