Founding Farmers - Washington DC

Thursday, 5/21/09, 8 pm - Foggy Bottom

While I gave you a great look at the upstairs bathroom, the downstairs restroom wasn't much of a view (so please excuse the lack of pictures). It's a single stall, with a similar wallpaper wrap - this one of white sheets and t-shirts hanging on clothing lines blowing in the wind. Same stall flooring, but instead of the great trough sink upstairs, it's just a regular oval one. True to form, there aren't any paper towel, just the power Dyson hand dryer - instead of an inverted blower, you pull your hands upward out of the device.

It's a bit odd to have the smaller restroom on the bottom floor by the bar, but this is what Founding Farmers decided to do.

Kaz Sushi - Washington, DC

Monday, 5/4/09, 7:30 pm - Foggy Bottom

I often skip mentioning the restrooms in Asian restaurants, usually because they're just forgotten spaces with a storage closet. However that wasn't the case at Kaz. This well-thought out bathroom also smelt pretty good (and no storage closet in sight). The scent sticks seemed to be working.


Beside the half-wall mirror over the sink, the single stall had a full length mirror, but not in an awkward place (you can kind of see it in the right corner). I liked that the garbage can was disguised in the wood vanity. The paper towel dispenser and toilet paper holder were my least favorite parts, but I guess you can't get everything. Here's more on Kaz Sushi.

Founding Farmers - Washington DC

Tuesday, 4/7/09, 8 pm - Foggy Bottom

There was definitely care given to planning this bathroom. The walls of both stalls were decorated with fields of corn (I think it was corn) while one wall was a full length mirror.

Even the light fixture had an outdoor touch (I think it's supposed to look like leaves), though that might be a bit much - the attempt to cram anything and everything nature-y into one space. Knowing Founding Farmers prides itself on being a LEED building and carbon neutral, I'm hope they were using energy saving bulbs.

One complaint I did have was about the toilets, which were magic eye of course theoretically to save water. However, it was quite sensitive. Every time I moved an inch, it flushed. Not exactly helpful.

The sink area looks like a farm-house type setting (basin sink but with a magic eye faucet). As expected, the restroom had no paper towels or cloth ones for that matter. Just the Dyson superpowered hand dryer to dry off.


I did also want to point out the wall decor outside the stalls. Painted to look like old chalk boards, the walls had quotes across them (I'm guessing they never change and probably aren't actually erasable).


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