Toys
Posted inFood & Drink

Gift and You Shall Receive

Give to local food drives, toy drives and more for a chance to redeem some sweet holiday treats
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

Thu., Dec. 19 – NPT Benefit The Commons Join three of Central Oregon’s hottest musical artists for an evening of song, benefitting the High Desert Food and Farm Alliance. Bend locals Jess Ryan and Eric Leadbetter will be joined by Portland’s Patrick Connell. Live music from 7-9pm.  Thu., Dec. 19 – Ugly Sweater Christmas Bingo […]

Posted inBend Nest

Bringing Home Baby

Amanda Klingman

Content & Art Direction by Amanda Klingman Photos by Jewel Images | Models Lindsey & Kaia Mae Cox Diapers? Check. Carseat? Duh. You’ve got the staples covered but bringing home baby can still be a bit, well… overwhelming. You don’t need every product under the sun to survive those beautiful and bewildering first few weeks […]

Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

Instead of Toys “R” Us, try smart local toy stores

Baby Phases Tot2Teen, Wonderland Toy Shoppe, Wabi Sabi and Leapin’ Lizards
Avatar photo Phil Busse

By Phil Busse From role and pretend play, to constructive and scientific play, toys for the younger set are going back to the basics—what Baby Phases-Tot2Teen (759 NE Greenwood Ave) owner Molly Ryan simply calls, “Back to nostalgia.” “It really has to do with imaginative play, and going back to the building blocks,” she says. […]

Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

Toys R Indeed Us

But They Should Be Bought Locally!
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Would you believe me if I told you now is a Golden Era of toys? Would you? Or, would you guffaw and point at an 8-year old kid hunched over an iPad, slinging angry red birds at stacks of pigs, and sputter and tell me how those gadgets drain hours of social time, and launch […]

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