Hello Overland Park!

I have not been to visit you but I've been to Kansas City many times and have family there, so I suppose I've come quite close. Wanted to reach out ever-so-briefly because a movie I produced is opening at the Glenwood Theater starting TOMORROW!

The film is THE SCOUT and it was written/directed by Paula González-Nasser. It follows a day in the life of a NY television location scout as she photographs the homes and businesses across the city, stepping into their private lives while juggling the needs of her erratic employers. Paula worked as a location scout for many years in NY, and the film stems from that experience - if you like slice-of-life films, as it were, we think you'll like this one.

This is a VERY small movie (we made it with ten people in ten days) without much of a marketing budget, so I'm just trying to find a few ways to get the word out there about the movie to those who likely don't know it exists, and to support the Glenwood showings (as they've been very kind to allow us to screen there).

If you're curious about it you can read or listen to Paula talk about the film to The New York Times, on NPR, or on YouTube. The film is a New York Times Critic's Pick - hope you'll like the movie as well if you decide to check it out! Thanks for letting me drop word here.

'Witheringly funny' - The Playlist

'An immediate all-time great film on filmmaking' - InReview Online

We have a one 1/2-year-old poodle mix who is very high energy and sweet. She loves to play with all dogs. She has been a bear to potty train, and the doggy daycare we have used occasionally apparently doesn’t have a permit to take dogs outside to pee, so they just let them pee on the floor. We notice a pretty extreme regression when she comes back.

Does anyone have a doggy daycare they love in the Overland Park area? Specifically that has an outdoor area for dogs to potty?!

I traveled to Minnesota last month and tried Caribou Coffee for the first time, and absolutely loved it! I was pleasantly surprised to find out we have a location at 135th & Antioch, so I stopped by today. Sadly, there was hardly anyone there. 🥲
I really hope this location gets more business and doesn’t end up closing. It would be a shame to lose such a great coffee spot! ☕

I own a small business in south OP and am looking for someone to tint our front window. We are in a strip mall so it’s one large window and a glass door. I’m also interested in seeing if there’s someone who can insulate our dropped ceiling. If you have any recommendations, that would be appreciated.

When explorers came upon the plains, they called the area Kanzas Territory, meaning it was controlled by the Kanza, or Kaw, people.

The territory stretched into present day Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. It was 20,000,000 acres (31,250 square miles), about the size of South Carolina.

The tribe was about 1,500 strong - men, women and children.

Hello all,

TL:DR, looking for a reputable garage that could replace my wife's Audi car battery that won't cost an arm and a leg.

My wife has a 2020 Audi Q3 and while getting an oil change at one of the Valvoline instant oil change locations, she was told by the technician that her battery charge was running severely low and would likely need a new battery soon. She passed on their offer because she assumed it was something we could do at home. However, after doing some research, it appears that it's not as easy as just getting a new battery and swapping it in. Apparently, you need a specific tool that can reset the Audi computer to properly complete the install. I confirmed this with our old technician back in Denver.

I know there are a few Audi dealerships in the KC area, but I assume they're going to charge some pretty high shop rates for this work and it will likely sit until they work through the more priority repairs. So my question is, does anyone know of a reputable shop in the OP/KC area that works on Audi's and could sell us & perform the battery replacement on her 2020 Audi Q3?

Costco’s partner (Reener) is not the best and expensive…any recommendations for alternatives…how abut Raynor in Shawnee…

Don’t ever forget this. Does anyone know anyone in Central or Western KS? Want to get this to other people than in the KC metro.

Touchless car washes in OP area?

Hi all,

My birthday is coming up and I’m taking the day off to relax & reset. I’ll be 28, and I’m local for 3-4 spots to hit before catching dinner (probably KC Ramen 🤷‍♀️) with fiancé.

I like baking, reading, crafting, and spending money!!! It would be nice to get a fancy facial or spa treatment, too. I’m willing to start early in the morning so I can visit multiple places! I’m not a huge alcohol drinker so bars are probably a no go.

If you’ve got breakfast/lunch suggestions, or fun, relaxing activities, let me know!

My wife and I just recently got married and were wanting to hear of some good tattoo shop recommendations?

We are wanting to each get a ring finger tattoo in particular and have heard they can fade easily?

Your thoughts and recommendations are appreciated!

Looking for recs. Having our annual family photos done next Friday and a bit stumped on ideas for where. We tend to do outdoorsy, rustic locations. Most years we’ve done different red barns, some years woodsy/fall foliage. Just moved back here last year so haven’t done any around here and forgot much of what’s here.

Lodge at Ironwoods is out - it’s next year’s location since that’s where we got married and next year is a significant anniversary.

Any suggestions for any combination of red barn, fall foliage, tall wheat, woods, etc, within 20-25 minutes of south OP? If it’s a large park, brownie points to you if you give a specific part of the park :)

Hi all! I am in desperate need of an affordable dermatologist who serves the OP area. They don't have to be in overland park- they just have to service people in that zip. I'm getting a lot of hits in KCMO, but it looks like they only service those with a kansas city address. All of the locations I've found in OP have said they don't offer a sliding scale, and can't give me an estimate on the service I need, so they recommend somewhere else- rinse and repeat. That's also considering they answer the phone- a ton of places don't!

TIA for your recommendations!

Weve been in our house for over 20 years. In the last couple years we started hearing/feeling some persistent, low-frequency rumbling, droning. We notice it more inside the house at night but its there in the day just masked by other noises. Its more steady than road noise or distant train sounds that we hear occasionally.. I had our HVAC checked. I thought it was like a 60hz hum so I turned off all power at the main breaker. Still there. My wife is sure its from outside the house but although I can hear it outside I can't pinpoint what direction I think its coming from.

We live near 124th and Nall and thought initially it was related to work on the toll way. But its gotten worse in the past year and construction on the toll way is complete.

Anyone else heard of something like this in the area?

I see people do this every day on my way home from work, they get off of 435 onto Quivira then get back on to 435 and I could never figure out why. My wife’s theory is that they made a wrong but I feel like it happens too consistently for that to be the reason why.

Does anyone here do this or have any idea why?

I have 2 years of experience in both residential and commercial as an HVAC Technician. I am looking in OP and any surrounding cities as well. I desire to move to strictly commercial work. Not looking for residential. Any help would be appreciated.

That is all.

Any recommendations for a decent company for repairing/replacing my 10 year old sump pump?