http://www.looreview.com A journal of stories, art, and reviews of loos Fri, 19 May 2006 00:09:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We recently read a little bit about litter box cakes - these are real, edible cakes that look like kitty litter but are actually made of German chocolate cake and crumbled cookies with tootsie rolls to look like poop. They are served in (clean) litter boxes using (clean) litter ... http://www.looreview.com/2005/12/11/litter-box-cakes We learned the other day (from a friend, we think, though one can never be sure about these things) that employees at the GAP are required to let customers use their restrooms, regardless of the number of pairs of khakis you may or may not be buying. In fact, we ... http://www.looreview.com/2005/12/08/is-it-true-about-the-gap For a while now we have been working in Saipan’s most govern-mental building: it houses the Governor’s office, the Legislature, and the Office of the Attorney General. For even longer than we’ve been here, this building has suffered a major problem - the water in the bathroom goes off ... http://www.looreview.com/2005/12/07/unclean-hands We’ve never actually stayed at a hostel before, but we recently learned from the New York Times that the hostels of today are no longer the room-sharing, toilet down the hall adventures that they once were. Many of them even offer private ensuite accommodations, which makes us wonder what makes ... http://www.looreview.com/2005/12/06/photo-feature-arosfa-hotel B. and I made a last-minute decision to spend yesterday afternoon on Managaha, which is a tiny island around ten minutes by boat from Saipan that a lot of tourists go out to visit. Managaha has gorgeous white beaches and clear water that you would never know just by ... http://www.looreview.com/2005/11/20/managaha-is-beautiful-and-fecal The Hammer Museum at UCLA is named after Armand Hammer the man, not the baking soda, but that does not affect the cleanliness of the toilets there. Though the museum itself is small (we only counted three exhibits when we were last there), they spared no expense on the loo ... http://www.looreview.com/2005/11/19/photo-feature-the-hammer-museum Hawaiian shirt Friday. Only we’re in the tropics, so we’ve also got Hawaiian shirt Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday as well as Hawaiian shirt weekends. And the Hawaiian shirts are just called ’shirts.’ Well, they’re called Aloha shirts. They should be called Hafa Adai shirts, because ... http://www.looreview.com/2005/11/17/bathroom-at-godfathers-saipan-usa Dear Potty Mouth, I am a law student with Supreme aspirations. Where can I get information about clerking for a Federal judge? Signed, Wanting to Clerk for a Federal Judge Dear Wanting, http://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/ Sincerely, Potty Mouth http://www.looreview.com/2003/05/24/wanting Dear Potty Mouth, I live near Central Park, up by the northern part of it, in New York City. I go walking there with my dog just about every day, and have noticed there a very strange thing: there is a society of mallard ducks which live in the pond I ... http://www.looreview.com/2003/05/24/bird-brain This loo is falling apart. Tasty food, cheap food and attractive waitstaff are the reasons we love Wagamama. But with long lines, big bowls of soup and free green tea, the loos in this joint take on a new level of importance. Like the many other Wagamama restaurants in London, the ... http://www.looreview.com/2003/05/24/wagamama-leicester-square-wc1