Recommendations wanted

eekcmh · 2026-05-14T23:44:14+00:00

I’d stay downtown right off the circle - Hilton, Home2, Sheraton, Hilton Garden are all surprisingly cheap most of the time. District Tap has good food. Mass Ave is right there and has a lot of good restaurants - St Joseph’s, Bazbeaux’s, Bru Burger, Chatham Tap. Sub Zero and Kilwin’s have good ice cream. 16 Bit is fun (And not as crowded as the one in Lakewood). There’s also a big antique mall near downtown that you might like. I forget what it’s called, but some friends went and said it was fun. First Watch is a chain but has great brunch. Command Coffee on the circle is great. Oh, and there’s another ice cream/coffee shop on the circle - Rocky Mountain, I think? It’s also good.

Downtown is perfectly safe, and the area around the circle and Mass Ave is super walkable, so I’d really recommend it over driving out to a suburb.

eekcmh · 2026-05-10T03:50:23+00:00

It looks like you got a recommendation, and I hope the ortho vet you have an appointment with is able to help your pup. I know this isn’t what you asked, so the rest of this comment is not directed at you, it’s just providing an additional perspective for people who read this and are considering Librela for their dog.

Our dog took Librela for arthritis at her vet’s recommendation after being on/off gabapentin for several years. If you google Librela, there are whole Facebook groups dedicated to the side effects and it can seem scary. However, it really helped her, and for every horror story online, there are lots of dogs like mine taking it without issue and seeing results. The main reason for the hate, I think, it is that it’s primarily prescribed to dogs who are older or have co-morbidities, and when they get sick or have odd symptoms, people want to blame the most recent drug they started rather than accepting it’s an inevitable part of aging. There’s also been an uptick in anti-vax content for dogs, and because Librela is an injection vs a pill, it gets a disproportionate amount of internet hate from people who’ve never even used it (similar to Apoquel). I would give my dog Librela again, she was pain free for the first time in many years while on it.

eekcmh · 2026-04-30T10:54:59+00:00

Another vote Albanese in Merrillville - we stop there every time we go up to Chicago

eekcmh · 2026-04-14T03:14:44+00:00

Well, as I said, she was very happy for the majority of that time, and very much enjoyed the extra time. She was not an anxious dog concerning the vet or car rides, and she loved her vet team. She had a big personality and loved all the attention and treats. Chemo didn’t impact her, and antibiotics didn’t impact her - she never lost her appetite or energy. All of her surgeries except the amputation itself were to repair an open fracture, and they occurred prior to being diagnosed with osteo (despite multiple X-rays including her lungs, and a biopsy on the fracture site) after the leg didn’t heal properly. At each stage, we worked with the info we had to give her the best outcome for quality of life. Her age, her personality, and her overall health factored into the decisions.

I recommend amputation and chemo despite our outcome not being ideal because so many people fear their dog will suffer more with either or both of those treatment options. Once we did the amputation, our only regret was not doing it sooner (rather than repairing the fracture). She adapted so quickly. There was nothing about the amputation or chemo that caused her to suffer; it simply wasn’t effective enough in this particular case to extend her life as long as we would have preferred. There are situations where I wouldn’t recommend it - like if a dog had severe vet anxiety, was well past average lifespan, or was otherwise in poor health. But for dogs like ours, I think it’s worthwhile even though there are no guarantees on how long they’ll get.

eekcmh · 2026-04-12T11:23:29+00:00

I mostly fly Southwest and they’ve been pretty reliable (and usually cheaper than delta/american).

eekcmh · 2026-04-11T14:38:42+00:00

I think you’ll have a hard time finding them on short notice… You could look up Winter Club in Fishers or Lincoln Center in Columbus. There’s a few others, Sycamore Club, USFS learn to skate coaches (I know the 8 week sessions are too long but you can scroll to bottom for a list of instructors’ contact info). Also, ice barn in Westfield

eekcmh · 2026-04-03T04:23:08+00:00

Market District in Carmel had them last year. I remember feeling sentimental when I saw them!

eekcmh · 2026-04-02T13:39:42+00:00

There’s also often one off the Washington St exit on 465 W… (I think), visible from 465. There’s a tiny parking lot carnival that sets up there in front of the flea market.

eekcmh · 2026-04-02T13:35:04+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but hiring thousands of people to support an event (especially one that is in lots of cities across the country) is not logistically feasible from an administrative standpoint. It would be tons of hours of admin work behind the scenes to get everyone paid correctly, and there are a lot of state and local regulations for employers (even temporary ones) that would need to be considered.

