Bathrooms of Ottawa/Montreal
I would like to take this opportunity to continue Goh's fine literary work "Bathrooms of the Bay Area".
During our recent trip to Ottawa and Montreal, Richel and I had many opportunities to walk to different shops, boutiques, and yes, bathrooms. What I found was quite surprising and astonishing. Although, maybe I shouldn't have been.
What I've realized is that many times the bathrooms reflect the character of the city or the neighborhood that you're in. For example, many of the bathrooms in Chicago, especially on Michigan avenue and pretty nice. They're modern, usually pretty clean, well lit, pretty hi-tech (you don't have to touch anything). Some places even have potpourri. But the bathrooms in Ottawa/Montreal are as old as the cities themselves and often reflect the old feel and architecture of the city. Even bathrooms in grand places like the Fairmont Hotel in Ottawa had very plain bathrooms; I was very disappointed and almost shocked. One would think that the Fairmont Hotel would have the newest and best of everything: marble floors, motion sensors for the sinks, paper towels and soap, clean mirrors, bright lighting. But no. These bathrooms looked like they were from a high school from the 70's - faded tiles on the 60's-ish coloured floor, dingy stalls and sinks, poor lighting, dirty mirrors, no paper in the paper towel dispenser. One could say it almost looked gross.
Stay tuned for the follow-up sequel, "Bathrooms of Chicago".
During our recent trip to Ottawa and Montreal, Richel and I had many opportunities to walk to different shops, boutiques, and yes, bathrooms. What I found was quite surprising and astonishing. Although, maybe I shouldn't have been.
What I've realized is that many times the bathrooms reflect the character of the city or the neighborhood that you're in. For example, many of the bathrooms in Chicago, especially on Michigan avenue and pretty nice. They're modern, usually pretty clean, well lit, pretty hi-tech (you don't have to touch anything). Some places even have potpourri. But the bathrooms in Ottawa/Montreal are as old as the cities themselves and often reflect the old feel and architecture of the city. Even bathrooms in grand places like the Fairmont Hotel in Ottawa had very plain bathrooms; I was very disappointed and almost shocked. One would think that the Fairmont Hotel would have the newest and best of everything: marble floors, motion sensors for the sinks, paper towels and soap, clean mirrors, bright lighting. But no. These bathrooms looked like they were from a high school from the 70's - faded tiles on the 60's-ish coloured floor, dingy stalls and sinks, poor lighting, dirty mirrors, no paper in the paper towel dispenser. One could say it almost looked gross.
Stay tuned for the follow-up sequel, "Bathrooms of Chicago".
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