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This weekend was our weekend to visit the famous Magic Castle. For those of you that have not been, I highly recommend going at least once in your life. You get to get dressed up and pretend like you have a little bit of class for a change. Some people say once you’ve been there, it’s all the same, but I really enjoy the acts these performers put together and am fascinated by the art form. I’d go a couple times a year if someone else took the check.

We started out with some mind reading and mind control by Jheff. Both Ariane and Michelle got to be part of the performance and have their minds read. We grabbed a couple drinks at a bar and Tony Picasso did some incredible up close magic. He had eleven pairs of our eyes watching him the whole time, and he did some astonishing things. While they both did some incredible things, I’m surprised at the poor state of their websites. I think I could make a living doing websites for magicians. The last thing we went to see before dinner was Irma, the piano-playing ghost, who takes requests. We tried to stump her with everything from Super Mario Brothers, A-Team, Star Wars, Radiohead, Journey, but what really amazed us was when she started playing 50 Cent’s In Da Club.

Dinner was delicious. Most of has had prime rib as it was one of the less expensive items on the menu and still a delicious option. I, however, being the super classy man that I am, went with the two lobster tails. Although it’s more expensive than I would like to pay regularly for a meal, it was worth it for a rare occasion like this.

After dinner, we were treated to some stage magic, care of Chin Chin and Timo Marc. While I’m still more enamored with up close magic, any good magician is fascinating for me to watch. Both these performers did an excellent job taking some common acts and putting their own spins on them, making it less so about the magic and more so about the entire performance.

Unfortunately, pictures are not allowed once you get past the lobby of the castle, so these are the only pictures we could come up with of our night. Besides a camera couldn’t capture some of the better moments, like Lo questioning every trick after he got drunk off of his one glass of wine, or Michelle was asked by  the magician if she wanted to see the deck face up or face down. Her reply was, “Eight of hearts.”

Michelle and Kyung, looking like an Armani advertisement.