Nathan Kilgore

At UMD A Dance Experience

Posted on 18. Apr, 2010 by Nathan Kilgore in The Day to Day

So last night Katie and I drove down to Greenbelt, MD to visit with Joel and Noel.  They have an old dining room table that they gave us.  They also watched Maria for a few hours so that Katie and I could go out on a date to the Spring Maryland Dance Ensemble Concert (www.dance.umd.edu/).  It was quite an experience – both Katie and I had an awesome time out.  There were some dances that we enjoyed more than others – some of them pushed the boundaries a bit, but of course this was expected for a liberal arts performance at a public community college.

Perhaps one of the most memorable occasions of the night didn’t happen on stage, it took place during the intermission when I decided to use the restroom.  I made my way out into the hallway in search for the Men’s Room…I passed by the door to the Women’s Room and then I came to a door that had a picture of a man and a woman on it.  “This will do,” I thought to myself.  I’ve seen these sort of bathrooms in places before, you know, a tiny bathroom for one person at a time, and it can be used by both men and women.  As I went to go inside, a man and a woman came out at the same time.  “That’s strange,” I thought.  But, I just chalked it up to the fact that the couple was probably very comfortable with themselves, or maybe he was helping her get her zipper unstuck on the back of her dress.  I went into the bathroom, and when I went into the stall, I heard someone else in the bathroom.  I peaked through the crack in the door and realized that a woman was in the bathroom with me!  It turns out, that this bathroom was a “Unisex” bathroom, something I didn’t even know existed.  Apparently these unisex bathrooms are ones for both men and women to use (not separately, but at the same time!)  I’ve been way out of the loop on this one – but, now I know.