Fat Asian Baby

FAB was excited to read about the coming of public toilets to New York City. We thought that surely public toilets would surely solve our bathroom woes since we normally have to pee every five minutes or so. However, after living in Paris where free standing public toilets are in abundance, we're not so sure what a boon they will be to New York after all. Sure we will feel better knowing that they're there like a security blanket for any cas d'urgence, but we found that public toilets give us a claustrophobic icky feeling. Given the choice, we'd still rather "patronize" the commodes in obliging local businesses. Besides, the city is only planning to install twenty of the little fuckers throughout New York. Twenty? For a city of how many?
So if you're stuck in Manhattan and really gotta go, you can do your business in pretty much any Starbucks, Barnes and Nobles, or Grand Central Station. If you want something a bit more upscale, FAB recommends sauntering into any fancy hotel like you belong there and they'd better not fuck with you. Favorite pee spots include the Plaza, the Royalton, the W Union Square (which has the added advantage of being an excellent and most important location). Also, the bathroom in the basement of Henri Bendel isn't too shabby either.