Always in LOVE with Isaly’s

For a few years in the 1960s, I was a teen who worked after school at an Isaly’s store in Akron, Ohio. With dried ice cream up to my elbows, I dug down deep into the ice cream bins to produce the ‘skyscraper’ cones for customers of all ages. If the cooking staff was extra busy, I made cheeseburgers on the hot huge grill located in the very front area of the store. I remember so well that it was hard work, that being on time for my shift was important and that the managers were the kindest people and the customers were the friendliest! However, I either never learned or didn’t pay attention to the fact that it was family Isaly that founded the store. We young, naïve teens who were told this: Isaly’s was an acronym for ‘ I shall always love you sweetheart.’ These many decades later I find no mention of this….and I was crushed. But no matter, I will always love my very first job experiences at my neighborhood Isaly’s store. Since then, with hard work, I became a senior exec at a non-profit association in Washington, DC. I still have a bowl of ice cream almost every day!