Why bathrooms?

For years now, I’ve wanted to do a blog that judges the quality of bathrooms both locally and regionally. I realize that may sound odd, but I’ve always had a strange thing with bathrooms. I can remember when I was little, being in church, and being so bored that I would go spend some time in the bathroom. It was better than what was going on during the mass, so…

As I got older, I’d always have to visit bathrooms of restaurants, shops, or parks just to see what they look like. I think you can tell a lot about a place based on the quality of their bathrooms. For example, there are some really nice restaurants with average, or even sub-par, bathrooms. They meet the minimum standards (e.g., they are clean, the facilities work), but are not welcoming places and don’t make you want to stay and hang out. Other fairly mediocre restaurants have really nice bathrooms, which make me reconsider the overall value of the place.

When I got my first job during my freshman year of college, I would kill time in the bathroom. It’s not that I hated that job, but I didn’t really like it. Standing around made me look lazy, and I also wanted to avoid getting assigned any extra jobs. A few years ago, my husband and I went to Seattle. I got to use the #2 best women’s bathroom in the city. I started thinking about the judging criteria as to what makes a good bathroom and how people came up with the idea to even judge various bathrooms around a city. Hence, the idea for this blog was born. Now, I am pregnant (31 weeks) and am visiting more bathrooms and more often. I figured now is the time to do this.

Once a week, I will feature a bathroom around Morgantown, WV. Once a month, I’d like to feature a bathroom in the surrounding area. I doubt I’ll be traveling much, but when I do, I’ll also update you all on bathrooms around the country.