Scout and Pine — Local services in Bend

My husband, son and I, along with my husband's parents, are visiting from Portland and were out strolling through downtown Bend yesterday. Our son (3.5yo) was running down the sidewalk and tripped on a crack in the bricks.. went down hard on his knees, elbows, and hands. Tears and plenty of noise followed. As I was carrying him further down the street, a gal from Scout and Pine stepped out of their front door and said something about "was that you crying out here?". I always dread people commenting on our son's tears because most people seem to feel the need to say something about how "he's fine" or something else that invalidates how he's feeling. He's 3, and he's hurt or upset. Tears are welcome in our family.

Anyway, I started to gear up to defensively explain about how he fell and scraped his knees and elbows, and this sweet girl says in the kindest voice to our son "well why don't you come on in here, we have some fun stuff to look at that will cheer you up!" Grabs a stuffed bear for him to snuggle and takes him over to the little kids area where she proceeds to read him a book. Just the absolutely sweetest moment. "Mimi" (my mother in law) bought the stuffed bear for him to take home so we could remember that amazing instance of kindness

The owners are local to Bend. They are both absolutely amazing. My partner and I noticed the store was open late, so we decided to stop in. It ended up being the grand opening and we were able to sample some of the local cider they had on tap. We both ended up getting a nice leather wallet on the first night.

We liked the owners, and the product so much that we brought our friends back the next evening to pay them another visit. We are very glad to have met them and will continue to support local in Bend. See you guys soon!

Thanks, Denis Sieben - Roxy Andrade Keys to Bend...

What a little gem of a store. My sister lives in Bend and she couldn't wait to take us to this wonderful store. The host, Payton, was super friendly and helpful and even offered up a taster of one of the bloody mary mixers they currently sell. Who would have thought that a boutique like this would have such great products. Many, if not all, local products that are as unique as they are stylish. Will stop in each time we...