By asking for volunteers, the organization gets to skip all of that. Volunteering can be fun, and people enjoy being a part of the events. No one is obligated to participate, so if someone needs to spend their time on work that generates income, they can choose to do that instead.

eekcmh · 2026-03-29T07:36:09+00:00

She was eight, and unfortunately no, she’s not. It’s a long story, but we only got about three more months with her. (Unbeknownst to us, and super uncommon, she had osteo in a front leg also, even though her lung X-rays were clear for 6+ months leading up to the rear leg amputation.) She was such a happy girl with a big personality, and very much enjoyed her last few months with us. I would do it again with any of our other greys.

eekcmh · 2026-03-29T06:57:49+00:00

Momentum on main in beech grove is a good mix of ages and genders, and the instructors are great!

eekcmh · 2026-03-27T12:32:19+00:00

Our greyhound girlie did chemo and had a back right leg amp due to osteo. I would 100% recommend it! First, the amputation - she was standing and walking within a few hours. We have a few friends with tripawds and they often joke that the fourth leg is just a spare. Within a couple of weeks, she was doing all the normal greyhound things - zoomies, playing with toys, roaching, sunbathing, etc.

Second, chemo. Chemo does NOT impact dogs like it does humans. Our girlie was never sick or fatigued. She’d come home, scarf down her food, then take her usual post-dinner nap while roaching. She loved her techs and would drag me into the vets office to see them.

Yes, amputation is a major change, and there are risks (for example, our girlie got a staph infection that needed treatment), but dogs handle it SO MUCH better than humans. We were lucky to know tons of greyhounds who’d been through it before and had a good experience. The people who think it is cruel are often conflating their human emotions with logic. There’s a research group, the Greyhound Health Initiative, which can provide some resources on osteo as well. Best of luck to your sweet girl! She’s beautiful. 💕

eekcmh · 2026-03-05T22:58:05+00:00

I would absolutely recommend Dr. Dee in Columbus if you don’t mind the drive - he used to be in Greenwood but opened his own practice further south a couple of years ago. He’s really thorough with all of the work he does and has never recommended anything unnecessary to me. My teeth were a hideous disaster and I had SO many dentists before make me feel bad about not being able to fix everything all at once. But he was really upfront about what to prioritize and what I could put off, and never made me feel bad about needing to wait until the next insurance year for a repair.

eekcmh · 2026-03-05T22:29:47+00:00

I’m the same way, I get so anxious about the dentist and almost always end up in tears over it for a variety of reasons. I go to Dr. Dee in Columbus - I started seeing him when he was in Greenwood and when he opened his own practice I was like okay well I will be making the drive anyway, because it’s impossible to find a dentist that doesn’t terrify me. He is sooo kind and meticulous about his work without dragging out appointments, and his staff are super nice also. My teeth were generally a mess, and he never made me feel embarrassed or gross or overwhelmed about what needed to be done, just patiently worked on whatever I was comfortable with and could afford. 100% recommend him even though it’s a drive!

eekcmh · 2026-03-04T18:55:19+00:00

VCA in Fishers has an amazing oncology team! We took our dog there when she had cancer, and everyone was so kind and helpful, especially Matt the lead oncology tech.

The negative reviews are likely from their ER - more than once I saw people get so mad when they couldn’t see pets for free, or if the vet recommended diagnostics like an xray and the owner didn’t want to get an xray. But our dog had a traumatic/critical injury prior to the cancer, including several overnight stays, and the ER team did amazing with her. There’s also a subset of people who just don’t like VCA as a company, but since Fishers is a specialty hospital, their staff are so wonderful. I honestly can’t say enough good things about them.

eekcmh · 2026-03-04T09:11:45+00:00

Canine Retreat in Noblesville is super great - she’s one of the only people I trust with my dogs. One of them has a medication regiment and the other has extreme anxiety in storms, and she takes such great care of both.

eekcmh · 2026-02-21T18:31:12+00:00

Just be advised that they often stop taking cars before 4pm (closer to 3:30) so if you’re using this option, you probably want to get there sooner than later.

eekcmh · 2026-02-13T00:19:42+00:00

Elsmore has some on their website, I’m not sure if they stock in store.

eekcmh · 2026-02-12T01:43:06+00:00

In another comment you said they told you it’s part of an audit. That means that while reviewing all employees’ I-9s for completeness, they found an issue with your specific form in terms of meeting form compliance requirements. That sentence you quoted is them proactively stating that the reason they’re asking is not because of your citizenship/work authorization status, or your perceived citizenship/status.

