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UP FRONT

LEADING LADY VICTORIA CLARK

This Tony-award winning actress and Hockaday alumna also is a director, writer, teacher and storyteller

Interview by LISA KRESL / Photo by BJORN BOLLINDER

UP FRONT

Victoria Clark has come a long way since she graced the Hockaday stage as Auntie Mame. She’s been in 12 Broadway plays and musicals, offBroadway plays and musicals, and films and television shows. During her acceptance speech after winning the Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical for “The Light in the Piazza” in 2005, she said, “Thank you for not giving this role to Glenn Close or Cher.” Clark received Tony nominations for starring roles in “Gigi”, “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” and “Sister Act.” She won a festival award for Best Director in 2016. A graduate of Yale, she returned to Dallas in May for the 2018 Dallas Summer Musicals High School Musical Theatre Awards to receive the Fullinwider Award, honoring her impact on the Dallas theater community. Clark lives in Manhattan with her husband, Tom Reidy, and has a 24-year-old son, T.L. Guest.

How was the DSM High School Musical Theatre Awards?

Every year they ask the recipient of the award to perform. I said, “I’d love to sing with the students.” We did the opening number from the “The Light in the Piazza,” and I sang it with all the nominees for leading actress in the musical. We staged the number with 20 of the students, and they did an incredible job.

What are your memories of Hockaday?

It was an incredible place. It’s was the ’70s so it was right in the peak years of the women’s movement. We had speaker after speaker come tell us to grab our power, be leaders and be amazing. Every time we turned around, there was someone else telling us we could do whatever we wanted. It was an off-the-chart education — incredible teachers, incredible support systems, amazing students. I feel lucky that I grew up in Dallas.

What neighborhood did you live in? Greenway Parks. It was like the stepsister of Highland Park. But after going back and looking at the two neighborhoods, I thought, “Hey Greenway Park, you’ve come up. You’re sassy and glorious now.”

What are you working on now?

A million things. I have a piece that I wrote. It’s a play with music, and I’m connecting with theaters so I can perform it. I’m developing several original musicals as a director and collaborating on a couple of revivals and offBroadway productions that I can’t talk about because they haven’t been announced.

What’s your daily routine?

We recently adopted a golden retriever from Beijing. I wake up early, then I am out with the dog romping through parks in Upper Manhattan and going to puppy parties. After that I just tackle the day as it unfolds. I have about 10

projects I’m working on that are all unfolding between June 4 of this year and March of 2020.

Are you still teaching?

Yes. I’m going to do a residency this fall at Duke, and I teach privately in my studio at home. Whenever I have free time, I like to teach at universities and conservatories and keep in touch with the educational part of my journey so that I continue to learn but also pass on information to young actors.

What advice do you give to your students?

I try to inspire young people and give them support. I let them know, “What you’re thinking about is possible. Stick with it. It’s an unpredictable business, but you have to be patient and kind with yourself and let this life unfold.” Sometimes the doors that open are not the doors that we expect. I expected to be a director when I was 23, and suddenly performing doors started opening to me.

What advice would you give your younger self?

Call your mother at least once a week. There were periods when I thought, “My mom will understand if I don’t check in.” But now that I’m a mom, I see how important it is to know how your kid is doing. She was very brave.

How would you like to be remembered?

My grandmother always said the most important quality in a person is kindness, which is different than niceness. Nice is a generic word that doesn’t mean a lot. I would like to be remembered as someone who was both intelligent and kind — someone who was passionate about telling good stories that make a difference and impact people on a personal level. Performing, directing and writing are all storytelling. They are different vehicles for telling impactful stories.

This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

“You have to be patient and kind with yourself and let this life unfold.”

WEAR DREAMS ARE MADE

NARDOS IMAN CREATES COUTURE FANTASIES RIGHT HERE IN PRESTON HOLLOW

Interview by JEHADU ABSHIRO

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FASHION

NARDOS IMAN is shy when talking about herself — but not about the couture gowns she creates. In 1997, at 17, she moved from Eritrea to Dallas to pursue a medical degree. She was homesick and cried most of the first year. Iman dropped out of college, started college again then gambled on a fashion career before

visiting home for the first time in 2002. Since then, she has only visited her birth country once. Now she travels mostly for work. The mother of a 9-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy, Iman operates a salon and atelier in Preston Hollow and a production house in New York City.

LIVING BEAUTIFULLY IN PRESTON HOLLOW

When did you decide to be a fashion designer?

My mom made outfits for all of us when we were young. I used to get in trouble for cutting the wrong stuff. I just love what my mom did.

