SMOOTH(IE) MOVE
GROUND ESPRESSO BAR & CAFE (12 Oak St., 541-386-4442 or go to groundespressobarandcafe.com) sports cool veneer-twist pendants (left), a reading area with a sofa and chairs (head for the oversize framed panel of tufted flannel featuring a kitschy print of scantly-clad pin-up girls on skates and skis) and lots of two-tops for using the café’s free Wi-Fi.
  The coffee house also has a wide selection of espresso and coffee drinks, tea drinks and paninis ($5.95 to $6.75). After you shop both sides of Oak St., order a strawberry-banana smoothie before you hit the road. The drink ($3.25) will put you in a delicious mood, the better with which to enjoy the drive home through the Gorge’s world-class scenery.

LUX LINENS AND ECO-FRIENDLY FARE
  If you’re a thread-counter when it comes to your bedding, leave time to caress the Home Source bamboo sheets ($98 for a queen-size sheet; $66 for a set of two pillowcases) in the front of AT HOME ON OAK STREET (105 Oak St., 541-386-6687).
  Shop owner Meg Dueber also stocks the Provencal-inspired Couleur Nature table linens ($8.50 for placemats). Paris-based designer Bruny Lamy designs the cheery line, which is block-printed in India. Pinecone Hill 100 percent cotton bed clothes are here, too. “I’ve got everything for the bedroom from bed ruffles to duvets,” she says.
  The eco-friendly hostess will be drawn to a glimmery display of hand-poured and hand-pressed colored-glass tableware made of crushed, post-consumer recycled glass. Fire & Light, a California company, fabricates the products ($25.50 for an On the Rocks 8-ounce glass with chiseled bottom, $31 for a goblet and $33 for an 11-inch dinner plate) in colors such as copper, citrus, celery, aqua and cobalt. “Don’t you love how the colors just pop?” asks Dueber.
 

SUSTAINABLE SOLES
Stylish sandals, shoes and boots are the main loot at ZELLA SHOES & TREASURES (304 Oak St., 541-386-0700). Look left after you enter this antique chandeliered former bank and you’ll see its 1910 safe!
  The pickings are pricey, but you’re paying for fashion, fit and eco-friendly manufacturing. We
liked the CYDWOQ Slide ($249), which is handmade of vegetable-dyed Italian leather and water-based glues in California. La Canadienne shoes from Montreal are here, as are Irish designer Orla Kiely’s handbags ($152 for a Classic Shoulder Bag), which are made in London.
Considering the beyond-poor exchange rate across the Big Pond, lovers of international style could save money shopping here!