Quick Cow update and more

well, an alert reader gave me some background on the Cow and it's friend the Fish.   They're the ones that used to be at Laurel Station or Grove or whatever it was, now home to Zee Best, reviewed previously.  And before that, Chef may have worked at Front Porch.  Hope they do better in the new location..

Oh, speaking of the Porch Front in Leonardtown, i had lunch there last week,and it was pretty good.  It was a Tuesday, not usually your big restaurant day.  Place was packed.  I suspect that the demise of the Cafe has had a beneficial impact on their business.  But, they have helped themselves as well, as the food has stepped up.  My companion remarked on how good his burger was, and was told that the beef was from WAG (Willy A. Goddard) meats, from the farm in Leonardtown.  

Later that same evening our friend from DC came down to hear the End of Year Recital of Brian Ganz's class.  Some excellent music by very talented students on piano, vocals (by my favorite Starbucks barista) Henry, and an excellent trumpet piece by one of the talented Weh brothers.   A former intern with our DC friend is friends with one of the piano players (who is excellent, by the way).  She was the last performer, and played her piece (Dance of the Dolls) and then was joined by Beverly Babcock and Brian (and a second piano) to play........sorry BB, memory fails (and the program is in MFO's purse at the Historical Society in Leonardtown).  At any rate it was rousing to say the least.  They had such fun. Great to see budding talent.  When we came out of Montgomery Hall it was a deluge.

So, slightly sodden, we stopped in at Elements for a quick dinner before our friend headed back up the road.  we were sad to hear that one of our favorite bartenders has left for another venue.  Pretty common.  I had just "taught" him how i like my Dry Manhattan..However, Pat stepped up and so I still have an "in" there.  Food was quite good. 

speaking of food as we were, i see that Land O'Lakes is coming out with a "premium" butter.  Maybe in your face, KerryGold!

Pick your piece above, and we were of course
DFD

oh yeah, happy Cinco de Mayo..