I have to ask: excuse me Cambridge, Massachusetts? This evening my friend and I wanted to play some Beirut, so we went on a search for some ping pong balls. We went to the local grocery store, some corner convenience store, a CVS, and a Walgreens, none of which had ping pong balls. I feel like if we were still in St Louis, any one of these places would have had tons of ping pong balls. Not only that, but when I asked employees of these various establishments if they had ping pong balls, they looked at me with an expression I can only describe as annoyance with a little bit of disgust thrown in. Excuse me? I want to trade you money in exchange for a small plastic object that I will then use as an excuse to drink shitty beer. What is your problem. That is, except for the Walgreens guy, who smiled at me and then said in a wonderful accent, "No. Arr out. Too much paaaty tonite!"
In summary, I miss St Louis, where people appreciate beer and its combination with solo cups and ping pong balls.
