It all began in a posh boutique hotel in New York City...
The Stool Pigeon loves to travel, and together with my partner, the always-game Mr. Hopper, we see some interesting hotel rooms. But it wasn't until we finally discovered a certain travel discounting website that lets you name your price but not your hotel that we found ourselves staying in much fancier digs than than the likes of us could otherwise afford. Look! A kitchenette! A hair-dryer that actually works! A...a...a glass-walled bathroom...
So this is what the rich folks do. Um, avert your eyes, won't you, darling?
Investigating with the gang down at TripAdvisor.com, it turns out that high-visibility glass-walled potties, and completely open bathrooms/toilets without walls, are the chic new bling for high-end hotel rooms, luxury condos and apartments, fashionable resorts and professionally decorated homes in many of the world's trendy cities and suburbs. In an era when our privacy is chipping away faster than the paint on the Pigeon's tragically un-hip enclosed bathroom's ceiling, some interior designers somewhere decided that, in the spirit of sharing, we need to spend more time watching each other use the toilet.
This blog shines a hot studio spotlight on the cultural drift toward the ultimate over-share, the open bathroom, mostly from other hapless travelers' adventures. To kick things off, let's take a look at this showcase of a bathroom at the swelegant Golden Tulip in Jaipur, India. Note how the throne proudly faces the main area of the hotel room. The user doesn't even need to excuse herself from the conversation with her business travel roommate. Note also that the loo looks out upon a panoramic view of the city. Who needs a newspaper?
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