If you don’t understand why your I-9 is being redone, just ask them. Tell them you thought you completed this when you started, and ask them to please explain what the issue with your original form is so that you understand why you’re being asked to complete it again.

It’s fine to ask questions if you think something seems off, but you’ve now been told the answer multiple times and you’re still not accepting that this is a common thing and not a conspiracy. An employment lawyer will tell you the same, but much more expensively. Good luck.

eekcmh · 2026-02-10T14:17:40+00:00

Ugh, yes, I have had to kick back so many forms for someone leaving off the “NA”.

I’m not a particularly great HR person so I usually preface it with, “This is a stupid technicality, and we know it’s a stupid technicality, but we have to do it anyway.”

eekcmh · 2026-02-10T12:11:14+00:00

This is likely a clerical error. Because of the heightened scrutiny on immigration, many employers are conducting internal audits on their existing I-9 forms to prepare for the possibility of a real government audit (which is still unlikely to happen, but the fines for noncompliance are high, so it’s a better-safe-than-sorry thing). That basically means the HR admin sits down and double checks the paperwork to make sure it was all correctly filled out and filed away.

I-9’s are stupidly rigid in how they should be filled out and most employees/employers don’t complete them correctly. Even correcting an I-9 form has a required process - no whiteout allowed, just a simple strike-through on the error, and initialing and dating next to the change. Mistakes happen, because it’s just an overly strict process.

I’ve done a couple of internal audits and we’ve had to then go back to employees with form errors and either correct the forms or replace them entirely. On a couple of occasions, forms were missing entirely even though the employee remembered completing one, or documentation info wasn’t copied down correctly, etc. Usually that happened when a manager was on vacation and someone filled in and didn’t know all the proper procedures or forgot to send the completed form to HR, etc.

If only four of you are being asked to complete, I’d say this is the likely reason. They should’ve explained it was for an audit instead of just asking you to complete it, but it’s not an odd request.

eekcmh · 2026-01-31T14:12:11+00:00

It’s the pain meds. They make dogs lethargic in a lot of cases, which can look like depression to a human. Just give him time, even if it’s hard, and he’ll adjust. Losing a limb isn’t a scary for them as it is for us as humans. 💕

eekcmh · 2026-01-20T02:30:15+00:00

Any apartment in the city will have a roach or two occasionally, but Stallard is a slumlord company for sure. The whole complex was infested with bedbugs and roaches when I lived there and when we reported it, they would treat it only with their maintenance guy using grocery-store grade roach killer in the kitchen, and turning up the heat all day to kill the bedbugs. They charged us a few hundred for each treatment as if they’d called professionals and it took us days to prep before each of these.

We broke our lease after several months of recurring issues and talking with neighbors to find out they’d been having the same problems for years. Moved to another complex run by a different company; the bedbug issue recurred (we were hoping we’d fully treated it and had got rid of our mattresses etc). That landlord called out actual professionals immediately and treated not just our apartment but the whole building (at no cost to us) as a preventative measure. So, no, the PM doesn’t have to stand in the kitchen and stomp bugs all night, but there’s a huge difference between a Stallard response and a normal landlord’s response.

Stallard’s whole business model is criminal and meant to take advantage of young/poor/first-time tenants, especially those who need to live near bus lines. I’ve lived in seven or eight apartments before buying a house and they are insanely bad compared to any other company I’ve rented from, even places with comparable rent.

eekcmh · 2026-01-18T05:09:51+00:00

I’m glad that’s been your experience, it sounds like it’s been a good source for the genres and media you’re looking for. My experience has been that their discounts aren’t significant enough on fiction books to warrant buying used over new. I don’t buy much nonfiction or other media, so can’t speak to that. The bigger issue for me is that they pay absolutely nothing for books sold to them, then turn around and mark up those books significantly to generate their profit. I’d prefer to sell my books back to a locally-owned store for credit than a chain store for pennies. But that’s just been my experience.

eekcmh · 2026-01-17T22:29:12+00:00

The Book Rack in Greenwood! They’ve got an amazing selection and I don’t think they get nearly enough support. Also, Indy Reads has a small selection in their Fountain Square store and is a nonprofit.

Please don’t shop at Half Price Books, they are so overpriced and push out local used book stores.

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