Dominican Weather Small Talk: Beyond “Hace Calor”
El Sudor, una Guagua y la Revelación I still remember the first time I tried to impress a doña on the public guagua with my freshly acquired Spanish
Dominican Water-Tank Cleaning: Hiring and Supervising Crews
El Tinaco That Almost Ruined My Coffee Morning Surprise I was halfway through my first sip of café con leche when the tap coughed out a suspicious br
Dominican Volunteer Teaching: Classroom Spanish, Discipline Words & Cultural Bridges
“¡Profe, se acabó la tiza!” Ten nine-year-olds were shouting at me, a lanky gringo with a half-erased chalk mustache, the day I began volunteer
Dominican Volunteer Beach-Cleanups: Safety Briefing Vocabulary For Expats
Where sand meets slang and safety meets salsa, Spanish Vocabulary becomes your passport to pitching in without missing a beat. Why My Saturday Morning
Dominican Used-Bookstores: Asking for Bargain Prices Politely
Desde la primera vez que me perdí entre montañas de papel I was twenty-three, freshly landed in Santo Domingo, when a summer drizzle drove me into L