As you may know, I have a well-documented fear of dolls. So, the other night when I was walking home up Madison Avenue I was a little spooked when I passed the window display for “Chuckies” shoe store on Madison Avenue and 85th Street. I remember when the store first opened the name made me [...]

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 [...]

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

Jules treated me to a very U.E.S. and very special birthday brunch at Sarabeth’s today: This kid came up to our table and asked if we wanted to see a magic trick.  He was good.  His name is Cooper, he’s in 4th grade somewhere in Connecticut, and I will be surprised if he does not [...]

I was walking around the Upper East Side yesterday with my friend David (my cohort from A Very U.E.S. Night) and we decided to walk into the Duane Reade on 2nd Avenue and 79th Street to see if there was an “As Seen on TV” section which they have at the DR near my house. [...]

Setting: 3AM, 6 train from Spring Street to 86th Street.  Probably the fourth time I’ve run into Alden a.k.a. Karim Fonda from Team Facelift on the subway in the middle of a weeknight. Me: What are you working on now? Alden: Right now we got an album coming out on Duck Down Records.  (((At this [...]

I was just walking up Fifth Avenue from The Met with notorious Upper West Sider, Theodore Ward Barrow, when Mr. Barrow exclaimed, “Look at that pink!”  There was a beautifully intense pink glow on the pail stone buildings extending up the East Side of the Avenue. We stopped for a moment of appreciation and I [...]