Thinking Pink
| "Many of us stored our items in the basement of our homes, waiting Then one day, several shop owners noticed a rental sign along Route 144 and saw an opportunity. with Triadelphia Road in West Friendship. Inside a historic house with a pink front, nine businesses have set up shop, with merchandise ranging from antiques and jewelry to home decor. The business owners, who all met at the Mills, joined together to rent the house and set up shop, said Ellicott City resident Marcie Barnard, who owns Del Corazon with her business partner, Jodie Perez, all of Ellicott City. "We all met at the Mills," Barnard said. "When it closed down, it was really depressing. This is a passion for all of us." For some of the owners, it is a chance to expand a growing business. Malissa Kirszenbaum, of Ellicott City, owns Emma's Closet and has set up a jewelry display in a small alcove of the house in addition to sending her beaded jewelry to local bead shops. "This is really a chance to show some of my work," Kirszenbaum said. "I'm a paralegal by day and I do all my jewelry by hand at night. This gives me a chance to grow my business." Barnard and Kirszenbaum are joined by Sherri Greenfeld, of Sassafras; Brenda Belensky, of Appaloosa Antiques; Dan Weinstein, of the Lazy Lion; Steve Collins, of Out of Our Past; Betty and Tony Ellis, of Somethings Old; Paul Wolfgang, of PJs Antiques, and James Ilardo, of Home James Home. Why the name The Pink Cabbage? "It's different, and it's intriguing and whimsical," several shop owners said last week. "We came up with it right at the beginning, and we just kept going back to it." |
| New Store has West Friendship thinking 'Pink' Howard County Times By Shannon Baylis Sarino |
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