200 Convenience

In my tours through the Pedway, I have passed by 200 Convenience on countless occasions. It’s always registered on my periphery as the newsstand by Jimmy John’s and close to the USPS. All that changed when I was laid up on crutches during the latter part of July and all of August. Wanting some lightweight reading material and pretty pictures of fall fashions, I dispatched my mom (shout out to mom, who was looking after me at the time and clearly deserving of a medal for sainthood) to CVS near my building. It turned out that their selections were even more lackluster than usual, as they were in the midst of switching vendors. I found this a flimsy excuse, as their magazine area had been lacking at least since spring. Racking my brains, I recalled 200 Convenience and its window display of magazines. This store had a comprehensive assortment of titles (think: Town and Country and Elle Décor). I was able to satisfy my craving for the fall glossies. On a future visit, when I was able to hobble on my own, I asked the man behind the register to help me get the last issue of Marie Claire down from the topmost shelf. He couldn’t have been more pleasant. When paying, I noticed a selection of quality greeting cards and mentally filed away for the next time I am in a pinch. While some decry the end of the magazine/​print industry, there is nothing like flipping through a fat September Vogue when a person’s world feels upside-​down.