Say "Green Bay Packers fan" and what do you think of? Anyone? That's right. Cheese hats.
Say "Peabody Hotel" and what do you think of? Anyone? That's right. Ducks.
At the classy Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN, hundreds come to lunch every day for one specific reason. It's not that the chef is glamorous or that the deserts are gigantic or that the menu is gastronomic. That all may be true. But that's not why they come.
No, the diners come for the ducks. Not to eat duck. But to watch ducks. The Peabody Hotel is famous for its schooled entourage of fowl who arrive every day at noon via elevator from their penthouse home to the dining room. To the sound of a John Phillip Sousa march, a dozen ducks march down the red carpet single file, keeping rhythm with the march. The ducks then take a shor…