Where did you go to school?

I went to El Centro. I couldn’t invest in a big school because I didn’t get approval from my family. I was about to transfer to New York, and then I just happened to get a job. Then I got caught up in Dallas.

What was you first fashion job in Dallas?

I went to work at the fabric store Richard Brooks. I started selling fabrics, and then I started making little things for people. I used to make all my dresses and people asked me where to get them. After working there for a year, I applied to Stanley Korshak. I wasn’t qualified to be their in-house designer because I didn’t have clientéle or connections. I asked if there was a job in tailoring. They said, “You’re young.” But I brought a dress I had made and said, “I can do this.” I told my husband that I just needed to get my foot in there, and then I’ll show them what I can do. Eventually, I ran the alterations department. Then I became their inhouse designer. I ended up being the number one vendor for Stanley Korshak.

Describe your dresses.

My dresses are uniquely one of a kind. I touch each dress. We don’t just ship a design somewhere to be made. I love texture. I love color. I love natural fibers.

What’s the favorite dress you’ve made? That’s like asking, “Who’s your favorite child?” There is always tomorrow’s new dress. I haven’t got there yet.

Why couture and wedding dresses rather than ready to wear?

I believe that more is better. I had wanted to design for movies, so this is my connection to the theatrical. I do a little bit of ready to wear, but even then it’s still a little bit elaborated.

Who is the woman that wears your dress?

My clients are confident. They’re not settling for less. There are the brides, and there are over-40 women that can afford our gowns who know what they want. Even though it’s classy, it has to be architectural or have some twist that you don’t see every day.

How many times does a woman wear her dress?

We tell our clients how to take care of it so they can wear it again.

“It has to be architectural or have some twist that you don’t see every day.”

I had a client who has a closet full of my dresses. She writes the dates when she wore the gown and files it so she doesn’t wear it to the same event. Hopefully the next generation will take the dresses and wear them.

When clients come in, do you help them pick the right head-to-toe look? Oh, yes. Shoes can kill the dress or make the dress, so we try to help them— even with the undergarment. We work a lot with Jimmy Choo and the Dior girls in Highland Park. We don’t have accessories here; we got caught up in the gown industry. In two years, we’ll have accessories.

When you wake up in the morning, what gets you out of bed?

Oh, I get excited. My husband says that if I didn’t have kids, I would not come home. The Lord drives me. You have to have faith in whatever you do. It’s, “How I can I make that client happy?” or “I cannot wait to touch that fabric or drape it.”

Interview edited for clarity and brevity.

Where’s your favorite place to source fabric?

I have vendors in Italy, France or India, and I’ve been doing business with them for 10 years so they bring me what’s new. If I want custom, I draw it and they make what I want. The fabric has to dance for me to buy it. I have to feel it to fall in love with it.

Where do you see Nardos in five years?

I want to dress women who work long hours — nurses and doctors. I want the girl who saved to have a wedding have access to our gowns. I want to have a collection that is for a woman who is inspiring because of the work she’s doing every day.

On a Saturday afternoon, is this what you’re doing?

Yes. I work six days a week.

What about on a Sunday afternoon?

Oh, you would think I’m crazy. I’m sitting at the computer looking at fashion.

MAKING A MINT

MEET THE ENTREPRENEUR BEHIND WHAT SHE CALLS ‘THAI-TEXAS HOSPITALITY’

By LISA KRESL / Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

NIKKY PHINYAWATANA , the creator of Asian Mint, doesn’t call herself a chef.

“I’m more the CEO,” she says. Still, this entrepreneur is winning accolades for her food. In November 2017, the prestigious James Beard Foundation invited her to prepare a New Bangkok-style menu for Thailand’s Full Moon Festival in New York City.

“I grew up in the kitchen with a nanny who took care of me in Thailand,” she says.

Phinyawatana came to the United States when she was 16 as a boarding student at The Hockaday School. After graduation, she majored in entrepreneurial studies at Babson College in Boston, then attended culinary school at El Centro College while waiting tables.

A customer told her, “Whatever you do, don’t go into the restaurant business. It’s the hardest thing.”

Fifteen years later, she owns three locations

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After the July 7, 2016, police officers shooting at El Centro College, Nikky Phinyawatana and other restaurateurs coordinated on donating food to the school.

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of Asian Mint, including the original, which she opened in 2004 at Forest Lane and Central Expressway. In June, she opened Enjoy Mint, a fast-casual spot with a digital ordering kiosk, on Campbell Road in Richardson. Phinyawatana had a hand in the design of each, including acoustical artwork, decorative walls and ceiling tiles that modulate the noise level.

