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DR Guide: Eating My Way Through Las Terrenas

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If you’re like me, eating is one of my favorite things to do on vacation. While others are sightseeing, bring active, and taking tours, I prefer to sit down with a menu in front of me and salivate over the...

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Ask for the Moon: My Intention for 2016

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Last year’s New Year’s intention was all about finding success, about leaving behind that crappy sense of failure that lurks in your dark mind corners and looking at all of my accomplishments as things to celebrate – no matter how small....

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An Expat Checklist for a Smooth Transition

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Every journey begins somewhere. If you’re like me, it began on a piece of paper with a checklist. Big fan of the checklist. There’s just something about making a left-handed checkmark (some of you call this a backwards checkmark) next...

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The Lame Labels We Give Expat Spouses

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I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to labels we give expats – women or men – who courageously decide to put their jobs or lives on hold to support their spouse’s work assignment in a different city: trailing spouse,...

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Losing the War: The Family Bed

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We held off as long as possible, but at this point, we’re fighting a futile war. It is safe to say that we officially have lost the war on the family bed front. The battle began when I was in the...

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8 Things My Kids Absolutely Do Not Need for Christmas

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Around the holidays, I’m in emotional turmoil about what to give my kids for Christmas. Christmases of long ago (ok – of long, long ago) when I was a kid, my parents and grandparents spoiled us rotten, truckloads of gifts in...

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Visiting Aldeas Infantiles Orphanage: Finding Real Christmas Spirit

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Husband and I have known since year one in DR that we wanted to take our kids to the yearly Aldeas Infantiles orphanage Christmas visit organized by the middle school National Junior Honor Society. It became even more possible, last year,...

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DR Guide: The Best Shrimp in Las Terrenas

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“Shrimp in LT is like shrimp nowhere else. I bet the best shrimp from around the world, swim/walk from all inches of the globe for the honor of being eaten in Las Terrenas. It. Is. That. Good.”            ...

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An Authentic Family Destination in Las Terrenas: A Quick Mini-Guide

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Earthly. That’s what Las Terrenas would be translated to in English. And it totally fits because Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, is a place where you notice the world around you in a very organic way. We first came to LT for the first time...

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SnapShots: Parque de Luces, Santo Domingo

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Any island can be a frustrating place to live, and DR is no exception. We have power – most of the time: sometimes it works minimally, sometimes it comes and goes as it pleases, and sometimes it completely shuts down and refuses to engage. Traffic...

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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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