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The BlogHer DC Bathroom Brigade

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This post would be 1000x more compelling if it was accompanied by pictorial evidence. I had such evidence, but it seems my camera has been stolen. I hope it turns up, but in the meantime, here goes:

The BlogHer DC Bathroom Brigade

Any time I go to some event and stand in the line for the women's bathroom that inevitably snakes around a corner while the man's bathroom remains unoccupied, the conversation about who designs buildings and 'why don't we just use the men's bathroom' commences. And only sometimes does anyone really take action.

Well at the BlogHer '08 Reach Out Tour in DC, some of us stormed the castle, or the commodes, shall we say. Since the conference was at a rather nice hotel, the men's bathroom was not at all scary and they had the same fresh flowers that the women's bathroom had. Perhaps knowing that we'd pick up on secrets such as this this is why men live in fear of women's empowerment...

In any case, the conference gave us a lot more that secret bathroom knowledge. We also got great swag like slippers, notepads and reusable bags.

Ok, in all seriousness, it was a great conference and I'll be back later in the day with more about stuff I actually learned. (And hopefully my camera will show up as well.)

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inotherwordz 5 pts

You're right, Candelaria--there are usually some unoccupied bathrooms hidden somewhere. Sadly, my camera is gone with the wind, so Liz, thank you for the images.

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Liz Henry 5 pts

Here's some photographic evidence of our takeover! I converted the Men's Room to the Bloggers' Room.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drbeachvacation/29386...

And here's one from 2005 from the first conference. It's a tradition!

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Candelaria Silva 5 pts

Whenver I go to conferences, I often take a journey to another floor or the other end of the hotel and find a woman's bathroom that very few others are visiting. Sme thing with lines, nine times out of ten, there's a line nearly empty but we've all gotten into the herd mentality and just assumed the one long line was the only one.

Glad you all stormed the "men's gates."  Hope your camera is returned.

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Good and plenty!