Coming Attractions

We visited Coming Attractions in fall of 2015. I am not sure if they are still in business. (After leaving the store and crossing the street, I saw a «business for sale» sign in a real estate office across the street.)
Loved the «styles» offered, although I didn’t make any purchases. Store seemed full of merchandise, more than could realistically sell in this little tourist town.
The owner was pleasant, but a bit eccentric. She seemed more interested in chatting about her cats than in trying to sell anything.

It is laughable that this lady is still in business… I have never met a more snooty miserable person in my life! We only went in because of the cat in the window but once inside I saw a watch I like and asked her about it, she just rolled her eyes and said she didn’t know… Ummmm ok is this your store? You must not want to sell this $ 94 watch. Anyway I could feel that we were not welcome in her store and I would never spend my money there after that anyway. I actually feel sorry for her, I hope her life gets better.

B. B is absolutely right. This delightful woman has the best merchandise, as well as the best taste in clothing and jewelry in Amador County, in my opinion. Sutter Creek is blessed with several really excellent dress shops of very long standing and you really do have to wonder if these obnoxious 1 star reviews for this one are bogus, especially when it’s the ONLY review for some of these « Unilocalers». That always makes me suspicious. Why Unilocal hasn’t filtered some of these preposterous reviews I frankly can’t imagine. Maybe the filtering software isn’t working as described. I know for a fact that ladies come from far and wide to shop at this, and the other two top dress shops in town. It’s remarkable really. Don’t be fooled.

I wish I has posted this a year ago, right after the event, but the experience is still fresh in my mind, so…
My boyfriend and I were spending a lovely day in Sutter Creek, strolling Main Street while waiting for Bella Grace to open so we could pick up our box of wine. We wandered into Coming Attractions to browse. The owner was there — I have to assume she was the owner as anyone else treating customers so rudely surely would be perfunctorily dismissed from employment by anyone wishing to stay in business! Anyway, we wandered over to the antique map cabinet. Every drawer holds a display of unique jewelry.
As I pulled open one drawer after another to take a look, the owner came over and started lecturing me on not having pulled the drawer out far enough. «There’s more in the back. You have to pull it all the way out,» she said.
Hmm. Okay, Ms. Bossypants. Not that I want to see every single thing, but okay. I pulled the drawer out farther.
«Oh my God! You’re not real bright, are you?» she exclaimed, pushing my hands away from the drawer pulls and yanking the drawer out hard and fast enough to push me backwards into whatever display might have been right up against me at the time. I don’t know what it was because I was busy being stunned. I was speechless! We gave her an «Are you BLEEPing kidding me?» look and immediately left the store.
Really? REALLY?

Nevermind! Absolutely horrible service. The owner’s dog leapt up and attacked us, and the owner screeched at us that her dog «hates children» and ordered us to leave. There must be a marketing plan in there somewhere. .. .