‘After About 10 Minutes, a Car Pulled Up to the Traffic Light’
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| Publication time | Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:54:14 +0000 |
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTMETROPOLITAN DIARY‘After About 10 Minutes, a Car Pulled Up to the Traffic Light’Friends of Metropolitan Diary, including the writer Candace Bushnell and the actor Ken Leung of “Industry,” share their stories to mark the column’s 50th anniversary.Share full article269June 28, 2026 !function(){var e="gps_module_impressions",s="gps_suppress_module",t=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),o="1"===t.get("gps_debug")?function(e,s){console.log("[gps]",e,void…
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