Helen Platt
Co-owner of Shopgirls by Lisa & Helen in Costa Mesa

1. Who is your favorite author?

J.K. Rowling.

2. Do you subscribe to any magazines?

Yes, Domino and Vanity Fair.

3. How many foreign languages do you know?

Taiwanese and some Chinese.

4. What are your least favorite fashion trends?

Trucker hats.

5. What’s your most sentimental possession?

Photo album/pictures

6. What is the best present you ever received?

My Cartier Santos watch.

7. PC or MAC?

PC

8. What’s the best piece of advice someone gave you?

You won't wish that you worked more on your deathbed.

9. Do you trust your own instincts or need second opinions?

Both

10. What’s your favorite time of year?

Summer

11. What’s your favorite food?

Country-fried steak

12. What’s the best thing that you cook?

I don't

13. What’s your least favorite food?

Vegetables

14. Which OC restaurant do you frequent the most?

Cafe R&D

15. Where do you want to travel, that you’ve never been before?

South Africa

16. Are you afraid to fly?

No

17. What are you an expert in (other than your career)?

Organization

18. What’s your favorite movie?

"Sound of Music.

19. What’s the best purchase you ever made?

My flat iron.

20. What shocks you the most?

Lack of UN participation in Sudan.