Barcelona

You learn new and interesting things about your friends by eavesdropping on their exchanges with strangers. When Brian talks to two snooty French girls who seem to have a clear disdain for America, he decides to reveal his ties to the country.

“Oh, I was born in San Mateo,” Brian says.

After twenty-five years of friendship, I find out tonight that Brian was born a twenty-minute drive from my current home.

“But I went to college in Philadelphia,” he adds. 

“No, you didn’t,” I chime in. “You went to school in Pittsburgh.”

He whispers in my ears. “Shh. I always just tell people Philadelphia. It’s easier – no one outside the US knows about Pittsburg.”

I can’t disagree. At least Philadelphia has the 76ers. I miss Allen Iverson. We here talkin’ about practice man.