sasha de sola

January 19, 2020

Art by Dio Garcia

Written by Edith Young

We meet Sasha De Sola at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel, an oasis perched on one of the city's slopes. Sasha is a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet. She's also a good influence — in her presence, our posture perks up. Clad in magenta (courtesy of the Drew dress), Sasha runs circles around us on the Fairmont's terrace, a secret garden visible to the hotel's balconied guests. Up here, watching Sasha plié and pirouette like a human dreidel with transfixing grace, you'd never know that this hotel was also home to the Tonga Room, a famed tiki bar with fake thunder and rain capabilities located in the bowels of the building.


 






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