Napa Valley Porto Potties

Amongst the fields and fields of bountiful grape vineyards of the Napa Valley I spotted them. While taking a quick spin around the Opus One Winery there they were. Hard to miss with the contrasting blue color against the fields of lush green, and so ironic while we at such a winery as Opus One.

Ummm .... Portable Potty??

A quick snapshot over the fence.

Only this one is supposed to be a fairly permanent fixture..... INSIDE. If you've been reading about our fun filled flooring adventure this is the offending piece of plumbing. And now it's sitting right smack dab in the middle of our neighbors patio... our neighborhood porcelain patio decoration.... sort of like a garden gnome. Sitting there mocking us.

Even in Roatan, Honduras

 

Yup it's an obsession. This one my husband found hillarious.... I'm not sure I was entirely in on the joke, but hey another plastic palace to add to my growing collection and I'm game. It turns out there are port 'o potties all over the world... well at least in Honduras in addition to the USA.

Notice Anything?

So this last weekend we headed off to see family in Oregon. Notice the blue palace beneath the sign? I was so intent on getting a picture of the sign this trip up I didn't even notice the port-o-potty in the frame. It was a good trip, but entirely too cold (notice the snow by the sign?). I'm a CA girl, not used to such "extreme" temperatures. ya ya poor me.

A Room With a View

I'm not sure how my current obsession with the grand port-o-potty began, but they seem to be springing up everywhere!! As you can see this has been the view from our window for the last several months. I suppose it could come in handy: if perhaps you really just can't make it into the house hey there's a plastic receptical just waiting in the parking lot. And maybe even it could count towards the number of bathrooms in our place?? 2 bedrooms, 1 and 1/2 bath + a very special communal partial bath conviently located nearby? To be fair they've been doing construction in the complex, and it is a natural brown color that "almost" blends right it.

Beautifying a Port-a-Potty

This is much better ;) In my parents neighborhood they've implemented a building regulation that forces people to beautify the port-o-potties on sight during construction. Any version seems to work, this is a nice example of a lattice enclosure, but straw (think big grass skirt for the toilet) among others have been sighted. I love the matching lattice garbage can (overflowing of course.) Perhaps it's my sick sense of humor but each time I see one of these decorated potties it makes me giggle.