Galleria J. Antonio

Our neighborhood is on fast forward. New York has always been the city of "USE TO BE"  !!!!!!!! This use to be a restaurant , I loved This was where I use to live and now its an office bldg. This is where the first store I ever bought my first something was, now, it's a parking lot. ect ect ect IF YOU CALL IT ---- The Lower East Side / Alphabet City / East Village, or LES  its on fast forward.    It's changin so fast I can't keep up with it.  I thought I saw a seven eleven the other day.  I got off the bus , and bam, it was on Ave A and 12th street.  It felt very New Jersey  , no offense to Jersey. I have great Jersey customers but I always get those slurpies in New Jersey, not ave A Egg creams and Katz's Delicatessen, www.katzsdelicatessen.com  , are part of this neighborhood. I don't know how this happened but, Galleria J Antonio 47 ave A between east 3rd and east 4th street is the last place you can actually walk in...

I'm on my way--------------------------------- back to Seattle Washington - March 2014  See ya at THE PIKE MARKET !!!!! Joe Serna -Larry Hart and Jesse Gee are being reunited for yet another retail event. I am so grateful to have made so many friends in the 7 years I lived in Seattle. I hope to see everyone come through the shop. Joe Serna and I are having a big SALE   !!!!!!!!!!!!! visit :  DE LA SERNA   Key Tower  700 Fifth Avenue  Seattle Washington 98104 206 941-4418  10pm till closing Im going to bring some great jewelry and Hot -Glass from New York Please stop by the week of: March 18th to the 31st 2014   10 to 6 pm I want to visit  the hot glass galleries and see who? is new and who? is who ? . The Hot Glass center of the USA is in Seattle. / Portland 6"x4" bowl TWO PEOPLE ON THE EDGE -----BY JIM LOEWER GLASS PHILA.PA. One of the things I brought back to New York was my love for HOT GLASS. I will...

I can really remember a time in my life when I use to watch Marlo Thomas on THAT GIRL and dream what it would be like to have a life -like the one she had in her small ,N.Y. apartment.. All the funnie things that happened to her in New York , her apartment , with Donald and on her trips back to Brewster New York That show made me dream that one day I could leave Detroit and have my own New York experience.  Of course in those days I had a girlfriend named Charlotte Swieczkowski and had no gay ,awareness that I toooooooooooo wanted my own dreamy -Donald. !!!!!!! It's 2013 and Marlo is still working hard to make people live their dreams .  She is still working hard for the kids at St Jude's Hospital and is still a force in the theather and film. Jesus said: " Marlo , I use to see you Dubed in Spanish and your show was call  " Esta Chica "  she loved that someone from another continent knew her work. Jesus and I are both a very proud to represent small ...

Over the last 30 years I have had the pleasure of selling things to lots of celebrities .   Lucille Ball ,  Cher , and  KEN RUSSELL- were some of my favorites.   Ect ect........ Ken loved OVER SIZED faux jewels.  The bigger , the better.!!!!!!     The day he was here at  Galleria J Antonio he was sitting in our big window and we placed what he called THE MAHARAJAH necklace around his neck.   He had a twinkle in his eye that beamed with joy when he put something on that sparkled.  A man walked in and said " I don't want to bother you Mr. Russell but I went into film, because of your work " Of course Ken just smiled and kept looking at the Hugh crystal at the BOTTOM of endless chains and looked over to this man ,   with approval.  I was informed by my dear friend -Lisi Tribble(-Mrs Ken Russell)- NYC- that he was laid to rest ( cremated )- in ENGLAND- with a  Galleria J Antonio necklace that was one o...

I 'm in the middle of a new collection here at GALLERIA J ANTONIO  . I get a wave of nostalga as I bring out my new collection  of Walrus Tusk Jewelry to the floor. I remember the days on Madison Ave when all the jewelers sold the big - Ivory cuffs from RAJA INC . Of course fashion and animal murder were merged and I was one of the first to stop selling Ivory at 816 Madison Ave and switched to Cow Bone, Walrus Tusk , and Boars Tusk --as well as plastics that had the look of Ivory .  Diane Vreeland lived in her Ivory cuffs . The bigger the better .   In the 70's ,Vogue had spread after spread every summer with Ivory Accessories , dripping next to Linen outfits. I ran into Diana Vreeland upstairs near the Mike Todd room one summer night at Studio 54 .  I went over to her and knew her entourage would stop me so  I yelled out " Mrs Vreeland  !!!!  I am Jesse , I worked for Bob Gindi for years !!!    Bob's name got her to ...

I have been doing lay-a way for my -40 years of retail . All my stores have always used this path to ownership. I was born on Lay a Way !!!!!!!! My mother told me the story about finding out she was going to have me and my father never had a steady job .  The doctor said "  Don't worry little mother , you are going to be a -----------------------mother again ,  and you can pay us later, and in payments.  "  Thus , I was born    ON LAY-A-WAY.  !!!!!!!! Also , I get to see people more than once and as they pay down their purchase I see them get excited, all over again.  Call it crazy , but, I love LAY A WAY   

An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any broad spectrum of activities related to creating art , practicing the arts , and , or, demonstrating an art form . This definition according to Wikipedia sums up what we think an artist is. A person who creates art A person who promotes art A person who creates art as an occupation A person that is skilled at an artistic activity Galleria J Antonio- fit's all the above definitions :  The only trouble is ,no, one, entered the financial rewards of being an artist. *******Amazing Fabulous Broke.******** Sometimes you get paid --sometimes you don't get paid. If you don't care, and really mean it - your life is happy. Try, caring that you did not get paid for what your worth!!!!  Oh Boy--- Unhappiness!!!!!! The reward comes from doing the work , creating what the skill or the - outcome / process by which you live in order to get those rewards. I have no regrets about my choice to live an uncomplicated life with...