MAGIC CASTLE

Last night we were extremely fortunate to be invited to the "invite only by member" MAGIC CASTLE, the "clubhouse to the Magical Academy of Magic", which resides in a cool old mansion (1908) complete with hidden chambers, secret hallways and sliding fake bookcases. Next to 1 of the 5 sweet bars in the mansion resides Irma, the piano playing ghost. Simply request a song and she will immediately begin playing it. Creepy! Sounds hokey, but its quite the opposite (I even had to wear a suit and tie to get in, heh!).

We saw 4 acts, the final one being in the "Close-Up Room" which seats 21 people, (so its very intimate) with the incredible Jason Latimer (who got us in...friend of friend's cousin....). He was the 2003 Grand Prix World Champion of Magic and it was the absolute best magic I've ever seen. We were all blown away. In addition to some crazy sick magic that had everyone going "no fucking way!" he did his trick he created which earned him the Grand Prix title where he "took the classical street effect of Cups and Balls to the next level, as he performed the Cups and Balls effect with clear glass cups where audience members can visually witness balls vanish and appear from within an upside down glass." Again, we were in the back row, which was about 7ft away, and it was the craziest shit I've seen!! If you can score an invite to the Magic Castle, I highly recommend going! It was a ton of fun!
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