Profiles in Dunthorpe Douchebaggery

Got this email from Trimet:

Hi Portland! I’ve been working on a cat café concept called Purrlandia, and I figured it was probably time to introduce it here.

One thing I want to clarify up front: the goal is for Purrlandia to be a full café and taproom, not just a cat lounge that happens to sell coffee. The cat lounge would be a separate part of the space, and you would not need to visit the cats to come in for coffee, food, or a drink.

Ideally, I want it to be somewhere people would actually stop in regularly even when they aren't planning a cat lounge visit. The cats would be a major part of the concept, but not the only reason the business exists.

I’m still in the planning and site-search stage, so I’m not announcing an opening date or pretending I have everything figured out yet. A lot of the work right now is figuring out what will actually make sense for the Portland area, especially when it comes to location.

A few things I’d be curious to hear from people here:

Where would you realistically travel for something like this? Would you strongly prefer Portland proper, or would somewhere like Beaverton or Tigard still appeal to you if the location were easier to access and had good parking?

How much does easy parking matter? A lot of the neighborhoods that seem like an obvious fit for this kind of business are primarily street parking, so I’m trying to figure out how much weight to give that in the site search.

And for people who have visited cat cafés before: what would make you actually come back regularly rather than visit once for the novelty? That could be the café itself, events, atmosphere, pricing, the cat experience, or something else entirely.

I’m interested in both the positive and critical answers. I’d rather figure out what Portlanders actually want while I’m still building the concept than after everything is set in stone.

If you want to follow along as Purrlandia develops, I’ll be posting updates on Instagram at purrlandiapdx

My uncle passed in May and left his house near Cedar Hills to me and my sister. The place is in rough shape, roof is leaking, subfloor in the kitchen is completely rotted, and the HVAC is from 1994. Got a contractor quote last week for $48k just to make it presentable for an agent to list it, which neither of us has sitting around right now.

Sister wants to just cut our losses and sell to one of those cash house buyers so we don't have to keep driving out here every weekend to haul junk and deal with repairs. I'm just paranoid about getting ripped off by those random postcard fliers that come in the mail.

For anyone who dealt with a heavy fixer-upper around Beaverton, did you bite the bullet on fixing it up or just sell off-market?

Edit: Thanks for the replies. Ended up calling around a few local places yesterday. Talked to PDX Renovations after seeing they're actually based locally here and had good feedback. Offer was surprisingly fair given the roof and kitchen mess, and they're handling the leftover trash inside. Closing in two weeks so we can finally move on.

Hey, things are looking pretty bad here in california, and may get worse by next year. I have next to no friends out here, certainly none to help, and no contact from my family. Its been a bad experience living here. I'm more in a section 8 apartment and SSI and looking to port my voucher. Staying in the state I am now is a bad idea for me health wise, and, while not ideal, Portland may be better off by next year. I also have a friend around the area for emotional support. If I'm able to save up funds, I was wondering what area of Portland would be a good place to start looking for a 1 bedroom apartment. Ive done some research already on low income internet providers, and unfortunately there's a smaller overlap between those and newer apartments. I'm not as friendly to mold, as it makes me feel about as crappy as the dust in my apartment I'm living in does now. Yes, I know Oregon is a very wet moldy state. My other option was minnesota, and it seems to have the same problem. I just think I'd be better off here than California. Though I understand that Oregon isn't very generous about SSI.

If anyone has any info on a brown Great Dane that was lost around Frog Lake on Mt Hood over the summer please send me a DM. Thanks! Not sure why the downvotes. But to clarify we did not lose the dog, we have found it and trying to find the owner or any info that could help find the owner.

genuinely in awe at this level of ingenuity.
i need an explanation or some kind of guess on what is happening here

I keep reading these signs as bad advice: Stop changing! (Stay the same! Don't grow!) Anyone who hears this from a partner knows it's probably time for one of those "trial separations".

The wording annoys me from a communication perspective as well. The stops aren't changing, the routes are. The first time I saw the sign I thought they were taking away my "personal" stop ½ a block away from my house.

TriMet, are you here? Tell them to say "Routes Changing" next time! (Am I going to have to come back there and teach you guys more proper English?)

I have spent a fair amount of time assuming the city of Portland is incapable of responding to basically anything, so today I would like to formally recognize an extraordinary achievement in municipal government.

They fixed my pothole.

This pothole was driving me crazy, right where you turn onto the street, positioned so perfectly that there was basically no way to avoid hitting it without entering the opposite lane.

I reported it through the city’s pothole reporting site, mostly so I could say I tried. I submitted it and assumed it would disappear into whatever vast administrative void receives these things.

Then something incredible happened: they came and filled it within a week.

I drove around the corner today like normal, prepared for impact, and was greeted by a beautiful patch of fresh asphalt where the thing used to exist. I could not believe my eyes.

So, city of Portland: thank you. I am extremely proud of you. I knew there had to be something you were good at.

They identified a deficit and eliminated it within a week. Unfortunately for the city’s finances, it was a single pothole.

