Baby & Me to offer everything for babies and moms-to-be
Children are the emphasis of several new or changing businesses in Coeur d’Alene. Two stores opening this spring downtown are prime examples.
Tuesday is the target opening day for Baby & Me at 513 Sherman Ave. The renovated building previously housed HipArt and is next to Camera Corral. Baby and maternity clothing and accessories will be the store’s focus, along with furniture, books, toys, bath products and diaper bags.
Owners Niki and Chad Oakland are both third-generation North Idaho natives. They’ll have one other employee, and Niki often will be joined by 10-month-old Brady. Niki says the store will be the first complete baby-item shop in Coeur d’Alene.
Hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and expanding in the summer. Phone: 667-8180.
Newcomers open shop
Three blocks west, Kid’s Corner should open around the end of the month in the northeast corner of the Resort Plaza on Sherman Avenue. The space housed Lotions & Potions for several years before it moved across the street.
The store will be a juvenile extension of Anna Leigh’s, a women’s apparel shop in the complex. It will feature quality children’s clothes (infant to size 10 in boys and to size 14 in girls), accessories, gifts, books, plush toys and specialty items. An example is hooded bath towels for home, the pool and the lake.
Originally from Ventura County, Calif., owner Kitty Probst bought Anna Leigh’s from Anna Watson last fall when her husband, North Idaho College basketball coach Hugh Watson, took a new job in Tennessee. Probst’s assistants are Michelle (her daughter) and Eric St. Marie. They came to North Idaho from Las Vegas after falling in love with the area while on vacation, Probst said.
Hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11-5 Sundays and extending for the summer. Phone: 664-3272.
Dental open house today
The public is invited to an open house for the expanded and renovated offices of Dr. George Loftus and his staff of 11 in the Center for Dental Health at 2615 Fruitland Lane, Coeur d’Alene. The celebration is from 4 to 8 p.m. and includes games, door prizes, refreshments and discount specials.
Loftus, who has been in the building for 12 years, has added 5,000 square feet of space and completely updated equipment. A general practice dentist, he offers sedation procedures, cosmetic work and Invisalign braces. He has 20 years of experience and came to Coeur d’Alene in 1992 from Hemet, Calif. Phone: 765-3301.
Turf, surf gear at A.W.I.
Specialty compression clothing normally worn under sports gear and for water recreation is available at A.W.I. (American Wave International), which opened this week at 3115 Government Way, Coeur d’Alene.
The inventory includes protective and flexible garments worn under sports uniforms with items such as shorts, shirts, pants, rash guards and pads.
“Cold gear” body suits for snow sports and surf wear for fresh and saltwater sports are available. Kayak/canoe and water ski/boogie board wear are specialties of the Coeur d’Alene store.
Co-owners Joseph Dorsey, Debbie Coleman and Alix Rowland came to Coeur d’Alene from Atascadero, Calif., after searching the Northwest from Flathead Lake to Seattle for the ideal location.
All products from their americanwave.com Web site are American-made, Dorsey said. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and will extend to weekends in the summer.
Phone: 765-4294.