Kiss More?
Kiss More?
Cai Cai Fritzinger opened a store and created a community WSG 91
I said I’d find some bloopers for you from my time with Cai Cai Fritzinger and this is my absolute favorite (see below)….It’s on my instagram, too linked here. FYI, I put weird and funny bits on my WSG story! If you haven’t, please sign up!
One of the best parts of doing the Women’s Survival Guide interviews is the people I meet, or in this case, reconnect with. I had heard Cai Cai started a store on the North Shore of Boston and the instagram photos I saw were irresistible. Cool products from London, an eclectic store with new and old furnishings, wonderful color. Check out her instagram here, it’s very good! So, I pursued an interview with her over about five months. I think this interview is a bonanza of a good story, a good chemistry, and useful information for people considering opening a bricks and mortar business.
Please enjoy Cai Cai’s and my banter below on video (and in a podcast) and if you get a chance swing by her uplifting store The Copper Shed LLC 162 Main St. Wenham, MA 01984.
Here is last weeks post with Cai Cai that gives more of the back story!
Podcast!
Here it is…PODCAST with Kim and Cai Cai
MAVEN OF THE WEEK!
Cai Cai Fritzinger
As you will hear in our vlog/podcast episodes Cai Cai did think about opening her own store one day, though I am not sure she thought she really would. But, she collected bits of information and ideas over the years in case the opportunity presented itself. By no means was there a road map or plan. The Copper Shed, as her store is called, happened organically.
The store got its name from its first home in her yard. She and her family were building a home north of Boston and she was working with a British decorator who also designed her own fabric. Cai Cai got a the idea she wanted to sell pillows made from the fabric and she had just put a copper roof on a shed on the property. Suddenly, she had a name, a place and some product. And from there, The Copper Shed, LLC took off.
Her financial risk was low, thanks to the shed, but it took guts to start her business. Her store is more than a place to buy things. It’s a hive of happy interactions. Please tune in below and listen to what starting her business has meant to Cai Cai and her to her community.
Her store is more than a place to buy things. It’s a hive of happy interactions.
VIDEO INTERVIEW!
FIVE STOCK QUESTIONS
What did you want to be when you grew up? In the FBI
What are you excited about now? Everything!
What books are on your bedside table? None
What do you do to relax? Walk with my doggies
What category/subject would you add to the Guide? The right balance of sports/ working out to avoid injuries but stay in shape
A RECIPE YOU WON’T HATE from Cai Cai:
Big Anne’s Fish Chowda
Ingredients:
2lbs Haddock (skinned)
2lbs Idaho Potatoes (skinned and quartered)
3 Yellow Onions
1-quart whole Milk
Butter
Salt Pork
Common Crackers
Recipe:
1. Cut up salt pork in small pieces and fry in a large frying pan until crisp
2. Take salt pork out with slotted spoon & put in a container lined with paper
towels
3. Add sliced onions to the salt pork fat and cook until translucent, take out and
put aside in a bowl
4. Put the haddock in a large pot and add water just to cover and then cook on
low boil until haddock is white
5. Take haddock out with a slotted spoon and put aside or on top of your bowl of
onions
6. Add cubed potatoes to the water used for fish (the base) and cook through,
don’t overcook
7. Add the onions and the fish into stock with potatoes
8. Add butter, milk, and salt and pepper to taste
Best made a day in advance, more flavor if it sits overnight.
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