The menu at the original location touts pad Thai, noodles, fried rice, stir fries and a full bar. Crab lover’s special ($22), grilled salmon curry ($20) and crispy red snapper ($24) are some of the house specialties. Bestsellers include crab fried rice ($15), red curry ($12) and Pad Kee Mow ($11 for dinner), which consists of rice noodles, Thai chili basil, soy, egg, red bell pepper, tomato and lettuce.

But Phinyawatana’s favorites are the Pad Kee Mow Woon Sen, an $11 stir-fry noodle dish with basil sauce, and what she calls “my ver-

sion” of the Asian noodle salad ($15). “It was something that I always ate at the bar, and customers would ask me what I was eating, so I put it on the menu.”

The restaurant features an innovative kids menu, sponsored by Medical City Children’s Hospital, emphasizing fit food for $6.95. In addition to steamed vegetable dumplings, children can have chicken teriyaki or chicken satay with edamame, salad or steamed vegetables in a bento box. “It wows the kids, and it makes them eat vegetables,” she says. “We cut our carrots into cute little flowers.”

Her 4-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son attend the Westwood School. Phinyawatana’s husband is chief financial officer of the business. The family lives near Preston and Forest.

“I like being part of the community,” she says. “I love moms taking care of moms. I feel their pain. I want to supply them with high-quality fresh food and expand the palates of young kids.” Her son likes the salmon red curry and orange chicken, and her daughter prefers the dumplings or chicken satay.

“It’s comfort food that people crave. It makes people feel warm, happy and taken care of.”

Owner Nikky Phinyawatana makes it a point to add acoustical art (right) to modulate the noise level.

FIERCE

Story by LISA KRESL

Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO

Entrepreneurs. Game-changers. Adventurers. Risk-takers.

They’re definitely your dream TED Talk lineup or someone you’d like to sit next to at a cocktail party. These women are boldly transforming their worlds in business, technology, philanthropy, arts, education, medicine, sports and more. Meet some of the interesting women in our neighborhood.

larice Tinsley of Strait Lane is a TV anomaly: She’s worked as an anchor for KDFW (CBS and FOX) for nearly 40 years. In a business that cycles through reporters, Tinsley has staying power. She won a Peabody in 1984 for “A Call for Help,” problems with the Dallas 911 emergency system. She’s covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, Operation Desert Storm and a fire in Dubai when she was there to celebrate her birthday. An on-the-air mainstay, Tinsley shares her life with husband, Stephen Giles.

TINSLEY

Why she loves her job: It’s a service profession. We give people information every day, and that’s so important. Who inspires her: My parents gave my sister and me a strong work ethic. I’m from Detroit. Detroiters have a fierce work ethic. In the news business, it’s not 9 to 6. You work as long as the story requires. When I started in 1975 in Milwaukee, I was not the first woman to work in that newsroom. I wasn’t the first woman or the first black person to be on the air in that newsroom. There were other pioneers who opened those doors for me.

What she’s most proud of: My husband and I just celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary. I love that. He’s my boyfriend, my husband and an amazing partner. And the Peabody! A man called me and said that his stepmother died in front of him in her living room and that he called for an ambulance three times. We aired the story, and the phones went crazy. It’s regrettable that a woman had to die, but the system changed. That is the story that I’m most proud of because it brought about change.

The best advice she’s received: From my parents: be a leader, be kind, character matters. Find as much beauty as you can in life, but be compassionate and be aware of suffering.

What she does for fun: You’ll find me at Preston Hollow Presbyterian singing in the choir. I’m not a soloist. I am a blender. My husband and I walk a lot. I really like Instagram; I’m not a Pinterest person.

Advice she’d give her younger self: Make more time for fun.

The biggest misconception about her: Whenever people see me, it’s “You’re so tiny.” I’m 5 feet 2 inches. I always laugh and say, “Tell everyone.”

Best gift: Mary Kay Ash was a friend of mine, and we invited her to our wedding. We were at the Mansion on Turtle Creek for the reception, and Mary Kay looked at my new husband and said, “What are you going to do for my friend Clarice?” She said, “My Mel gives me a gift every Thursday — either a diamond or a box of peanut brittle — to let me know that he loves me.” Stephen was totally taken aback. And he said, “Mary Kay, I’m going to give her a gift on the 18th of every month.” We got married on April 18. So, Mary Kay has been a part of our marriage for 31 years because on the 18th of every month, my husband gives me a gift, and he has never duplicated a gift.

