To Want Women-Only Restroom?

MariClaire thanks for clarifying what 1/2 a bath is, I had heard that term in the US and wondered, I kind of envisaged a shrunken sized bath, but now I know it's what we call the cloakroom.

I'm really lucky to have been to the States quite a few times. First went when the children were young, we had friends who lent us their condo in Palm Harbour nr. Tampa and did the obligatory Disney experience. We also took them to Fort Lauderdale and Miami, plus a three day stop over in New York. Our youngest child has also accompanied us to Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston and Cape Cod, but alas all lost on him at the time. We were on a beach on Cape Cod looking at the ocean when I asked him "where's the best place you've been so far?" thinking that one of these wonderful places might have made an impression on him. He replied "Camden!", this is a somewhat seedy and rundown area of London, he was sixteen at the time though, he might not say that now. Without the kids we have been to New York again for a week where we got Amtrak down to Savannah (13 hours) via Washington and also visited Charleston. I'd love to go back to both of those cities thought they were spectacular.

I love visiting the US MariClaire and find Americans very hospitable. Don't like your coffee or cheese though. No complaints about the "restrooms", possibly they could include the odd chaise longue or comfy sofas so visitors could actually rest, but then maybe there wouldn't be enough room for the toilets themselves! Hey they could be adjacent with the wording Lavatories or Toilets!

I do find mothers in America who drive around with stickers in the back of their car pronouncing "I'm a soccer/hockey/baseball mom" slightly funny, insomuch as anyone would want to make such a statement that would suggest they are living vicariously through their offspring. I think there should be "I'm a couch potato kid's mom" sticker to counteract such smugness!

I visited an extremely state of the art restroom out in the desert in the US with gleaming stainless steel,shining mirrors and spotless hand basins. While washing my hands I read the notice on the wall." Beware of rattle snakes. They lurk in the basins." My departure would have envied by the cartoon Road Runner.

Hi MariClaire! We have visited the States a lot (we have an "adopted" family out there, who live in Nebraska but have a cabin on a lake in Minnesota) So that's two states; I love Minneapolis, by the way.

So: Illinois, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, New England, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachussetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, California (San Diego, San Francisco..) Florida (Miami, Key West, and yes, Orlando) Colorado, Louisiana, Arizona, (DH, when on the army, did a trans America bike ride so can come up with a much more impressive list..)

Some of this is to so with our work with Rotary International, but a lot of our travels there are because we enjoy the States so much.

Oh, time to go again! Nice "visiting with you"!

This is a fun thread, and I find myself agreeing with Jingle again - yes, those magic flushes you only have to wave your hand at.

Galen - I gulped my first sip of wine because your post made me larf

I don't mind individual joint cubicles/little rooms, like prezzos, where it is a single loo, accessible to all, but I do not like the thought of shared multi cubicle lavs, as a teenager I would have been mortified, especially at the time of the month, and as a DV victim, I found the ladies the only place I could safely hide from my violent ex if I happened to see him on a night out