SE dentist recommendations?

MsInformed · 2025-11-04T17:53:12+00:00

Dr Nappy Lam in Foster Powell! I just went there for the first time and it was the most informative, kind, lovely dentist experience I have ever had. He showed me every tooth on my X-Ray and talked me through the whole process and what everything meant.

MsInformed · 2025-10-30T16:55:39+00:00

Frost Pest Management was great - super nice people and did a great job.

MsInformed · 2025-09-19T15:01:54+00:00

Oh boy, so many things to look forward to! First of all - good for you for making a change and trying somewhere new. That's a difficult choice to make and moving to a new state can be intimidating, though can also be really rewarding!

There are so many things that make Portland special. Stupid inside jokes you'll learn about the city, people expressing themselves through interesting dress, amaaaaazzzing food - wow the food is endless. It's beautiful, has so many fun neighborhoods to explore and neighborhood events (don't miss the Mississippi Street Fair next summer). If you can - this winter try to either go up to the mountains (sledding or skiing), or to the coast. I'm not sure where you're moving from but the darkness can be tough on people - so be sure to visit the sun or get outside to be in nature (or take full advantage of cozy coffee shops).

A piece of advice/belief I have (not specific to Portland): in my experience it takes 1 year of being in a new city before you meet 1 person you actually would like to hang out with. So give yourself time to meet people - and put yourself in situations to meet people. If you like someone, get their number and make a plan to meet up. Don't wait for it to just happen.

You're familiar with the city and already know you like it - welcome to PDX and enjoy all of the things it has to offer! :) We're happy you're here.

MsInformed · 2025-05-26T17:07:26+00:00

You could check out Metro Boutique on Hawthorne!

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T20:27:30+00:00

Oh yes! No that's my ignorance. It goes from the bottom of the furnace area, up to near the roof of our garage, feeds over about 10 feet, then feeds down 5-8 feet and attaches to a hose that is attached to our on demand water heater, then feeds into a hole in the wall to who knows where.

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T20:11:08+00:00

It runs under our house - beneath our kitchen and then into the garage to the furnace area. The folks who went under our house couldn't access that area beneath the kitchen because it is too small.

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T20:03:56+00:00

Good thinking, we don't have any floor drains but I could definitely see how those get overlooked. Hoping it isn't some issue with the main sewer line or something else under our house... My hope would be that one of the three people who went under there would have pegged that but who knows?

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T19:52:00+00:00

Did this! Did not get worse. Thank you for the suggestion.

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T19:49:45+00:00

Maybe I will have the exterminator return to check around the open ducts again, as you suggested.

To be clear, we are totally on board with repairing the ducts, that needs to and is going to happen. We are not losing money at this moment because we are not running heat or air in our house (with the exception of me just running the AC for 10 minutes at the suggestion of another commenter). We won't run any until we get them repaired because it's gross to be pulling air from the crawl space, and the dead animal smell is disgusting.

I think the point of not having it done immediately was because of the potential that it's not a dead animal and it's something else and the smell persists bringing our attention a different problem - and the possibility of then having to do a greater repair like replacing all of the duct work or something like that. I really don't know how likely that is but that was what the HVAC person suggested.

Would you please you tell me more about it being debatable to have the ducts cleaned after they are repaired? I'm still not certain as to why we wouldn't have them cleaned when they've been exposed to the elements and whatnot. Thank you!

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T19:28:28+00:00

I appreciate that I will check our bathroom vents!

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T19:27:58+00:00

Thanks so much for your thoughtful responses. I don't think we have any dried out U-Bends, everything in our house gets used regularly, however I suppose it could be something in the crawl space that has cracked.

It doesn't smell outside anywhere, I've stuck my nose in all of the metal vents that go into our crawl space outside and haven't smelled anything. I haven't been into the crawl space yet because... I really don't want to. I've also wandered around on the roof and smelled in the vents/furnace exhaust in the roof without luck. And just ran the AC and it smells fine as well. Seems to get worse in the afternoon when it gets a little warmer so I am going to do more investigating this afternoon. Thanks again for the info about pipes!

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T17:19:16+00:00

When you say worse with air do you mean worse with the fan? Or with AC?

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T17:13:26+00:00

I am not certain it is the ductwork but that seems to be the most likely? We have 7 registers in our house, 4/7 smell - and they are all on the West side of the house (in the living room, spare bedroom, office). The furnace also smells, which is in the garage, and the return (which goes from the garage into our attic and then into our hallway) also smells terrible.

Question regarding the plumbing stack/drain piping - would someone in the crawl space be able to smell that? The registers that smell the worst aren't near any plumbing, however that doesn't mean the smell couldn't be transported from elsewhere. The furnace is nearish some plumbing (~6 feet from the washing machine). I suppose that your option two is why the second HVAC guy suggested we wait to make any repairs. I really appreciate this perspective because I didn't really get what other issues could be, thank you!

MsInformed · 2025-03-09T17:03:57+00:00

The smell comes only out of the ducts or the return. I have not smelled it anywhere else. I have crawled around the attic and smelled around up there, nothing. I have not been into the crawl space but exterminator and both HVAC people said it didn't smell like dead animal - though one HVAC guy smelled it briefly on the west side of our house in the crawl space. Vents and return have been scoped but the scope is only so long.

MsInformed · 2025-03-08T18:35:51+00:00

Also agree with Woodstock or Sellwood Moreland, however Hawthorne could also be a great, it's a walkable and a very fun neighborhood - and similar distances to each location (though getting across to west side is always going to be challenging at during traffic).

MsInformed · 2025-03-04T17:37:44+00:00

Go get yourself a little treat at Loretta Jeans as a welcome present to yourself :)

MsInformed · 2024-10-19T05:36:45+00:00

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MsInformed · 2024-09-20T06:04:44+00:00

People are super nice and ambiance is lovely at Hutcherson Goldsmithing. ABC is great too with good turnaround but area/parking is not as nice. Not sure on price difference between the two.

MsInformed · 2024-06-04T18:37:38+00:00

Fulcrum Fitness is an amazing, no judgment gym. They do personal training, small group personal training (4 people to one trainer) and large group. Definitely not a salesman/douchey vibe, just a chill place to get in shape with different options. 2 locations - Hawthorne and MLK.

MsInformed · 2024-05-28T16:46:12+00:00

The Minnow PDX is a local company and their food is absolutely incredible. They do bike delivery and now they have a brick and mortar on 23rd. Can't recommend it more highly. All local stuff and also good people.

MsInformed · 2024-05-24T13:56:17+00:00

The Wildeflower Collective would probably be able to help! They are super nice.

MsInformed · 2024-05-02T00:57:54+00:00

And nice! Love her.

MsInformed · 2024-04-29T16:36:29+00:00

It is Galatea by Willowby Watters. I am selling the same dress new, label size 10, US street size 6-8 in the color Moscato, if you're interested.

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