36 ⢠Thursday, October 31, 2019
OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
FOOD/SCHOOLS
Briarwood Christian School
Homewood High School
AUTOMATIC From page 34
source, so thatâs been one of my biggest jobs here: getting the right food in the freshest fish, the best vegetables, from the best farms that are around. Thatâs where it all begins for me. After you get that in, itâs not that difficult to make good food.â For Suzanne, that philosophy of food played into the restaurantâs overall design. âAdam cooks in a seemingly
The Cavaliers celebrated the culmination of Homecoming Week on Sept. 27 with a varsity football game against Fultondale, including a presentation of the 2019 homecoming court. The court included Homecoming King Andrew Wix and Queen Emma Bauer (pictured above), attended by first runner-up Brooke Staley, Mirian Abikhaled, Angie Nelms and Isabella Sutherland.
Photo courtesy Iron City Studios
Spain Park High School
The Spain Park Jaguars played Thompson High School on Oct. 4, drawing Homecoming Week festivities to a close. Senior Grace Foy (above) was crowned homecoming queen during a halftime presentation. In addition, princesses were recognized at each grade level: Marlina Fairweather, freshman; Kennedy Leonard, sophomore; Vivian Gray, junior; and Tegan Gibbons, senior.
Journal photo by Bryan Bunch
Third graders at Advent Episcopal School recently have been on culinary and cultural adventures in and outside of their classroom. Teacher Lee Stayer spent the end of the first nine weeks providing her students with opportunities to explore lessons in food, Indian culture and life on a ranch. On Sept. 30, chefs and owners of Edgewoodâs Greenhouse â Mary Claire and Bray Britton â visited the class for a culinary lesson. The Brittons shared their culinary experiences with students and allowed the class to taste test a new dessert. The class then took a trip to Pickens County on Oct. 3 to visit pen pals they have been corresponding with at the Dee River Ranch. On the 10,000-acre ranch, the children learned about beekeeping, soil and water conservation, irrigation and cattle. Stayer noted that the kids also enjoyed seeing Callie, a border collie, herd sheep. To finish off recent cultural explorations, Indian Springs School senior Labdhi Mehta and her teacher Shelia Rubin visited the class Oct. 7. While there, the duo shared a special form of classical Indian dance, Bharatanatyam. The students learned that the form of dance expresses an interpretive narration of Indian myths and spiritual ideas from Hindu stories.
John Carroll Catholic High School
Vestavia Hills High School
Photo courtesy Indian Springs
Advent Third Graders Explore New Foods and Cultural Experiences
The presentation of this yearâs Homewood High School Homecoming Court was held on Sept. 27 as the Patriots took on Center Point. Senior Ella Malek was crowned Homecoming Queen, attended by Mary Britt Garlington, freshman; TaNya Pledger, sophomore; Ayona Roychowdhury, junior; and Aniyah Grey, Lainey Phelps and Anna Katherine Pitts, seniors. In addition, Paul Condon and Ella Grace Ivey were named Mr. and Miss Fire Prevention, Bella Kimbrell and Kaj Knudsen were named Miss and Mr. Homewood; and Tharthania Diaz was named Miss Aerospace.
Photo courtesy Advent Episcopal School
Homecoming Week came to a close on Oct. 4 at Briarwood Christian School, as the Lions took on John Carroll Catholic High School. Senior Callie Tomlinson (above, escorted by her father Tommy Tomlinson) was crowned Homecoming Queen, attended by class representatives Brooke Metzger, freshman; Mallory Bean, sophomore; Victoria Dickinson, junior; and Lauren Lanier, Anna Katherine Spivak and Audrey Vickers, seniors.
Photo courtesy Belmont Studios
Journal photo by Jordan Wald
Journal photo by Marvin Gentry
HOMECOMING CELEBRATIONS
Indian Springs 2019 National Merit Semifinalists
In our coverage of the Over the Mountain National Merit Semifinalists on page 29 of our Oct. 3 issue, we included a photo of the Indian Springs Schoolâs National Merit Commended Students. The 2019 National Merit Semifinalists for Indian Springs are, from left, Jocelyn Lyu, Labdhi Mehta, Evan Dunbar, Ben Standaert, Hunter Crawford, John David Haws and John Slaughter.
easy, streamlined manner, where youâre receiving super-fresh seafood, super-fresh vegetables from the farms, sort of automatically to your table,â she said. That philosophy fit in well, she said, with the name that was on the building when the couple found it: Automatic. The building, constructed in the 1940s, originally housed the Automatic Sprinkler Company. After searching fruitlessly for another name, Adam and Suzanne decided to stick with the original. âIt was a word that we felt is part
of the buildingâs identity and also relevant to the feeling that we wanted to create,â Suzanne said. âItâs pretty easy and natural.â Inside, the restaurant maintains the âclassical American modernismâ aesthetic of its original era, Suzanne said. She worked to bring a âcoastalâ atmosphere into the mix as well. âI wanted it really to communicate the feeling of being near water and to support the storyline of all the food,â she said. âWeâre near water, therefore itâs believable that the fish and the oysters on your plate are as
As the Vestavia Hills High Schoolâs varsity football team took on Shades Valley High School Sept. 27, students celebrated the end of homecoming week with a presentation of this yearâs court. Senior Emma Faulkner was crowned the 2019 Homecoming Queen (above, escorted by her father Stan Faulkner) attended by Mary Hogan Glenn, Emma Nunnelley and Lotte Wambsganss, freshmen; Laure Ellen Hayes, Libby Pippin and Morgan Robison, sophomores; Katy Chen, Abbie Stockard and Diane Westhoven; juniors; and Sarah Beth Corona, Grace Davis, Kate Richardson and Catherine Schaffeld, seniors. Look for Homecoming coverage from Mountain Brook and Hoover high schools in our Nov. 14th issue.
fresh as they are. âWe looked at places situated near water, from Miami to Coastal California to New England. We took a spin around the States. We wanted it to feel very authentically American, near some body of water somewhere but not any particular one. So fusing a coastal vibe, a coastal feeling, color palette, textures, with a time period of American architecture and design that we now call classic â that helped inform all of the design choices.â
Ultimately, itâs all about the cumulative Automatic experience, Suzanne said. âThe product is the experience, not just the food and drinks, but the total environment of hospitality, the consumption experience. ⌠I think weâre really just trying to represent ourselves, and weâre very fortunate to be doing so in an area that has been exposed to fresh, high-quality food and very attentive, next-level hospitality. It helps us keep moving forward and helps drive us to do the best we can do.â