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Alla Z

Alla Z

Ditch the Playdates and Have More Fun with Your Kids

Thinking of having a child, or already have a little one? Think of what you want your family culture and hobbies to be. I am not talking…

Feb 27

Ditch the Playdates and Have More Fun with Your Kids

Feb 27

Alla Z

How to Learn a Language Quickly

While I am not a linguist or a teacher, languages are something I think and talk about often, and, in fact, in three different languages. I…

Sep 30, 2023

How to Learn a Language Quickly

Sep 30, 2023

Alla Z

Portugal Chronicles: Two Years In

Sometime in late July 2021, I could be seen (and heard) yelling into my phone at a gas station just north of Cascais, Portugal. I was…

Jun 30, 2023

Portugal Chronicles: Two Years In

Jun 30, 2023

Alla Z

Can language be a compass at the crossroads of cultures?

Recently, someone posted a question in a social media group for ex-pats in Portugal. Where could he live on two thousand dollars per month…

Nov 28, 2021

Can language be a compass at the crossroads of cultures?

Nov 28, 2021

Alla Z

Why I left the USA

In April of 1992, I emerged from an airplane at the JFK airport. I was 13 at the time — quite a disorienting age in itself. Adding to the…

Oct 5, 2021

Why I left the USA

Oct 5, 2021

Alla Z

Uncrossing the Atlantic

And becoming an immigrant squared.

Aug 6, 2021

Uncrossing the Atlantic

Aug 6, 2021

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Curious

Farewell Bend

Is it the last time we see the US as we know it?

Sep 18, 2020

Farewell Bend

Sep 18, 2020

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The Startup

Children Aren’t an Embarrassing Career Impediment

Working parents should not minimize the way children affect our lives, especially now.

Jul 14, 2020

Children Aren’t an Embarrassing Career Impediment

Jul 14, 2020

Alla Z

Can I Ever Find Home?

It has been lost for a while, but maybe it can be rediscovered.

Mar 12, 2020

Can I Ever Find Home?

Mar 12, 2020

Alla Z

The Parenting Advice No One Gave Me

Suggestions for parents of tireless, active children

Jan 30, 2020

The Parenting Advice No One Gave Me

Jan 30, 2020

Alla Z

Alla Z

I try to live a story-worthy life. A bit of a vagabond, usually found in forests and bike parks. Hey, I even wrote a book: https://a.co/d/04xjzcjO

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