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ou can have a good, authentic French restaurant that imports pâté in a can from Paris and uses Caviar Helper from Trader Joe’s. But for genuine ethnic cookery — the kind that truly reflects the time and place of its concern — you have to really know SOULS SCHOOL theALL territory. All SoulsRamirez School is the firstraised Catholicinelementary school in the San Gabriel to offer a Abel was a Yucatan village with fiveValley brothers dual-language immersion program. With two turns tracks toriding pick from and four sisters. The brothers took to(Spanish/English and fro on or Mandarin/English), wethe offerside a rigorous in ato nurturing environment. Our horseback around of acurriculum mountain their father’s cattle credentialed focus on return the education the whole child filled with thewith goal offresh leading ranch. Eachteachers night they’d withofsaddlebags students become fully bilingual biliterate individuals who the are ready milk, fruittoand vegetables —and including “avocados sizeforofthe challenges of the century. cantaloupes, so21st sweet and tempting,” recalled Ramirez, “that many of them didn’t make it to guacamole.” But the whole family and ALTADENA CHRISTIAN CENTER friends made it to CHILDREN'S the barbecue pit for dinner. Opening in teaching the fall of 1982, ACCC is kicking off our 30th Anniversary! We continue Beyond freshness and family as lasting values, the to strive to fulfill our mission of strengthening families by providingtoward the highest quality environment helped instill in Ramirez a proclivity fun andearly care and education for infants, toddlers and preschoolers; serving families of varied fiesta. economic levels and culturalbulls, backgrounds in anwere atmosphere celebrates diversity. A “Dad raised fighting but they usedthat only for caping carefully thought out by teachers whosaid are professionally trained demonstrations atcurriculum various implemented village celebrations,” Ramirez. There andno share a passion for working with afternoon, young children no provides a high quality caring and was blood, no death in the ear for Ava Gardner, so learning environment. Call Director Toni Boucher at 626-797-6142. among the fiesta crowd perhaps only Hemingway might have shown disappointment. ALTADENA purchasing STABLES Before El Portal 13 years ago, Ramirez learned about Altadena Stables is a full-service offers a safe and friendly environmentHe for what to do at places wherefacility very and particular people congregate: your riding horsesmanager are attendedoftoCaltech’s 24/7 by experienced caretakers who served for enjoyment. 17 years Boarded as general Athenaeum, live on theby property. Theof location is nextat to the Arroyo Seco and its beautiful forest trails. preceded a stint 14 years Pasadena’s then-Huntington Hotel. Instruction is provided on reliable stable horseshamburgers by skilled professionals andState trainers, who Ask him some day about smuggling to Ohio offer lessons, camps, clinics andbeen groupssent for riders of allhungry. ages and Coach skill levelsWoody football players who had to bed www.altadenastables.blogspot.com Hayes, the legendary meanie, had tucked them in after they missed curfew on the eve of a Rose Bowl game. At El Portal there are few time limits on weekend romance with mariachi, the pouring of award-winning tequilas and the serving of 18 • P A S A D E N A W E E K L Y E D U C A T I O N G U I D E 2 0 1 2
signature Yucatecan and Mayan dishes such as cochinita pibil. Chef Cesar Soberanis puts his signature on pork-butt chunks longsimmered down to juicy tatters in a classic achiote recado marinade (herbed and spiced with brick-red achiote paste, peeled garlic ALVERNO HIGH cloves and SCHOOL salt as well as sweet and bitter orange juice) before being Alverno High and Schoolbaked providesingirls with a full college preparatory curriculum in a distinctly wrapped banana leaves. beautiful environment. Institute welcomes students from Alverno and other In such dishes The oneSummer can still hear echoes of genuine heritage. schools (grades 6-12) desiretotosomeday pursue advancement in coursework or review Ramirez says he who hopes dig a genuine Mayan cooking academic Alverno prepares knowledgeable young women of conviction to function stove —skills. rock-lined, wood-fired, covered with fragrant leaves andin their world with theto courage to take in the pursuit of values, andsteam with thean ability to bags of earth seal in therisks heat. “This way I could apply untried solutions to problems. 200he N. Michillinda Ave., the Sierracity Madre, 91024, (626) armadillo in the parking lot,” joked, “but of CA Pasadena 355-3463 won’t letwww.alverno-hs.org me.” Otherwise, life is good. “A while back, I bought a condo at ART CENTER Beach, COLLEGE OF DESIGN Rosarito and lately I’ve been practicing retirement there on Art Center College Design (artcenter.edu) is a globaland leader in art and design weekends andofsometimes on Mondays Tuesdays. But education quitting and theisfirst school to receive Ithe now outdesign of the question. soUnited loveNations' what Non-Governmental I’m doing.” Organization (NGO) status. Art Center offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of art Do and design disciplines, well as public programs geared toward all ages and levels of any other areaasrestaurants pique his culinary interest? experience. For current news and events about the College, visit Art Center’s blog, Dotted Line“For (blogs.artcenter.edu/dottedline) me, a special treat is the rack of lamb next door at Maison
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