My Sister's Attic Doesn't Want my Mother's Curtains. I could not wait to get home to write this review. Despite their catchy billboards ("Sell your sole"), and the poor man on the side of 20th and Camelback holding a sign that said "Up to 90% off retail prices", I was disappointed with the overall experience at My Sister's Attic, as well as the prices. I've been there before, usually just to browse and see if they're recently obtained anything from anyone with really good taste (like mine, of course). This time was different, though. I went with a purpose. My mom had these cute curtains that I must have complimented her on the last time I was in Florida, because wouldn't you know just a couple months after my visit, she sends me a package with the curtains. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that right now I don't really have anywhere to put them. So, after much deliberation about the moral soundness of trying to make some cash off of a gift (hey, I'm unemployed right now. Go easy on me), I decided that I would take them to My Sisters Attic. And if you tell my mom about this, I will deny, deny, deny. I looked around a bit, and then headed over to the counter with my bag o' curtains and waited for help. And waited a bit more. Soon, a blond woman walks toward the counter with some crystal pieces in her hands. She looks at me and smiles. And keeps walking. She proceeds to a shelf at the front of the store where she puts the crystal ware on a display and continues to ignore me. Using my best shot at ESP, I start to wonder if there's a different counter for taking in items as opposed to selling them. Yup. Right there tucked away in the back corner of the store, with a sign on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper identifying it as the "intake" area. There were two older ladies behind the counter there discussing some items as I walk up. But don't worry, because they didn't let my presence interrupt their conversation. Finally, I interrupt and ask if they took curtains, to which they said a gruff "no" and went right back to their business. I interrupted again to ask if they knew of anywhere else that might take curtains, only to be met with the same response. Of course. I did notice some cute items while I was waiting around for help, but looking at the prices, I wasn't too impressed. Outside, they had a set of three barstools for upwards of $200, and I saw some cheap looking nesting tables inside for I think $50. They looked like they were bought at Ikea for probably less than that. Anyhow, after my experience with Thing One and Thing Two, I wasn't much in the mood for shopping. So I left the store, and on my way out I couldn't help but shoot a snarky "Thank you!" at the first useless woman who didn't help me. Then as I passed her I competed my thought under my breath, "...for nothing". The only reason I gave this place any stars at all is because they do have some cute things, although pretty overpriced, from what I could see. Also, they had a pamphlet on the counter (that would be the check-out counter, not the intake counter) on the Arizona Humane Society. I don't think any percentage of their proceeds actually go to the Humane Society. Another redeeming aspect, though: their website says that if items don't sell after 60-90 days, they are donated to non-profit foundations that benefit homeless pets and women's groups. And yes, you can get a receipt for Uncle Sam.

negative

Rude. Rude. Super rushed pedi/mani. If you don't have the time, then you should say so.

negative

If you're from Pittsburgh, you already know. If you aren't, I shouldn't torture you. If you're there and you don't know, then you aren't from Pittsburgh. You need to go. You need to go right now. Don't even finish reading this review. Go right now. You should be reading this sentence with hands full of Primanti sandwich. If you aren't, I implore you to take a long, serious look at your life, and where it's leading you.

positive

Really this experience deserves a -1 star review the only reason why I'm giving it 2 stars is because I came in once before and my server was great and the food was ok for the price and convenience. Unfortunately things have drastically changed from the last time I was here. To start the minute I walked in with my daughter it took a few minutes from the guy up front to even look up and acknowledge us then he just took off expecting us to follow him to the table without saying anything. Next it took 15 minutes for someone just to come to the table and say hi and take drink orders. I figured it's ok it looked like he was by himself and had a couple of tables I decided to be patient and giving it a chance. After waiting another 5 minutes for a water and a sprite. I finally see the server coming with our drinks but then stops puts the drinks down 5 feet away from me picks up food for the table next to us and just carries on. meanwhile another 10 minutes go by and I'm still just staring at my drinks from a far. Now I see there is another server working. A guy who came in 20 minutes after me gets seated and water within a few minutes and the final straw is when the other server walked by my table and drinks sitting on the counter twice and nothing said or done. At that point I.just got up and left WORST SERVICE EVER!
negative