Ricardo Palavecino
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My business is called 'Cardon's Antique Ironworks' and it's about making antique old school ironwork.
As a business owner, a tire man, after 40 years I've gotten to know a lot of people. Everyone knows us around here by "Mirandas."
We call Elysian Valley 'The Peanut' like I was telling you because on the map it seems like it's a little peanut between the freeway and the river.
When it snows my friend's dad used to go up in the mountains and bring snow back down in his El Camino and we would all have snowball fights in the middle of the parking lot here at the park.
We have the stage and serve the community because we keep up the arts of the Lorca, Lope de Vega, and the golden age of Spain. We also try to do plays from South America and Mexico.
Last year I planted squash, the big one. We plant different things based on the season. During summer there is Arugula, that kind of thing.
I saw the LA river cleanup online, and I was into it because I used to go there as a kid before they put in asphalt or anything like that.
What I notice about this program for these kids is the fact that there are a lot of ethnicities. They're all bringing their kids to these preschools, whereas the kids that I grew up were only Hispanic, Mexican American.
It's just a joy to walk out this door and look over in that river. Watch the ducks, listen to the ducks fly by. The geese when they're in town and they're doing their thing.
We teach parents to be better parents; they're already good parents but we teach them to be even better parents through our programs.
The demographic has changed, when I first got there were more Latinos, but younger, what I would like to say yuppie or people in entertainment.
I have a catering company that specializes in vegan cuisine and innovative home style.