How she’d like to be remembered: As a person who believes in hard work, high standards, giving back and kindness.

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Now Dallas women at every stage of life have a hospital that’s uniquely ours — where excellence meets elegance and healthcare is personalized just for us. It’s nice to know my daughter, my mother, my sisters, my friends and I can all expect the highest-quality, specialized care. And, it’s the only North Texas hospital with both a full-service children’s hospital and adult hospital in the same location.

Welcome to Medical City Women’s Hospital. It’s yours. It’s ours.

My Life. My Health. My Hospital.

COLLINSBRATTON

s a former broadcast reporter and current assistant vice president of strategic events and relationships at Methodist Health System Foundation, Calvert Collins-Bratton is living up to her historical name. Named after her grandmother Calvert, the first woman on the Dallas City Council in 1957, Collins-Bratton believes in making a difference in the community. She serves on the Dallas Park and Recreation board for Council District 13, is president of Safer Dallas, Better Dallas and works on the North Texas advisory board of Children at Risk. She is the mother of three girls, a 4-year-old and 20-monthold twins, who attend the Jewish Community Center. The University of Missouri graduate lives with her husband, Vince Bratton, and children on Heatherbrook behind Jesuit.

About her namesake: My grandmother was appointed by then mayor R.L. Thornton. She went to a neighborhood meeting about paving Turtle Creek, the road. She took a tongue lashing from neighbors who didn’t want it to be paved. I appreciate those kinds of decisions. It doesn’t make you the most popular person at a dinner party, but you have an impact on your city.

Why the park board: My mom was on the park board when she was pregnant with me. I knew Jennifer Gates just through being a reporter and we were Twitter buddies. When I left TV, I reached out to her. I started in October.

Her role on Safer Dallas, Better Dallas: Mostly we’ve been supportive of the Dallas Police Department, but in recent years it’s expanded. We raised $18 million dollars mostly from the Caruth Foundations and through the Communities Foundation of Texas. We helped create the Caruth Police Institute and the animal cruelty unit. We held a youth summit last January after the July 7, 2016, police shootings. We helped launch the SANE initiative — sexual assault nurse examiner. These are specially trained emergency-room nurses who use forensic-like rape kits to provide the evidence for police. It’s important to support our police officers. It’s a hard, often thankless, job.

Most proud career accomplishment: As a journalist, I’m proud I got to market five at KDFW-FOX 4 and worked in my hometown on a station that I grew up watching. It’s been an honor to tell good stories at Methodist. This hospital has been here for 90 years.

Her biggest challenge: I had a less than preferred exit at my first job in Omaha. It was a humbling experience. I was 24, and it tested my will. Am I meant to stay in television? Can I overcome this? Will anybody hire me again? That was 15 years ago. It makes you dig deep and say, “I’m going to overcome this.” I think it made me fiercer.

Overcoming gender discrimination: My name is unique. Sometimes I would set up an interview over email and then I’d walk in and hear, “Oh, I was expecting a man.” Television is a ruthless business. Your looks are constantly criticized. You learn to get a thick skin and try to look as professional as you can so that it’s a non-issue.

On work-life balance: I have an amazing husband. It is a total team effort. I’ll wake up at 5 a.m. so I can work out and then he’ll go at 6 a.m. We take turns. He might get the twins dressed and load them in the car while I’m finishing my makeup and Vivian is brushing her teeth. I mean it is all hands-on deck.

Life in Preston Hollow: We run on the W.T. White High School track, and we go to church at the Grove across the street. We load our kids in the Radio Flyer wagon. You don’t have the hustle and bustle of a big city. We walk a lot to the shops at Inwood and Willow to eat. Vivian will ride her scooter, and I’ll push the twins. I love the walkability.

Political aspirations: I’ve been asked that a lot. Not yet. I’m just trying to get into elementary school with the kids. I’m getting enough education on the Park Board in city politics. If I ever were interested, it would be at the local level. I like seeing the impact in my backyard.

DAWSON THOMPSON

oslyn Dawson Thompson, president and CEO of Dallas Women’s Foundation, and her staff are at the foundation’s headquarters assembling swag bags for a leadership program for nearly 400 Dallas ISD girls. Thompson has been a part of the organization almost since it began in 1985. She served on its board beginning in 1986 and stepped into the leadership role in 2011. For three decades, the organization has granted about $34 million to help create opportunities and solve challenges for women and girls in North Texas. Before that, she was an entrepreneur who owned her own public relations and marketing firm. She’s married to Rex Thompson and lives in Glen Lakes. She has a daughter, 34, son, 32, and step-son, 23.

