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
Calming Tantrums—Soothing Spanish Phrases Every Expat Parent Should Know
A five-minute grocery run in Santo Domingo turned into an operatic meltdown when my four-year-old realized the store was out of her favorite yogurt. I
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
Building a Personal Spanish Phrasebook That Actually Works
The Motoconcho Mistake That Started My Phrasebook Two years into Dominican life I still fumbled change with motoconcho drivers. One afternoon a driver
Building a Multisensory Spanish Routine
Pairing visual hooks, strategic audio, and deliberate movement hard‑wires Spanish faster than any flash‑card marathon. Research on multisensory le