The city was different back then--poor and crumbling--kept alive only by the gritty determination and steely cynicism of its occupants. But underneath the dirt was the apple-cheeked optimism of possibility, and while she worked, the whole city seemed to throb along with her.

In 1997 Bushnell's columns were publiCandace Bushnelld in an anthology also called Sex and the City and soon after became the basis for the popular HBO television series sharing the same name. While attending high school in Glastonbury Candace was accompanied to her senior prom by Mike O'Meara now a nationally syndicated radio host who also dated Candace's sister "Lolly". Bushnell began writing for the New York Observer in 1993.

Sex and the City publiCandace Bushnelld in 1996 was the basis for the HBO hit series and two subsequent blockbuster movies. Candace Bushnell (born December 1 1958) is an American author and columnist based in New York City. Candace Bushnell is the critically acclaimed international best-selling author of Sex and the City Summer and the City The Carrie Diaries One Fifth Avenue Lipstick Jungle Trading Up and Four Blondes.