Sunday, October 25, 2009

Maybe you're at Harvard, but don't throw yourself out of the window!


Harvard Museum of Natural History

Good Ol' Fashion Hospitality

On a brief trip to Boston, I rediscovered the idiosyncratic niceties of the American culture of service. It follows you into the toilet, complete with its jolly tone.



Bring your babies to the bar!




Browse social events while you wash your hands!

Mirror Ball Sushi


Floor to ceiling mirrors as well so you can look at yourself and the forever reflection of the mirror ball.




Maguro Sushi, Maida Vale.

Let's have a wild party in the bathroom.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Pret A Manger, Leicester Square

Cookie-cutter, just like the food.





Doing it in a stable

Yeah, Proud used to be a horse's stables, but now it's a bar. The bar's feel oscillates from self-consciously trendy to downright sleazy. And so does the water closet.





Proud, Camden

Liverpool Street Station






Desperate to wee on the way back from a night out? Well you have to pay to use public loos in the train station...

Tent Gallery, Brick Lane, London





Art outside, toilets inside. Clean lines, bright lights.

This toilet looks like a spider monster

Willsmoody Jumble Sale at St. Aloysius Social Club, Euston





Why bother completing the ceiling? It's extra storage.



If you need help shout through this slit.