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I spent a couple hours recently at a workshop on accessible home design and remodeling sponsored by the Disability Network of Northern Michigan. Builder Sally Erickson Bornschein and realtor Lou Anne Ford had solid suggestions for making places more livable, more visitable, and more salable for a relatively small investment: Read the rest of this entry »
Whether you’re a tourist Up North or running errands in your own hometown, when nature calls, finding a potty that you’d want to use can be a challenge. Sure, restaurants have ‘em. Try explaining that you don’t want a table, you just want to use the facilities. Parks have potties that may or may not have been cleaned this week, and that will probably be locked from Halloween to Memorial Day. Lots of retail shops have signs on the door warning “No Public Restrooms.”
Libraries are the solution. Trust me, they are the most reliable source of clean, well-lit, accessible public bathrooms in most Up North tourist towns. Besides, librarians are the nicest people in the world, and they will cheerfully welcome you and the kids who are dancing on one foot looking worried. The library is the very first place you should think of. Here are some great ones:
