The Egg's Nest -- High Falls, NY

In the ecclectic town of High Falls, one can find many treasures.  Antique stores abound, gift stores, and, despite its small size, a number of eateries.  One eatery stands out as the most ecclectic.  It has been around for years and years, and if you like some unusual ambience, baby, that's the place.

When you see the pictures of the bathroom, keep in mind that the ENTIRE RESTAURANT looks similar.  Or, not similar.  Wait.

The beginning.  This ornate mirror and the side wall are decoupaged.  I love the light!

Here is the side wall.  These pictures show the same wall from opposite directions.  As you can see, the decoupage continues, though the style changes throughout.  There is always something new to see, even if you've been there many times.

 The sink area is entrancing.  The attention to detail is obvious.

Detail picture of the wall.  Not just decoupage, here.  We've got some real painting talent going on in this commode.

And, expanded view for full effect.  Can you find the door?

This place always amazes me.  There recently, we were picking out the Christmas decorations.  That's right.  In the main restuarant, we had to PICK OUT the Christmas decorations, because sometimes they're hard to find amidst all the other really interesting, really crazy decor.  At any given time, you can find shoes on the ceiling, faces and writing on the walls, angels, figurines, chatchkes galore, and sparkly things all over.  Oh, and the food's pretty good, too.  (But bring cash...no credit!)

http://theeggsnest.com/

Proper Pooping Protocol

You're doing it wrong!  Thanks to George Takei for posting this web site.  I might still be doing it wrong if he hadn't.

http://boredomtherapy.com/science-right-way-to-poop

You're welcome.  More commodes to come shortly.  Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your new-found knowledge!

World Toilet Day Part 2 -- A Tour

Summing up World Toilet Day, here's a video of 45 toilets from around the world.  One or two might be NSFW (I think I spied a poster that could do with some tassles.)

http://widerimage.reuters.com/story/around-the-world-in-45-toilets

Such a range of toilets.  Some would be pretty exciting to use, others remind us that we have it pretty good in this country on the whole.  We need to not only be grateful but be mindful of those in other countries who literally don't have a pot to piss in.  It affects every aspect of life when you don't have access to clean facilities. 

World Toilet Day 2015 -- Toilets and...Nutrition?

Today is indeed World Toilet Day.  And I wish you a happy one!  With a toilet!  But please don't mix your nutrition with your toilet.

Actually, World Toilet Day is a very serious day indeed.  It's a day to raise awareness about the fact that not everyone has a toilet, or access to a toilet, or even clean water.  Indeed, many people still have no choice but to defacate outside, affecting water supply and more.

http://www.un.org/en/events/toiletday/

Educate yourself about the state of the world where there are no toilets.  Just don't do so on a toilet while eating.  That's just wrong.

Art Society of Kingston Part 2 -- Kingston, NY

I am not the only one to be confused by the two doors in the hallway at the Art Society of Kingston.  One has a sign with the male/female symbols on them.  Okay, one bathroom.  That would be the restroom reviewed in a previous post.  Imagine my surprise when, while cruising down the hall to the main gallery, I see someone come out of the following doorway, and it's a bathroom!  Confusion ensued as another person tries to figure out which room is the official restroom.  The one with no sign looks nice, but the one with the sign, well, has a sign.  They opted for the sign, which left me free to try the 'new' one.

If you recall, I was less than impresssed with the other restroom in ASK, so it was with little enthusiasm but some hope that I entered this other, lesser known bathroom.

Here we are:

At first glance, we have improvement.  Striped wall?  Okay.  I'll give that to them.  Pretty mirror.

Okay.  Nice bench with some extra supplies.  The wall could be better.  Why do I expect some sort of art here?  But look out.  Things are about to fall apart.

I'm not going to ask how one ends up with deep gouges all around the switchplate of a bathroom.  I'm not going to say that they should hire someone to fix it.  I'm not even going to say that it doesn't cost that much to get some spackle and patch that baby up by hand.  Heck, maybe that would tone down the intense golden yellow they have going on on that one wall.  My mind went immediately to "How can we make this look artistic?"  But no.  Not even that.  I wonder if I would get into trouble if I arted it up with sharpies.

Oh, the blank wall.  The blank, dingy wall.  I believe I've just seen how they can double the space they give to artists to do their thing.  They have not one bathroom with walls crying for art, but two!  I really see an art event for these bathrooms to liven things up and help us have a more immersive art experience while enjoying the rest of the space.

askforarts.org

ArtBar -- Kingston, NY

A gallery whose space is quite inviting and streamline, owner/artist Allie is very friendly as is everyone I've met at the ArtBar.  Newly serving alcohol along with their finger food menu at the antique bar, it's a place I've come to visit for most openings to see new art, often provocative.

The commode reflects the energy of the space.  Not truest to the colors of the room is the first photo:

Not overstated, rich grey with white fixtures, this bathroom is clean and classy with everything in its place.

Unfortunately, the settings on my phone didn't allow me to take a great picture of the light fixture (the dark bars across it are from my phone).  Stealth and messing with phone settings are at cross purposes to each other.  At any rate, the fixture is etched with a very pretty design set off by the simplicity of the bathroom itself.

Look at that.  Not just a hook, but a whole shelf with pegs.  Oh yes.

http://artbargallery.com/