SELF PORTRAIT

Susan Hickingbotham

■ DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH: Jan. 13, 1962, Houston

■ MY FAVORITE MEAL IS: Mexican food with a good margarita.

■ A MOVIE I RECENTLY SAW AND LIKED WAS: A Star Is Born. ■ THE PLACE I LOVE MOST IS: Lake Como, Italy.

■ SOMETHING FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT ME: “I started twirling at a very young age and I went to state championships when I was young.”

■ MY MOST PRECIOUS CHILDHOOD MEMORY IS: Catching frogs or going to the zoo and Astroworld and Ice Capades and the rodeo and things like that.

■ WHEN I TRAVEL I ALWAYS TAKE WITH ME: An accordion-style album of photos of my family — our children and our pets and all. When we travel I string it out on a dresser or something.

■ TO RELAX I LIKE TO: Read.

■ SOMEDAY I WANT TO: Skydive. It’s already been paid for and it’s ready to do. I’m scared but I still want to do it. ■ FIVE PEOPLE LIVING OR DEAD THAT I WOULD INVITE TO A FANTASY DINNER PARTY: Mick Jagger, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vivian Johnson (my maternal grandmother who passed away), John F. Kennedy Jr. and Jack Hanna.

■ ONE WORD TO SUM ME UP: Blessed