Dominican Seniors’ Discount Card: Navigating Eligibility Questions with Confident Spanish
Last Tuesday, while the sticky Santo Domingo heat tried to glue every taxi bumper to the Malecón, I found myself in line at the Oficina de Envejecien
Dominican School Supply Shopping: Back-to-School Spanish for Expats
The Smell of New Notebooks: My First Feria Escolar I still remember my rookie August in Santo Domingo, when I walked into a feria escolar—the pop-up
Dominican Roof-Repair Contracts: Materials (“Zinc,” “Teja”) in Spanish
When the Caribbean Rain Wakes You Up Three years ago a 3 a.m. downpour rattled the old zinc sheets over my Santiago apartment so fiercely that the dri
Dominican River-Rafting Briefings: Safety Commands and Paddle Calls
From White-Water Panic to Conversational Flow It was my third month in Jarabacoa, the so-called Dominican Alps, when my gringo swagger met the Yaque d
Dominican Rainy-Season Survival: Roof Leak & Plumber Spanish
When the Ceiling Became a Waterfall I was halfway through reheating my sancocho when I heard the soft plip-plop that every tenant in Santo Domingo dre