Dominican University Spanish: Understanding Credit Hours & “Pensum”
A Cafeteria Revelation Three springs ago, while munching on a pastelito in the student cafeteria of Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, I overhear
Dominican Tax-Free Shopping: How to Claim Your ITBIS Refund Without Sounding Like a Gringo
Why My New Laptop Led Me Into the ITBIS Rabbit Hole The first time I tried to reclaim ITBIS—Dominican value-added tax—I had just snagged a slick l
Dominican Surfboard Repair: Fiberglass & Fin-Box Spanish
Last December, just after dawn, I was paddling out at Playa Encuentro with a borrowed 6’4” fish when an unexpected close-out snapped the nose clea
Dominican Street-Art Supplies: Spray-Paint Color Names in Spanish
La noche que confundí el fucsia con el rosado chicle Tenía apenas veintitrés años, recién aterrizado en Santo Domingo, cuando un colega dominican
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