Ladies, don't worry you get 3 bathrooms!

There is a scene in the movie "Mona Lisa Smile" with Julia Roberts and Maggie Gyllenhall, where the main character has been ridiculed by a student in her class for being too progressive and challenging the conventions of 1960s female roles. Upon reading this article, Kathryn (Julia) gets angry (as I definitely would be) and she brings in her next lesson, which highlights 1960s advertisements and how  the future will study that generation of women. She slides through advertisements of coffee makers and bras. One of my favorite lines is, "a bra to set you free. What does that even mean!"

Well, it has happened. The future (the 21st century) has taken a look at those advertisements and has now created art work by it. You've seen them, I know you have. There are these fantastic works of art that take classic pictures like the one seen above and add famous quotes to them. Example: Henry Kissinger said, "There cannot be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full." Now imagine that next to a picture of a housewife!

Stars on the lights!

Lou, let me introduce you to Bayou Beer Garden. I absolutely love this place. They have a trivia night on Tuesdays called Geeks Who Drink. They have bands, a huge outdoor garden area to enjoy company, and it was the location of where I met my loving boyfriend for the first time. No complaints here! My phone was always not cooperating the previous times I have gone, but this time, it was working and ready to document the wonders of these bathrooms. Did you say these bathrooms...plural?? Well, yes, because at the beer garden, the ladies get three bathrooms. All of them are single stalls and all of them are made for the ladies (a bit stereotypical in description, don't yell at me, I did not create the Lou in this establishment.)

Inside the Bayou Beer Garden, you cross over the bull line and into the florescent pink bathroom with stars and pink and...1960s pop art. I have to say that the place feels very fun and you kind of want to have a slumber party with Molly Ringwald and Cyndi Lauper in this joint. If you are ever out of toilet paper, there is an abundance sitting right infront of you. There are just stacks on top of the table, which is pretty clever because this place gets pretty busy and you don't want long lines to lead to no paper (that's a problem). There are even extra paper towels for the person in need. The observation that I made about the 60s pop art was that it was pretty witty and fun. This is partly why I spent a lot of time in there. It also asked some pretty amazing questions like, "what if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?" I often wonder these things myself and enjoy that Bayou Beer Garden was encouraging me to think along the same guidelines. All in all, the message is that you are in a place to relax and not to be bothered with society. In a world where we are all so easily accessibly via email, chat, phone, texts, and the like, we need an establishment that will remind you that people should not disturb you during your time chillin' with your peeps....if you disturb, I just may be disturbed enough.  So, if you want a girly, exciting, and motivational visit to the lou, I recommend one of the three girls bathrooms at the Bayou Beer Garden. (sorry fellas.) I can't, however, promise any foam soap.