Her greatest accomplishment at the foundation: We’ve grown the assets of the organization from about $26 million to about $34 million. We’ve almost doubled our grant-making since 2011 to $5 million. I’m proud that we have taken the lead among women’s foundations behind California. More than 20 percent of our overall assets are in gendered investments that are directly benefiting women.

The most challenging thing she’s overcome: Starting a business in Dallas in 1986 when our economy was not so hot. I had a 1-year-old, a 2-year-old and a failing marriage. Let’s just go for the trifecta.

The best advice she’s received: My dad was emphatic that success is owned by all. He was a war hero in World War II and highly decorated, recognized and written about. He said, “I got the medal, but the honor belonged to all the men with whom I served.” Modeling that leadership style is important whether you’re an entrepreneur or a CEO.

Advice she’d give her younger self: Trust yourself more and don’t be as fearful. You really were equipped to meet the challenges. Fear was a motivator. You might have just been enough.

On gender discrimination: You can’t reach my age and not have experienced it. It came from the banker who asked me where my husband was when I asked for a loan for my business. Getting access to capital has been a problem for women for a long time.

On work-life balance: I don’t know that I’ve ever done it. When I owned my own firm, I traveled as many as 30 times a year. I had a nanny from the time they were born. I missed an awful lot of my children’s lives just by choosing to provide for them. There was a lot of my sweet son saying, “Why aren’t you a cookie mom?” And I’d say, “I wish I could be, baby.” I’m better, but I’m so old now that I should be better. I’m very driven by work, and I love what I do. And I love my family.

What she looks for when she’s hiring: Passion for the mission and not being afraid of hard work. The only way to distinguish yourself is by a commitment to excellence, a commitment that you will deliver. Every woman who is here has a personal reason to care about the disparities that impact women and girls and has a real commitment to rectify that.

WILLIAMS

s director of Charitable Services at Goldman, Sachs & Co., Abigail Williams was responsible for the firm’s annual giving of $25 million worldwide. A graduate of SMU, she currently serves as executive director of United to Learn, a group of 24 public elementary schools, private institutions and volunteers that address inequities. Williams and her husband, Todd, helped found the Uplift Williams Preparatory School, a K-12 public charter school operated by Uplift Education that educates 1,200 primarily low-income children in northwest Dallas. The two co-chair Teach for America. Williams has two sons in middle school at St. Mark’s and three stepsons. The family lives in Bluffview on Seneca.

Accomplishment she’s most proud of: I get a lot of joy seeing the community embrace this new model of education. When we saw that our third-grade reading scores were growing ahead of state, county or district levels, it made me think, “Wow, not only is this model working, but people are believing in it and willing to be a part of it.”

On growing up: I grew up in Seguin. My mom was a single mom who worked multiple jobs at a time. I had a German last name, but I was part of a large Mexican family. I was often labeled as the other Mexican. Some of the things that make a Mexican family, culture and heritage so strong were the best of the things that my mom, her six sisters and my grandmother brought to bear. My mother believed in us, wanted us to be proud of who we are and push ourselves even if it meant being uncomfortable. Without her pushing me to go to college outside of that small town, it wouldn’t have been possible.

Advice she’d give her younger self: I wish I would feel more confident in my own abilities, and that I had been willing to take more chances. Today, I feel more comfortable learning from a failure versus feeling like a single failure could define me. When I was applying at Goldman, one of the critiques was, “I think she can do the work. I’m just not sure how much fun she’s going to be as part of the team.” I was always focused on just trying to do the best I could.

On gender discrimination: I was in investment banking. I worked on Wall Street. Whether it was being excluded from the conversation after the business dinner or not being invited to the golf outing, it was too accepted within the industry. I’m encouraged today by the voices coming together. What we once felt was reasonable to put up with is no longer acceptable. It’s refreshing knowing that we are slowly changing the mindset of the youngest generation.

On work-life balance: One of the goals of United to Learn is to say we can have a job, have a significant impact and not have to sacrifice mind, body and soul. For many of us volunteers who are in our mid-40s and mid-50s, we all worked in corporate America in jobs that required 24/7. We are committed to proving that we can be efficient and not rob our families of time and presence in the evenings and on the weekends.

How she conquers stress: I run. It’s a joke around the house that no one benefits more from my running than my husband and my children. I love running outside through the neighborhood as far as I can, listening to Christian rock music.

Her favorite app: Headspace. I can recommend it to anyone young or old. There are meditation packets on how to handle disruption, how to manage stress. how to get better sleep. They are 10- to 15-minute programs, which are easy to do.

