Did you know that in French, weekend is: "La Fin de Semaine," meaning, "The end of the week." French traditionalists loathe using another language in the way that English adopts foreign words and expressions, like "fait accompli." Yet most French people have adopted the weekend, (le weekend) from English because end of the week is not exactly the weekend.
Weekends are always a busy time, we make it so because we are childless, so we don't have adult children and grandchildren, to that end we keep a busy social diary with our group of friends. We have been out this evening, just locally with four others, at a cafe that has an alcohol licence, where we enjoyed a meal, coffee and a cognac. All very convivial. Tomorrow, or as the time is now past midnight, today, we shall be ballroom dancing. No big ornate hotel ballroom, although we love to indulge in such venues, just a local dance school that has a very enjoyable social Saturday night with a big band providing the music.
Sunday lunch will be at a country pub run by a couple we have known and been friends with for many years, even went to their wedding back in August. Sunday afternoon we will be at a village hall in Titchfield, a small community near Portsmouth, where we are looking forward to a Lindy hop afternoon named: "Sugar Push." The sugar push is one of the basic moves of Lindy Hop and all swing dances. The lead and follow stay where they are for 6 counts (if you know anything about dancing.) The sugar push is very stylized, bringing both partners close together.
In the evening, after leaving Titchfield, we shall all gather for a rather splendid meal at an Italian restaurant in The New Forest town of Lyndhurst. It's a most enjoyable time, good food, good friends and very good company. How we have missed our social diary during lockdown.
