I’m not going to tell you who found this “Toilets of the World” book, but I will say that “ellyKay” was a “ecretSay antaSay” for someone in San Francisco and this was the gift. Alas, our site director never had a chance to take his inspirational reading material home, as his fellow co-workers kept borrowing it.

The person-I’m-not-naming can be credited with introducing us to this fantastic website, the Bathroom Diaries. These folks were inspired to put together a site on the belief that toilets and their surroundings can make or break an otherwise excellent outing. As the Bathroom Diaries site puts it “From feng sui serene to funky bohemian to cutting edge science, bathrooms are as varied as snowflakes.” I think I’d take any of those bathrooms over the ripe 1 AM toilets at Tornado in the Haight or, by far my worst of the worst, the Doggy Diner (which is no more thankfully). The latter is such an unspeakably horrorible experience for me that it has become the scale by which I judge all my “bad bathroom” experiences. The cool thing that I’ve learned from this site is that if I’m in Union Square, avoid Macy’s (rated bad) and head across the way for Neiman Marcus (rated excellent). So, for any traveler braving the unknown trail without clue where to find the loo, here’s a site that will help you mark your map with “rest” stops.

Got tips of your own? Share them with us!

-Suzann M

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