Downtown Eastside flea market
Posted: November 15, 2015 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Outdoors, Portaloos, Public Toilets, Vancouver, BC Leave a commentThis is one of the most interesting markets I’ve ever come across.
The majority of the stallholders here at the Downtown Eastside Flea Market are part of the homeless community and make ends meet by buying & selling various wares along East Hastings St.
Here, a seller uses a portaloo to display his goods in lieu of a table:
And here is a public washroom at the southside of the market facing East Hastings St:
Unicorn jazz
Posted: November 14, 2015 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Toilet Art, Toilets at Restaurants, Vancouver, BC Leave a commentSuper impressed with the washroom walls at Budgie’s Burritos along Kingsway in Vancouver!
Even better how what was once described as “unicorn jizz” made a subtle change into “unicorn jazz“…
Exposed plumbing at Indigo Age
Posted: November 14, 2015 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Toilets at Cafes, Vancouver, BC Leave a commentSome exposed plumbing inside the restroom at Indigo Age, a vegan cafe & kombucha bar in downtown Vancouver
Bauhaus toilet art
Posted: November 13, 2015 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Featured Toilets, Graffiti, Toilet Art, Toilets at Restaurants, Vancouver, BC Leave a commentOn my flight to Vancouver I noticed in the Air Canada magazine a small write-up about this local German restaurant: “Check out bathroom graffiti, by Spanish artists Olliemoonsta, at Bauhaus.”
This was way too serendipitous a suggestion to pass up so on my second night in town I made my way to said eatery in Gastown for a beer & schnitzel. The superbness of the meal was surpassed only by their incredible toilet art.
I highly recommend a trip to Bauhaus if you ever find yourself in Vancouver, and have a scroll through some of Olliemoonsta’s other artwork as well.
Bonus story: this is one of the very few venues I’ve been to where I was so impressed by the men’s that I just had to check out the ladies as well. I was sure the coast was clear – but literally the moment I opened the door for a quick peek, a woman turned the corner heading towards me with my head through the restroom door. So embarrassing! Although I can confirm the ladies is just as colourful as the mens.
Toilet with an office
Posted: November 13, 2015 Filed under: Canadian Toilets, Dirty Toilets, Toilets With Nice Views, Vancouver, BC Leave a commentVictory Square in Vancouver wins two prizes: 1. for being the sketchiest underground restroom in probably all of Canada, and 2. for being the only toilet block I’ve ever seen with an office