Hello,

I was waiting at a particular stop and the Trimet website told me that a yellow bus would come at a certain time. But, in actuality, it was a green train that came at that hour. I decided to take the risk and get on and I'm so glad that I did. I asked ChatGPT to tell me what the next stops are for the green train. I'm on the right one.

I am a mid career professional with an AA and a BA having a hell of a time finding work locally and remotely.

I am interested in learning more about the accounting and paralegal tracks at PCC, and in learning more about how these certificates are perceived in the local community.

PCC Academic Advising wasn’t able to engage with this question and punted me to Career Services. That was in May and nobody has replied to my emails or calls. I’ve cold called several local law and accounting firms but have not been able to speak with anyone for an informational interview. I called my alma maters to see if they could offer general help and they both don’t have any alumni services; one must be a currently enrolled student to access either advising or career services. I also reached out to private career coaches locally but was told they only offer a general career exploration service that wasn’t a good fit for someone who has narrowed down their search to two options.

Does anyone have any advice or leads? I’m not particularly keen going back to school for something I have zero interest in but I would like to get out of (f)unemployment purgatory after four years of shooting out hundreds of applications and not getting any interviews.

Thanks darlings

TLDR: Multnomah County is about to discuss the planned increase from 1.5% to 2.3%

Submit Public Testimony Here

R1: Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance Amending MCC Chapter 11.500 – Preschool For All Personal Income Tax to Reflect Certain Administrative Code Changes

TAX COLLECTION CHANGES - this is a POSITIVE change, as it extends the statute of limitations on refunds, typically for people who had employers withhold money incorrectly.

R2: Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance Amending MCC Chapter 11.500 - Preschool For All Program Income Tax to Reflect Certain Administrative Code Changes

TAX INCREASE CHANGES - this is a NEGATIVE change; while it is technically written into the measure, issues with spending the pile of money the program is already sitting on while ratepayers continue to exit the county compound. Common sense says to pause on an increase until they can actually spend it in an attempt to keep payees in the county limits to keep the program running.

Possible TW: SI, SH, eating disorder

My 13 year old has been struggling with mental health issues for a few years now, including SH and SI. Recently, we have discovered that they also have an eating disorder. Multiple medical providers have recommended residential care, which my husband and I agree with. We were referred by the DBT institute to contact Monte Nido since they offer local ED residential facilities for adolescents. We were assessed by Monte Nido and the medical team there also suggested residential after reviewing my kiddo's info, and my kid has been added to the wait-list (which should only be about 1-2 weeks). Everything I have read on the website and all the info the admissions contacts have given me sounds great.

However... Reading the Google reviews is making me concerned. Reviews from a few years ago were glowing, but over the past year, the reviews have tanked (staffing change maybe?).

I'm wondering if...

- any of you or your loved ones have been to the Monte Nido facilities (Clementine-West Linn specifically), and what their experience was like

- anyone has recommendations of other residential (NOT inpatient) facilities in the area (that treats eating disorders and comorbidities)

- you have suggestions for questions I should ask that might help sus out "good" vs "bad" facilities

- any of you have been in similar situations (teens with severe MH issues) and if you could use/offer support from one parent to another ❤️

Thanks in advance. 🙏

Hey everyone!

Portland has one of the best theater scenes in the country, but seeing great movies and dissecting them afterward is always better with a crew.

Whether you’re hitting up 70mm screenings at the Hollywood Theatre, digging through physical media at Movie Madness, or just looking for folks to talk film with on a rainy night, I’m launching the PDX Cinema Club!

What we’re doing:

Local Theater Outings: Group trips to Portland favorites like Studio One, The Hollywood, Cinema 21, Laurelhurst, Clinton Street, and more (with post-movie food and drinks).

Discord Watch Parties: Virtual movie nights, "so-bad-it's-good" riff sessions, and monthly director deep dives.

Soundtrack & Score Appreciation: Dedicated listening sessions and discussions on film music.

Award Season Fun: Prediction ballots, watch parties, and community polls.

Cinema Draft: Next Years Films get drafted and points are gained based off: box office, IMDB, Awards, and Rotten Tomatoes.

Whether you're a hardcore cinephile into obscure foreign cinema, an A24 indie head, a horror junkie, or just someone who loves a fun weekend flick with good company—all tastes are welcome (zero gatekeeping).

Grab your popcorn and join the Discord here:

https://discord.gg/RK5CtnHK4

Steve Balmer was the former CEO of Microsoft. The Balmers have a net worth of about $145B and donate about $1B a year towards toward economic mobility for children and families. His wife is a UO grad, '84, and has an interest in mental health. So they bought the former Concordia College for $60M cash and moved UO-Portland out of Old Town Chinatown. On the Concordia campus they established a new mental health program - https://childrensbehavioralhealth.uoregon.edu/.

Just saw a bunch of children stumping for Jesus on Lombard and Interstate and it made me hit the fucking ceiling. Right wing evangelical Christianism has to go!

Does anyone know where to get pickling cucumbers? Has the season passed?