Ashley Roof

Culture

Culture: Fiji: The Other Side of Paradise

ByAshley Roof October 11, 2005July 1, 2013

by Ashley Roof “Oh friends, last night I drank so much grog, it was really very bad…. But don’t worry, I drank enough beer to get over it!” (Maniacal, drunken laughter interrupted by the Holden hatchback stalling at a speed hump.) Tiger, our Indo-Fijian cab driver, begins to hiccup as he speeds us to the…

Reviews

Event Review: Opera in the Park, San Francisco

ByAshley Roof September 20, 2005February 17, 2025

As I walk past the tennis courts of Sharon Meadow in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, I hear the familiar sounds of this oasis in the city. The dimmed honking of car horns, screeching of buses, and wailing of sirens drift through the trees, joining the grunts of enthusiastic tennis players and cries of children…