About 45 minutes into this excursion, my neck gets heavy and I start to do a different dance in the street. I need to find my dear friend, Lou. This can be incredibly difficult during parade season - people charge $2 for you to use their port-o-potties on top of their pick up trucks and you have to pay $14 for a beer just to spend 30 seconds with Lou. There is one place, however, that has a good no discrimination policy for the bathroom during Mardi Gras - The Avenue Pub. You walk into this 24 hour establishment and towards the back, Marilyn Monroe is staring down at you and welcoming you to relief. Here is what you will find:
The Pub can be a little dark and dreary inside and filled with cigarette smoke. When you walk into the bathroom, its a bit of a different world. Window shutters make up the stall doors and you have to be careful because the majority of them do not lock - one of them is missing a door. Like any well established New Orleans bathroom, there is a sign instructing you on how to flush the toilet. It reads, "To Flush, Hold Handle Down until the Flush is Complete." In case you haven't
used a public restroom in the past decade, these instructions can be quite useful. I bet they haven't had any stopped up toilets the entire Carnival season. As you push yourself out of the saloon, dark bathroom and make your way to the sink, you should look in the mirror. Yes yes, your hair looks good and maybe your eyes a little heavy for the 3 week party you are finishing up, but there is a picture on the wall. It is only legible if you look at from the mirror because on the wall, it's backwards. What does it say? "Don't forget your lipstick ladies!." It's a good thing that Marilyn is watching out for us! What does this bathroom not have? Well, sorry to disappoint: no foam soap :(.
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