Me eyeing a bottle of Aquadeco while wearing my Flower#19 Pendant inspired by the Art Deco building at 19 East 88th Street.  The photo is backwards because I took it on my webcam/Apple Photobooth. Apparently, this is not new to the world but I just discovered it this evening at the Duane Reade on 89th Street [...]

What the heck is up with this door? 321 E 92nd Street: Also, I think this scroll-hip is pretty sexy.  Reminds me of some surrealist stuff. 1105 Park Avenue:

So, in case you didn’t know, I make jewelry (www.rebeccaschiffmanjewelry.com) and my new “Upper East Side Collection” is based on architectural ornament in the neighborhood.  I’m running a Kickstarter campaign to get enough pre-orders to be able to pay for some equipment, materials and promotional costs.  There are only 7 days left.  Please check out [...]

All caught by Erin Falls:

Photo sent by Mike Shea (creator of the U.E.S. Journal Logo!):

Bridget Riley and Roy Lichtenstein

In response to the previous post former Upper East Sider David Shamoon has sent in some more very UWS UWS pl8tz!

An Etrog is a yellow citrus fruit, like a big lemon, used during the Jewish holiday Sukkot which was last week. Gestalt.

On September 20, 2011 I went to my first LIVE AUCTION.  Doyle New York was auctioning the estate of Elaine Kaufman, the late owner of famed Upper East Side restaurant Elaine’s, who died last December.  From the moment I learned of the auction I knew I wanted a piece of the history for my “collection.” [...]