Her best gift: When we were engaged, Todd — I’m going to cry — established the first four-year college scholarship that we would give together, and it was in honor of my brother who passed away when I was in college. Billy was 18 and full of life. But he was the only male in our home and so he was as much the big protector as he was the baby of the family. Billy unfortunately fell victim to statistics growing up in a tough community without a father present. The gift honored Billy and gave my sister, my mother and me something that we could do together.

LINDBERG

lizabeth Lindberg of Northwood is all about reinvention. She worked in investment banking and marketing (Morgan Stanley, Citibank, Proctor and Gamble) after graduating from the University of Texas. Facing a divorce, she founded Studio 6 Fitness on Preston in 2012. Now there are four locations. The center provides high intensity, low impact classes specializing in the Lagree Method, which blends Pilates, strength training and cardio into a 50-minute session. The method is popular with Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian West and Sofia Vergara. Now, as the mother of 18-year-old twins who just graduated from Jesuit and Ursuline, she’s ready to reinvent herself again as an empty-nester.

On becoming an entrepreneur: I was a stay-at-home mom in my mid-40s who had been married 17 years. I got divorced in February 2012, and I wanted to work and still do carpool. I wasn’t sure how to do that. I used to work out a lot. People would ask me, “Do you want to be a trainer?” I thought, “I’m too old to be a trainer.” So I went to LA and trained with Sebastien Lagree and all these young kids who were trainers and want-to-be models. I looked at studios in California, but I didn’t like the way they were so I wanted to create my own. Everyone who cared about me said, “Don’t do anything. You need to just get used to being divorced.” I thought, “If I don’t do anything, I’m just wasting time.” I signed the lease for this in June. We opened in September, and the neighborhood embraced it.

How she differentiates her business from the competition: There’s not that intimidating factor. We try to build stronger community. Bring your mother, bring your friend, work out together and then everyone gets stronger together. Here we’ll have a 78-year-old with a 48-yearold, someone who has a hip replacement next to a triathlete. We’ve done bachelor parties here. I position each location near a Starbucks for safety. I still go by the line, “Lattes and Pilates.”

Best advice: Do something you love because you’re always going to have a bad day, but if you love it, you’ll stick with it.

Advice she’d give her younger self: Trust yourself more. When I was younger, I was trying to do whatever everyone told me to do. I just picked out the outstanding student page in the UT yearbook and I wrote down that person’s resume. I thought, “If I want to be an outstanding student, just do this.” I was very driven. I didn’t really have fun. I’m having fun in my 40s. I never thought I’d have this second chance.

On work-life balance: I don’t think I had balance when I was younger. Even with the kids, I tried to be the very best Type-A mom. I try to prioritize. There’s family, and there’s work. I try to keep my focus on those main priorities. This is my own business. This is an extension of my family. How do you turn off family? It’s always on.

How she dealt with gender discrimination: In investment banking, I was young, enthusiastic and encouraging. They would say, “You’re there to be an authority figure, to be the boss. You need to lower your voice.” And I thought that was good advice. I had people pull me aside to give me feedback versus give up on me, and I was so grateful. I was a hard worker. It is hard when you’re the only woman. You’re at a holiday party where you’re in a compromising position because you’re friendly and people think you’re flirting. I wore my hair in a bun and glasses every day because I wanted to be taken seriously. I altered my looks.

On being an empty-nester: All my clients are asking, “Are you ok?” It’s going to be weird. I’ve been telling everyone, “Just bear with me.” Even though my kids are 18 and going off to college, I just feel like I’ve grown this other extended family. It’s not just the staff; it’s the customers. It’s a new chapter of my life.

LIVING BEAUTIFULLY IN PRESTON HOLLOW

BOTANICAL BLISS

BY LISA KRESL | PHOTO BY DANNY FULGENCIO

“You can have green in your space without the pressure of ‘Did I kill it?’ ”

Courtney Goldberg’s path to success is paved with succulents

Courtney Goldberg doesn’t have a green thumb, but her home-based plant business has put her in the black.

Her succulent arrangements, accented with patterned sand, gemstones and natural elements, have been spotted at charity luncheons at Neiman’s, Ascension, a Kent Rathbun event, medical spas and downtown office buildings. Urban Spikes, a name inspired by the porcupine quills she sometimes uses, has a word-of-mouth following after just two years.

“With cut succulents and low-maintenance plants, you don’t have to have a long-winded knowledge of everything,” she says. “I’m like a designer of plants.”

