Branching Out: How Mind Maps Lock Complex Spanish Vocabulary into Long-Term Memory
The Notebook That Looked Like Spaghetti Two years into my Dominican life, I opened my battered cuaderno and saw chaos: verbs circled in red, finance t
Brace Yourself: Navigating a Colombian Orthodontist Visit While Leveling-Up Your Spanish Vocabulary
Three months ago, a rogue popcorn kernel cracked the last bit of dignity my teeth had left. That snap echoed in my Santo Domingo apartment, but the re
Border-Tongue Ballet: How Code-Switching Shapes Spanish-English Hybrids in Border Cities
A breakfast order that pinballed between languages Last spring I crossed from San Diego into Tijuana before sunrise, craving a proper birria taco. I s
Boom, Beer, and Bolas: Colombian Tejo Game Nights, Ordering Cervezas, and Leveling-Up Your Spanish
My First Tejo Explosion and the Pint That Followed The first time I felt a mecha explode in a Tejo court, I was still shaking Dominican sand out of my
Booking a Fishing Charter in Puerto Plata: Equipment Spanish for Expats
The Pelican, the Coffee, and My First “Caña” On my second year living in the Dominican Republic, a pelican stole the bread from my breakfast plat