While I was not sleeping

By Cristina Freeman

When the fog of sleep deprivation and baby bliss after the birth of my third child lifted, I finally started to reconnect with friends I hadn’t seen in some time. But in the interim, something had happened: I was not getting e-mails and phone calls - or responses to e-mails and calls - in the timeframe I used to receive them. I started wondering what had changed.

Ask a Dietitian: Eight Ways to Eat Well in 2012

Denine Stracker, is a Registered Dietitian and member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She completed the Dietetics program at New York University and her internship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Denine has lived in Barcelona for two years and works as a writer, teaching assistant and nutritionist in her private practice while pursuing her Masters in Public Health- Nutrition at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She will be contributing monthly to the BWN blog regarding various nutrition and health topics.

Around the House, About Town with Donna

Making your house a home can be a challenge for some.  Doing that in a foreign country can be even more intimidating.  We turn to Donna Kelley,of Kelley Interior Designs to not only help us figure out how to make our homes beautiful but also share her insider tips on where to find the best pieces in Barcelona.

Susie Hunt and Fido’s Playground

It hardly seems unusual that Kenyan-born, Africa native, Susie Hunt would have a love for animals after having grown up in a country full of some of the most exotic creatures in the world.  But Susie took her passion one step further by making a career of working with and caring for animals, both big and small.

Ask and Expert: Start Reading in Spanish

If you have a Spanish language question to be answered, please e-mail us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). We could feature it in an upcoming article.

Our expert today is Nuria Freixas runs Expats in Barcelona and a business member of the BWN.  She has been teaching Spanish for 10 years.