Goldberg says one of her biggest sales barriers in the beginning was customers’ fear that they would kill the plants. When she started selling her creations at the Crescent Court Farmers Market, she created signage that read, “You don’t have to take care of us.”

“It takes the worry off,” she says. “You can have green in your space without the pressure of, ‘Did I water it? Did I overwater it? Did I kill it?’ ’’

Goldberg is in the garage workshop of her Mason Dells home. She’s in the third trimester of her pregnancy with her third boy. She points out meticulously organized bins of colored sand, dried mushrooms, driftwood, agate, smoky black quartz and coffee beans. She orders the succulents from Holland, and they arrive in boxes.

Inside her pristine home, ready-made orders are tucked into the corners of her dining room and living room. Three-hundred succulents for the Crescent Building, 500 for McKinney and Olive. Another grouping waits for an Earth Day celebration. Her Dachshund, Spike, wanders in.

Goldberg’s 3- and 5-year-old boys are away at Akiba Academy. Don’t they like to play in the sand? Sometimes they like to make an arrangement, she says. “But this isn’t a really fun area for them — unless they’re riding their scooters.”

Urban Spikes has two employees, and Goldberg is considering finding a studio. “I’m pretty sure this is a business at this point.”

Courtney Goldberg’s Preston Hollow picks: North Haven Gardens

Tom Thumb

Cindi’s New York Deli Neighborhood Services

The playground at Kramer Elementary

THEY COME FOR A SHAMPOO AND SET, BUT LEAVE NURTURED AND INSPIRED

“You have one husband, one gynecologist and one hairdresser in life.”

Photos by DANNY FULGENCIO | Story by LISA KRESL

HE IS THE KEEPER OF SECRETS, a make-shift therapist. He has known you since before you had children and accepts you just the way you are. Seeing him is the only time you can relax. He is your hairdresser. Some women at Park Plaza Salon have been coming to see the same hairdresser for 40 years. They come once or twice a week for a shampoo and set. Their hair is set tight in green curlers, dried then styled and sprayed. The world swirls around, but the relationships and hairstyles remain the same. Assisted living caretakers or relatives escort some clients to appointments. The women sit back in the styling chairs swathed in pink, orange and turquoise smocks, recalling when they were socialites or models, photographed and featured in the newspaper. A few have dementia but respond to the nurturing, loving hands of their hairdressers. It’s a Friday morning at the salon, and the women emerge coiffed and ready for the day.

a Friday morning and your

You can read your book,

It’s

hairdresser awaits.

knowing that he will pamper you. Gene Smith and Dan Charnes are owners of Park Plaza Salon. They opened the business 26 years ago.

in a pair of scissors to kick off

career.

Top: Aki invested $1,400

his

Along the way, he styled models and created sculptures. Above: Smith works his magic. Say the clients, “I look a lot better coming out than coming in.”

Left: Sam Yee, 65, styles an 85-yearold client. They have been seeing each other for 45 years. Below: Doug retired after 40 years of styling. Says his client, “It’s the whole breakup of the family.”

/ The world swirls around them, but the relationship and hairstyle remain the same. /

DUTCH ART GALLERY

Fine Art & Custom Framing

LISA ADAMS REED

“Magical Mystery Tour”

Solo Show

Original Cold Wax paintings

Meet the Artist

Thursday, July 5th | 6-8 PM

Visit with artist Lisa Adams Reed during our First Thursday Event in July

Artist Demonstration

Saturday, July 7th | 11 AM-2 PM

Painting: “Blue Jay Way”

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CONCRETE, Driveway Specialist Repairs, Replacement, Removal, References. Reasonable. Chris 214-770-5001

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CALL EMPIRE TODAY To Schedule A Free In -Home Estimate On Carpeting & Flooring. 1-800-508-2824

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FENN CONSTRUCTION Manufactored hardwoods. Stone and Tile. Back-splash Specials. 214-343-4645

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UNITED GARAGE DOORS AND GATES Res/Com. Locally Owned. 214-826-8096

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LAKE HIGHLANDS GLASS & MIRROR frameless shower enclosures • store fronts replacement windows • mirrors 214-349-8160

PRO WINDOW CLEANING prompt, dependable. Matt 214-766-2183

ROCK GLASS CO Replace, repair: windows, mirrors, showers, screens. 214-837-7829

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ALL STAR HOME CARE Carpentry, Paint, Doors, Sheetrock Repair, and more. 25 yrs. exp. References. Derry 214-505-4830

BO HANDYMAN Specializing In Historic Home Renovations & Pro Remodels. Custom Carpentry, Doors, Kitchens, Baths & more. 214-437-9730

