SELF PORTRAIT

Franklin McLarty

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: Aug. 30, 1974, St. Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock FAMILY: wife, Gabriela, and daughter, Brianna

MY FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING is shoes, from Bauman’s, I’ve had for 20 years. There’s something about having nice shoes, that craftsmanship that holds up so long.

WHEN I’M IN LITTLE ROCK I DRIVE whatever the dealership gives me. If they call me on Tuesday and say, “Sold it,” I know I’ll have something different.

I’M SNOBBY ABOUT quality food — not fancy.

I WISH I KNEW MORE ABOUT architecture.

MY PET PEEVE ABOUT SOCIETY: rudeness MY FIRST JOB: washing dishes and delivering pizzas at Pizza D’Action

MY WORST JOB: parts inventory at Premiere Pontiac

MY GREATEST STRENGTH AS A PROFESSIONAL inspiring confidence in others.

MY GREATEST WEAKNESS AS A PROFESSIONAL is being decisive too quickly.

I’M A SUCKER FOR Key lime pie, [a weakness] I picked up in south Florida.

BEHIND MY BACK, THEY SAY I’m too caffeinated.

MY FAVORITE CLICHE: I love the word “organic.” Things that come together “organically.” And “unpack that for me,” too.

THE BOOK I’VE READ THE MOST: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

I’D GIVE ANYTHING to have met JFK.

IF I’VE LEARNED ONE THING IN MY LIFE, it’s to treat people well.

ONE WORD TO SUM ME UP: Energetic