Women IN The City - A Sampler of Our Special Section
By Susan Soper, Executive Editor
LINDA PAK BRUNER
The workout routine for Linda Pak Bruner, PhD., is typically short-distance sprinting after four-year-old Park and one-and-a-half year old Wesley, above. The family – a third child is on the way – lives in Garden Hills. Bruner, 34, is a therapist in private practice and at the Anxiety and Stress Management Institute. For breakfast, she said, she generally eats her children’s leftovers and considers a lunchtime "splurge" eating from a plate instead of from a bag in the car.
What’s the oldest thing in your closet?
Ratty old Lakeside High school drill team gym shorts from the 9th grade.
Best advice from your mother or father?
Give generously to others in need and what you receive in return is better than what money can buy.
What can’t you live without?
My family (of origin and creation).
What’s your most cherished heirloom?
A fountain pen given to me by my father before he passed away.
What was your very first job?
Working at a kiosk in the mall selling fudge.
What’s the best career advice you were given?
Separate the work from the work environment and plan accordingly.
What’s your most-treasured piece of art?
A portrait of my dogs, an anniversary present from my husband, Andrew.
How do your co-workers describe you?
Laughing, philosophical, balanced.
Is there something that changed your life?
My wedding day, my mentor from my master’s and doctoral program, Dr. Ken Matheny, and the passing of my father.
If you got a big bonus, how would you reward yourself?
Send my mother and aunt to Korea.
What do you do on weekends?
Enjoy my family, friends, and gardening.
Favorite junk food?
Krispy Kreme donuts.
What books are on your nightstand now?
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Raising Resilient Children and various gardening books.
Favorite restaurant?
The Golden Buddha.
Favorite vacation spot?
Being home alone.
Favorite lipstick?
Burt’s Bees lip treatment.
The last CD you bought?
U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.
What’s the most you’ve spent on shoes?
$400 cowboy boots.
What’s your favorite take-out?
Mo’s Pizza.
All-time favorite movie?
The British version of Pride and Prejudice.
 (Photo by Elizabeth Holmes)
YUM ARNOLD
Her real name is Claire, and she is the chief executive officer of Leapfrog Services Inc., a computer services company. She has lived in the same house in Ansley Park for 29 years with her husband, Ross. Their children are now grown, but their early artwork still hangs in her office, where she is shown, left, wearing her favorite accessory, black pearls from Ross.
What’s the oldest thing in your closet?
A lace dress of my maternal grandmother’s which I have worn several times.
Best advice from your father:
"Whatever you decide to do, do the best that you possibly can."
What’s your most cherished heirloom?
A youth chair that was made for my great-great-grandfather. I love thinking about what might have "osmosed" to my children through it.
What is your least favorite thing about yourself?
Being responsible.
What do you eat for breakfast?
Coffee, fruit and turkey bacon.
What was your very first job?
Setting the table when I was 4 or 5 years old. My father drew pictures of how it should look.
What’s the best career advice you got?
As a new-hire at Coca-Cola USA, from J. Lucien Smith, its president, who said, "Don’t call me mister and don’t call me sir. You are anybody’s equal. Act as you want to be treated, and you will be treated so."
What’s your best spot for a power lunch?
Don’t know that I’ve ever had a power lunch...but Sundown CafÈ and Doc Chey’s are my kinds of places.
Where do you take friends from out of town?
To hike Stone Mountain, on a Beltline tour, to the High, the History Center, the Botanical Garden, the Aquarium,to SCAD, on a long walk through Ansley Park, along Peachtree and all around Piedmont Park.
How would your co-workers describe you?
Warm, dynamic, progressive
How do you unwind?
Talking to my husband and doing crossword puzzles.
Favorite junk food?
Dark chocolate, in almost any genre.
What books are on your nightstand now?
Younger Next Year for Women by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge, M.D.; The Master by Colm Toibin.
Favorite lipstick:
Revlon No. 450. I think my lips have become addicted to it.
The last CD you bought:
Pink Martini (Hang on Little Tomato), Motown Remixed and Ayre.
What’s the most you ever spent on shoes or a handbag?
NOYB.
Is there something you never miss?
A bi-annual outing with my three best college (Mary Baldwin) girlfriends.
What’s your favorite take-out?
Tuna tenderloin from Alon’s.
Is there something that changed your life?
No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu.
Would you bungee jump?
No, because I already sky-dived...and it was overrated.
All time favorite movie:
Pretty Woman.
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