Spanish for Sports Fans at Live Games
Home Run Roars and Goal-Line Gasps A sticky July night in Santiago’s Estadio Cibao I found myself wedged between two Dominican grandmothers who wave
Spanish Flashcards vs. Spaced Repetition: Which Works Better for Expats?
Prologue: Two Piles of Words, Two Paths to Fluency I spent my first year in the Dominican Republic glued to paper flashcards. Every morning I shuffled
Sirens & Smiles: How the Tourist Police Became My Unexpected Spanish Teachers
I was bargaining for coconut earrings on Santo Domingo’s colonial Calle El Conde when my backpack vanished—one distracted selfie and ¡plin! gone.
Sip, Swirl, and Say It Right: Wine & Cheese Vocabulary for Tastings
I was standing in the breezy courtyard of a restored colonial house in Santiago de los Caballeros when the sommelier offered me a glass of tempranillo
Singing Your Way to Fluency: Turning Spanish Song Lyrics into Mini Grammar Lessons
A Bachata Chorus That Ruined My Translation App One humid Friday in Santo Domingo I stood in a karaoke bar gutsy enough to tackle Romeo Santos’ hit