In past years, Sports Illustrated's Peter King has heaped a fair amount of praise on the Packers, especially quarterback Brett Favre.
Today, though, in his regular "Monday Morning QB" column on SI.com, King sings the praise of Milwaukee's own Midwest Airlines.
King flew out of Newark last Thursday to Milwaukee, and then drove to Green Bay.
"Even a 48-seat regional jet -- the airline industry's euphemism for "puddle-jumper'' -- was more comfortable and homey than other airlines' smallish planes," King wrote. King even loved the food and friendliness.
"Bottled water, pretzels and fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies (from a mix, obviously), delivered by a legitimately friendly flight attendant, made the 115-minute flight quite tolerable."
Even though he got pulled over on I-43 from Milwaukee to Green Bay (read more about it in the link below), he didn't let it get to him as he praised the service at his Packerland hotel, wondering if "all the welcome mats in the United States are manufactured in Wisconsin."
Thanks for the kind words, Peter. Glad you enjoyed your stay in our wonderful state.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
