Yesterday — when “06880” broke the news that Jack Riley has sold his very popular Greens Farms Spirit Shop — I posted this photo:
It showed a young Jack Riley, on his first day in business: November 10, 1969.
Today — December 15, 2018 — was Jack’s last day.
The store — which will continue with new owners, and many familiar employees — was packed.
Jack opened a bottle. The large crowd of customers — aka “friends” — raised their glasses to nearly 50 years of neighborly service and smiles.
Then Nico Eisenberger asked Jack to pose once again, for posterity.
(Photo/Nico Eisenberger)
The hair is gone. But the passion for what he did — and the joyful way he did it — remains.
A simple toast was the least the large crowd could do.
But — like everything Jack did — it came from the heart.