Sandy
@saladvalet.bsky.social
2006 Northside College Prep Prom Queen and recovering fashion blogger.
@salad_valet on Perfectly Imperfect and Letterboxd.
@salad_valet on Perfectly Imperfect and Letterboxd.
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Sandy
@saladvalet.bsky.social
· Nov 8
I haven’t been creatively motivated / driven in some time, but one of my favorite things to do is take a selfie at every AMC movie I go to. I titled the series after a line in the Nicole Kidman pledge of allegiance, “because here, they are”. It’s my very own On Kawara-like practice.
It is still so funny to me that “red tie” means Republican and “blue tie” means Democrat. Like, it never ceases to tickle me. Color theory and American politics lmao
this looks like an after school program where young people help out seniors at home
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It is still so funny to me that “red tie” means Republican and “blue tie” means Democrat. Like, it never ceases to tickle me. Color theory and American politics lmao
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Anyone in Chicago want this George Maher fireplace?
Free to a good home (via a friend of mine)
Apparently it’s movable.
Free to a good home (via a friend of mine)
Apparently it’s movable.
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Anyone in Chicago want this George Maher fireplace?
Free to a good home (via a friend of mine)
Apparently it’s movable.
Free to a good home (via a friend of mine)
Apparently it’s movable.
They really cooked when they invented the hot water bottle.
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
They really cooked when they invented the hot water bottle.
Just rewatched “Amadeus” (it holds up). Cannot believe Mozart died at 35 and the last opera he wrote was “The Magic Flute”. God-tier creative genius. Like he made literal banger after banger.
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Just rewatched “Amadeus” (it holds up). Cannot believe Mozart died at 35 and the last opera he wrote was “The Magic Flute”. God-tier creative genius. Like he made literal banger after banger.
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I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
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photographer: George, if you could, how about a real weird stance? yeah, like you’ve never stood before. hunch down a little? just like that. now cross your arms. no, in the least cool way possible. fantastic. that’s just great.
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
photographer: George, if you could, how about a real weird stance? yeah, like you’ve never stood before. hunch down a little? just like that. now cross your arms. no, in the least cool way possible. fantastic. that’s just great.
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thank you vince gilligan
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
thank you vince gilligan
Just got out of the Patti Smith show at The Chicago Theater, it was pure magic! And the Television medley following “Horses” was life-altering.
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Just got out of the Patti Smith show at The Chicago Theater, it was pure magic! And the Television medley following “Horses” was life-altering.
LFG!!!
Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.
Met Museum Workers Push to Unionize
Staffers at the New York City institution have filed a petition for a union vote with the National Labor Relations Board.
hyperallergic.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
LFG!!!
2025 has without a doubt been the worst year of my life. As far as I’m concerned, the next few weeks are nothingness. Deliver me to 2026 in one piece.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
2025 has without a doubt been the worst year of my life. As far as I’m concerned, the next few weeks are nothingness. Deliver me to 2026 in one piece.
What I wouldn’t give to watch the Paddington movies for the first time again.
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What I wouldn’t give to watch the Paddington movies for the first time again.
I'm back on the job market and genuinely planning to ask potential employers what expectations there are around AI usage in the role. Because at my last job, everyone was using it for their work and I did NOT agree with that from an ethical standpoint...
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I'm back on the job market and genuinely planning to ask potential employers what expectations there are around AI usage in the role. Because at my last job, everyone was using it for their work and I did NOT agree with that from an ethical standpoint...
This is an insane season so decide to “get into watching the Bears”.
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is an insane season so decide to “get into watching the Bears”.
A late night visit to the ER can and should radicalize every single American.
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A late night visit to the ER can and should radicalize every single American.
This is so much of the culture of living in DC if you are in certain neighborhoods or eat at certain places. And then you venture out, make friends, and it sort of becomes like anywhere else.
I’m on the train back to New York City after spending a night in dc. Last night I went to a steakhouse and sat a table away from two of the presidents lawyers.
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is so much of the culture of living in DC if you are in certain neighborhoods or eat at certain places. And then you venture out, make friends, and it sort of becomes like anywhere else.
Sometimes my past life in the art world sneaks up on me, and I remember that I sat next to Tehching Hsieh at a museum gala and he was a lovely, kind person.
In one piece, the performance artist Tehching Hsieh leapt from a second-floor window onto a slab of concrete and broke both of his ankles. In another work, he submerged himself in a container of horse shit.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-art-world/tehching-hsieh-turned-every-second-into-art
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-art-world/tehching-hsieh-turned-every-second-into-art
Tehching Hsieh Turned Every Second Into Art
In a series of daring, often yearlong works—locking himself in a cage, refusing to go indoors, tying himself to another artist—Hsieh showed how the passage of time could be a medium in itself.
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Sometimes my past life in the art world sneaks up on me, and I remember that I sat next to Tehching Hsieh at a museum gala and he was a lovely, kind person.
Halfway through No Spend November and my desire to purchase things has been cured! Just in time for the holiday adverts to aggressively be pushed at me.
November 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Halfway through No Spend November and my desire to purchase things has been cured! Just in time for the holiday adverts to aggressively be pushed at me.
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is arguably the most important film of 2025.
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is arguably the most important film of 2025.
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Happy Release Of The CTA Holiday Train Schedule Week to all who celebrate
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Release Of The CTA Holiday Train Schedule Week to all who celebrate
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For NYE this year instead of a ball drop Chicago should have a Italian beef sandwich dip
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For NYE this year instead of a ball drop Chicago should have a Italian beef sandwich dip
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when u off a guy and now you’re responsible for this dumbass boat
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
when u off a guy and now you’re responsible for this dumbass boat
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
LFG ✊
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
LFG ✊
I didn’t go to the lake last night because I was tired and didn’t want to experience the aurora borealis mediated through my screen. If it’s totally visible to the naked eye and not via long exposure through my phone, I’d be more interested.
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I didn’t go to the lake last night because I was tired and didn’t want to experience the aurora borealis mediated through my screen. If it’s totally visible to the naked eye and not via long exposure through my phone, I’d be more interested.
Anish Kapoor is considering taking legal action for the ICE / CBP photo-op at “Cloud Gate”!
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture
Artist says ‘military style’ raids in US are ‘beyond belief’ while discussing new Southbank show next year
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Anish Kapoor is considering taking legal action for the ICE / CBP photo-op at “Cloud Gate”!
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...