In Sync
Dear Diary:I was in the Times Square subway station, walking from the 7 train to the A, C and E lines. It was the evening rush hour, and hordes of people were racing to escape Midtown and get uptown, downtown or to New Jersey.
I was in full commuting stride when I heard the notes of the Habanera from Bizet’s “Carmen” in the distance. A woman soon began to sing along to the music, and I began to mouth the words.
By the time I got to where she was, we were fully in sync, singing “l’amour est enfant de bohème … ”
As I passed her, she caught my eye and smiled. I hopped onto the A with a toreador’s spring in my step.
— Nicolas Gerard
METROPOLITAN DIARY
NYTIMES
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html