HANDY DAN The Handyman. ToDo’s Done Right. handy-dan.com 214-252-1628

HANDYMAN SPECIALIST Residential/ Commercial. Large, small jobs, repair list, renovations. Refs. 214-489-0635

HOME REPAIR HANDYMAN Small/Big Jobs + Construction. 30 Yrs. Exp. Steve. 214-875-1127

HOMETOWN HANDYMAN All phases of construction. No job too small 214-327-4606

HONEST, SKILLED SERVICE With a Smile. General Repairs/ Maintenance. 214-215-2582

ONE CALL WEEKEND SERVICES

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WANTED: ODD JOBS & TO DO LISTS

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Drywall Doors

Senior Safety

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KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

LAWNS, GARDENS & TREES

MAYA TREE SERVICE Tree Trim/Remove. Lawn Maintenance. Resd/ Commcl.Insd. CC’s Accptd. mayatreeservice.com 214-924-7058 214-770-2435

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HOME SECURITY

SAFES For Guns, Home or Business. We Offer a Large Selection Plus Consultation & In-Home Delivery. Visit Our Showroom. 972-272-9788 thesafecompany.com

HOUSE PAINTING

1 AFFORDABLE HOUSE PAINTING and Home Repair. Quality work.

Inside and Out. Free Ests. Local Refs. Ron 972-816-5634

A+ INT/EXT PAINT & DRYWALL

Since 1977. Kirk Evans. 972-672-4681

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING SERVICE Professional Work At Reasonable Prices. 214-725-6768

DAY LABOR Garage Cleaning, Windows, Digging, Brush & Tree Pruning. Call Jesse 214-931-4078

RAMON’S INT/EXT PAINT

Sheetrock, Repairs. 214-679-4513

TONY’S PAINTING SERVICE Quality Work

Since 1984. Int./Ext. 214-755-2700

TOP COAT 30 yrs. exp. Reliable, Quality Repair/Remodel Phil @ 214-770-2863

VIP PAINTING & DRYWALL Int/Ext. Sheetrock Repair, Resurfacing Tubs, Counters, Tile Repairs. 469-774-7111

JUNK REMOVAL

JUNK LEADERS Complete Junk/Trash Removal Service. junkleaders.com 903-742-5865

KITCHEN/BATH/TILE/GROUT

BLAKE CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS LLC

Complete Kitchen And Bath Remodels. Tile, Granite, Marble, Travertine, Slate. Insured. 214-563-5035 www.blake-construction.com

FENN CONSTRUCTION Full Service Contractor. dallastileman.com 214-343-4645

MELROSE TILE James Sr., Installer, Repairs. 40 Yrs. Exp. MelroseTile.com 214-384-6746

STONE AGE COUNTER TOPS

Granite, Quartz, Marble For Kitchen/Bath-Free Est. stoneage.brandee@gmail.com 940-465-6980

TK REMODELING 972-533-2872

Complete Full Service Repairs, Remodeling, Restoration. Name It — We do it. Tommy. Insured. dallas.tkremodelingcontractors.com

Honest, Modern, Safety Minded. 214-850-1528

PAT TORRES 214-388-1850 Lawn Service & Tree Care 28 Yrs. Complete Landscape Renovation.

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LAWNS,

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MOVING

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FULLY INSURED Commercial/Residential

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MCDANIEL PEST CONTROL

Prices Start at $85 + Tax

For General Treatment.

Average Home-Interior/Exterior & Attached Garage. Quotes For Other Services. 214-328-2847. Lakewood Resident

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THE PET DIVAS Pet Sitting, Daily Dog Walks, In Home/Overnight Stays.Basic Obedience Training. thepetdivas.com 817-793-2885. Insured

PLUMBING

AC PLUMBING Repairs, Fixtures, Senior Discounts. Gary Campbell. 214-321-5943

ANDREWS PLUMBING • 214-354-8521

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Lic. M-40581 Res/Com. Repairs & Leak Location

POOLS

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Bible Study 9:15 / Worship Services 10:45 Traditional, Contemporary, Spanish Speaking / 214.860.1500

ROYAL LANE BAPTIST CHURCH / 6707 Royal Lane / 214.361.2809

Christian Education 9:45 a.m. / Worship Service 10:55 a.m.

Pastor - Rev. Dr. Michael L. Gregg / www.royallane.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESTON HOLLOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 9800 Preston Road

Summer Sundays at 10:00 am and 5:00 pm

Senior Pastor Matthew E. Ruffner / www.phpc.org / 214.368.6348

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