METROPOLITAN DIARY

[elleng]

The Friday Dance
Dear Diary:

I live near Union Square, and I walked my dog around the Con Edison loading dock in the mornings before work.

At some point, I became friendly with the manager at the plant. If I saw him, I would greet him with a hug, and we would talk for a minute or two.

When I saw him one Friday, we were both so happy that it was Friday that we just started to dance.

It became a habit. Every Friday, around 7:30 a.m., we would dance. Sometimes, he would “do” the music and sometimes I would. Sometimes it would be a short ditty, and sometimes we would get an audience. (He was a much better dancer than me.)

A few years ago, I was walking down the street, and a woman pointed at me.

“Oh my goodness,” she said. “It’s you!”

I didn’t know her from Adam, and I’m pretty good with faces. Nonetheless, I said hello.

It turned out that she lived across Third Avenue and had happened to see the Friday dance one morning.

After that, she said, every Friday around 7:30 a.m., she would wait with her cat at her window for the Friday Dance to begin.

— Monique Morgan

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html

[Nittersing]

1. Oh that's a really good one!!

Thanks, as always, for posting these elleng.

[elleng]

2. You're welcome.

Try this?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/nyregion/metropolitan-diary-contest-2024.html

[dmr]

3. Thank you for posting that link. I read the 5 stories and voted.

First of all I enjoyed all five, but voted for The Bench.

I didn't expect the old man's response, which not only made me laugh, but happily relieved.

[wendyb-NC]

4. What a funn zany story