WebBuzz - Mizpee, for looky-loos in search of a toilet

Mizpee.com is a useful website that tells you where to go when you have to go.

What’s hot: You can type in an address and the site will locate the closest public toilets, with distance, rating and whether a purchase is required to use the facility.

Sites are rated on the number of “toilet rolls” (instead of stars) they merit. For example, if you’re seeking a bathroom in Berkeley, California, the site points you to the Safeway on Shattuck Avenue (which gets only one toilet roll) or Crepevine on College Avenue (which has a four-roll rating but requires a purchase).

You can even get the info text-messaged to you on your cellphone and add your own 2 cents by reviewing a facility.

And if you need some, um, bathroom reading, there’s a trivia question every day under the category “Looisms.”

What’s not: It’s a great idea, but the pull-down menus of states and cities is limited — in some states, such as Minnesota, your only choice is Minneapolis.

— Vani Rangachar, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Previously:
Mizpee.com: How to find a clean bathroom
[Dec. 5, 2007 review, when they were still in beta]

[Photo: Mary Altaffer / Associated Press]

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