If you’ve always wanted to get up and sing on karaoke night but need a little nudge, now’s your chance! When I moved from Minneapolis to San Miguel de Allende in 2008, I didn’t know anyone here and I didn’t speak Spanish. So I started going to karaoke three or four nights a week. Occasionally…
Category: Learning Spanish
Spanish they don’t teach you in class
Our friends Mark and Christine visited San Miguel de Allende a few years ago and Aarón became Mark’s Spanish tutor. So naturally when we met our friends on a trip to the U.S. the following year, Aarón asked Mark a question in Spanish. Mark laughed and said, “Sorry, I didn’t catch that. My Mexican is rusty.” As the only…
A White Girl’s New Year’s Eve In Mexico
Learning Spanish meant I’d get to dance beneath a golden angel in Mexico City on New Year’s Eve. ¡Viva México! Read my 8-part short story featured in Storia here!