TL;DR-SHOP HERE! To…read moreset the scene: It was my sister from another mister's birthday. It was 100+ degrees outside. I was mildly carsick, we were sticky from the heat, and had no plan for the day. Mom suggested we stop by this place...I'd never heard of it, but WE LOVE SHOES so of course the answer was yes...especially when told we would find styles and fits there we would be hard pressed to find in any other brick and mortar around the scablands of SE Washington. We walked in and I was AWESTRUCK by the old vintage styles lined up on the top, left-most wall. While disappointed they weren't for sale at the time, I spent a good amount of time fawning over them before blowing pass the standard inventory and moving onto the clearance section. NOTE: I am 100% guilty of buying crappy, flat, unsupportive shoes because they are cheap. I am a miser by nature in all the wrong ways. Those same shoes I waste money on, I end up only wearing them once or twice because I hate how they feel, and had given up on finding beautiful shoes that were also comfy...the shoe-nicorn, if you will. After perusing the clearance section and finding a couple of cute pairs, I ventured into the wild, untamed land of *gasp* the standard priced shoes. I was rendered speechless. Beautiful riding boots? With wool lining? THAT ALSO FIT MY BIRD-CALVES?? YES PLEASE! My elation was soon followed by despairing over the pricetag. Multicolored Reikers that felt as though I was walking on air!? They immediately made me feel like a better, more well-rounded version of my self...again the pricetag. About this time, the owner noticed me flitting from display to display with stacks of shoes in my hands, trying to figure out which ones I needed vs. which ones I NEEDED...all while my sister looked on from the birkenstock display with a look of amusement painted on her face while chatting up an old wise-acre trying on his own set of magical footmitts about how ridiculous I was...and she wasn't wrong. The owner sat me down with my spread and measured my feet...something that hadn't been done since I was knee high to a tall grasshopper. We discovered I was a 39 and she set about helping me pick out a handful of shoes and boots I was enthusiastic to try on. After getting the size and back-room order from my cohort, she flitted off while I gushed about this store and chatted with the same wise-acre who had transformed into an elderly gentleman who's poise and grace was unmatched now that he had been fitted with his snazzy new pair of kicks. The owner returns... Now came the fun and most emotionally compromising part...the fitting. I Tried on two pairs of Reikers (pumps and boots). The owner laughed and looked quite pleased as she watched my soul being reborn in that moment and I learned a valuable life lesson which I will attempt to articulate now...you cannot put a price on good footwear. As comfortable as those Reiker boots were, the owner told me "hold on just a sec...I think I have a boot for you that would be an even better fit" and she disappeared into the back once more. I eagerly awaited her return and was so pleased once she did. I was presented with the most comfortable Spring Step boots I could have ever hoped to find. Waterproof, temperature regulating, and SNAZZY! I entered that store not intending to purchase anything at full price and left with two pairs of fancy new kicks (between the three of us we left with five pairs). I have never in my life had better customer service or been more pleased/amazed with the quality of merchandise I was presented with. I have gotten so much use out of those two pairs of shoes since August and I can promise I will be back for more!

Sad to see another store closing. Drove by today and saw a for lease sign in the windows. Use to…read morelike finding new summer shoes/sandles.