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    • About Me + the Crew
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  • *Blog*
    • Family
    • Expat
    • ExplorHer
    • Uncorked! (The Fun Feels)
  • Travel
    • Check In
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        • Cabarete
          • Le Reef: The Tiki Room Review
        • Juan Dolio
          • Club Hemingway: First Floor, Beach Front Review
          • Costa del Sol: First Floor Apartment Review
        • Jarabacoa
          • Rancho Baiguate: Deluxe Room
        • Las Terrenas
          • A Quick Mini-Guide to LT
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        • Las Terrenas
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Two Much Two See in the Dominican Republic

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Let me share a story with you. Once upon a time –  two years ago – a newly married lady decided to move away with Husband and have a baby two months later in this new place. As year #2...

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The Black Bean Mambo

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You can’t take it all with you in this lifestyle. I guess even if you could, that’s not really the point. The point isn’t to move somewhere different with all your same stuff and try to live the same life...

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A Little Prest-O Change-O

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Husband sits down on the couch and throws his feet up on the ottoman. He whooshes out a breath, relieved to be done with most of the settling in to our new apartment. Almost instantly he asks, “So… how long...

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Greetings from New Jersey: A Tale about Accents and the Famous Fast Food Hot Dog Chain Idiot Chick

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It’s funny that we don’t hear our own accents but know immediately when someone else is not from where we’re from. When people meet me they seem to have a clear idea of the region I come from. Do I...

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Across the Blogiverse

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I fell in love. I never expected it. When I thought of falling in love I imagined a bigger build, bulkier. With depth. More intelligent sounding. Older, been around longer. But love is blind. So I fell in love. With...

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The Haves and the Have Nots

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Thanks to the Expat Blog Challenge, this month has been allowing me a lot of time to think about this expat life that Husband and I have built. I’ve had my hands full the last few years with having a...

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Shape Shifter: My Divided Heart

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I have thought often of a post I read once about circles, squares, and triangles. It wasn’t a post on teaching my children shapes or a post on any “mommy blog” for that matter. Actually while the sound of these shapes...

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How I Met Your (Mother) Father

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The Huffington Post put out a challenge: Tell your love story in one paragraph, How I Met Your Mother Style.  So, I gave it a try. Your father and I met in an elementary school copying room. Sometimes I wish...

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A Love Letter about Bears, Fleas, and the Middle Finger

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Dear Grandchildren, Love your grandparents. Love them now and love them hard. Love them ferociously. Love them like your hair is on fire and then love them some more. All of mine are gone. A fact I still don’t have...

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A Day in the Life of a Stay-at-Home, Abroad Writer Mother Wife (in No Particular Order)

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Ugh. I had every intention in the world of posting an accurate yet creative “A Day in the Life…” Photo Essay but what do they say again about that road to hell…? Reality hit. Actually the sh*t hit the fan....

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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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