Tyke Bikes to Gender-Neutral Baby Fashion, the Best Portland Stuff for Kids
The scene at Hello! Good Morning!
Shop
Forget Barbie and all her baggage. At NE Broadway’s Hello! Good Morning! you’ll find treasures like tiny turquoise robot nesting dolls, Japanese monsters, and a pumpkin man by a Laika model maker. Store owner Amy Wulfing knows color after two decades working in stop-motion animation, painting for such films as James and the Giant Peach.
Image: Courtesy Made You Look
Dine
Opened last fall on E Burnside, Made You Look prides itself on majorly fun stuff: a kit to turn bananas into a working piano (!), wooden brachiosaur rattles, or Food Face plates, which let your little ones go wild with kiwi goatees and spaghetti curls. $13
Image: Courtesy Isla Bikes
Ride
UK giant Isla Bikes plunked its US headquarters here four years ago. Its specialty? Tyke bikes with proportionally sized components and ergonomic handles so tiny hands can brake confidently. $200–1,250
Read
Victoria Jamieson’s 2015 best seller Roller Girl is already a classic in many households. The YA graphic novel follows Astrid as she falls in love with roller derby while her best friend decides to do ballet camp. (Life lessons ensue.) Jamieson knows her stuff: by night, she’s Winnie the Pow in the Rose City Rollers league.
Image: Courtesy North of West
Wear
Nell & Mary’s colorful tea towels sport rows of blue oysters, while Make It Good is known for silky, patterned slip dresses. Now the brands unite under the house line of downtown shop North of West, expanding into gender-neutral baby fashion. Expect simple silhouettes embellished with abstract rain prints or cute line drawings of pineapples. $32–54
