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  • *Blog*
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  • Travel
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          • Le Reef: The Tiki Room Review
        • Juan Dolio
          • Club Hemingway: First Floor, Beach Front Review
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        • Jarabacoa
          • Rancho Baiguate: Deluxe Room
        • Las Terrenas
          • A Quick Mini-Guide to LT
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Teaching Internationally: Some Personal FAQs We’ve Been Answering

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  • Expat, ExplorHer, Global

Naturally, with our heartbreaking announcement a couple of weeks ago, we have been getting a lot of emails, texts, and calls from people wanting to know more. It has dawned on me that the life of an international teacher and the...

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Life Uncorked: Inspiring Truths ⎮ Bobby Lincoln

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  • ExplorHer, Global

In my series, What They Know For Sure: Expat Truths which previously ran on Expat Village, my blog for Wanderlust and Lipstick, other expats broke down their personal total truths, the truths they felt were (consciously or subconsciously) center in running their lives. Now… resurrected, reconstructed,...

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Dominican Art and Date Night in the Colonial Zone

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  • Uncorked!

Last night was date night and, in spite of traffic and crummy weather,  we took it to the Colonial Zone for a Dominican Art exhibit that we heard was happening at Galería Toledo. We had an idea of where the gallery...

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SnapShots: An Expat Thanksgiving at Cabarete Beach

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  • Expat, Family

Talk to most expats and what they’ll tell you they miss most when living abroad are the special moments they miss back home; holidays probably being the biggest and hardest. With holidays come attached nostalgia, memories, and traditions and moving away...

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Peso for a Wish: Thanksgiving Today and Six Years Ago

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  • Expat

“Let’s go do wishes,” my kids clacked about on repeat, asking for monedas to go make wishes at the fountain by Gordito’s Fresh Mex in Cabarete yesterday. It was our last lunch of the weekend before heading back to Santo Domingo but for...

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Shop Small Business: A Gift Guide for Supporting Small Entrepreneurs

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  • Uncorked!

As the holiday season approaches, I often cringe when I walk into these huge mega stores. Don’t get me wrong, I like walking into the huge abysses of retail more than anyone but I also know that my money isn’t well...

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A Heartbreaking Decision Even I Didn’t See Coming

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  • Expat, ExplorHer

I’ve been holding on to a secret for a while now. The truth is, every time I let down my guard and allow myself some space to think about it, my body starts to shake and my eyes swell up with tears...

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I”ll Never Pack My Suitcase Any Other Way (and a Serious Toiletry Bag Inventory)

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  • Travel

We are 4 weeks and 5 days away from heading back to my favorite state of NJ for the holidays which means I have two things on my mind: Christmas and packing for our trip (and the state of our country but...

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Dominican Republic Resorts: Cadaques Bayahíbe, Studio Rental

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESORTS: a studio rental at CADAQUÉS BAYAHÍBE HEADLINE: GREEN LIGHT, GO! OVERALL RATING: 🍷🍷🍷🍷.4  (4.4 OUT OF 5) SUMMARY: If I told you how much we paid for a night here you wouldn’t believe me (keep reading to find...

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This is Where the Real Fight Begins

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  • ExplorHer, Global

I’ve been staring at my screen all day long; reading sadness and confusion and pain on my scrolling feeds. I’ve been trying to find the words for my own bafflement and instead just fighting back tears. I didn’t think this...

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Jennifer Legra ⎮ Author

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Jennifer Legra is a writer, personal growth mentor, and community consultant that helps people uncork and savor their best lives. Drinking the Whole Bottle was created as a reminder that each person can create a delicious life by celebrating small moments, finding magic in the mundane, and making choices in the direction of the life they want. Our lives are a collection of our days, collect them with wonder. She has been featured in leading media outlets. She currently lives in Mexico with her Husband, kids, and rescue dogs.

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