This is the second of three posts for tonight. Yeah I know I am sporadic, but I had some stuff going on and if I put it all as one post it would be overwhelmingly large.
So last night I saw a magician, or should I say illusionist. This guy was superstar quality. To some of you that live in a big city or seen a show in Vegas you are saying to yourself "wow is this guy easily impressed or what?" Well here is something to ponder for you. iJustine has twice as many followers on twitter as my town has people, and I have also seen some excellent illusions by Cris Angel, so yes I may be from a small town and easily impressed at times, but I have also seen some great magic. This guy is named Tobias and let me give you a rundown on his two coolest tricks I saw. Granted I caught the last 15 minutes of his act.
First impressive trick was one he does every time he performs there judging by the room. It is a complex series of sleight of hand card tricks which involves switching cards out a person's hand while holding them as the initial set up. He had a girl hold the ace of spades and he had the ace of clubs. He then slid the ace of clubs on top of the ace of spades and had her and a few others check. He then talked a bit and asked her what cards she was holding. She answered both black aces and he asked if she was sure, she said yes and then he showed in his hand that he was holding both ace of clubs and ace of spades. She flipped her hand to show it was the ace of hearts and the ace of diamonds. Now this was impressive considering that the girl was a regular at the restaurant so I am sure she is not associated with the show since this guy has only been there the last couple of weeks compared to her couple years.
He then said since she had a hard time keeping her cards (he had made her the mark of most of his card tricks) he had her write her name on any card. She did and he did some cool minor shuffling tricks both in slow and fast motion. putting the card mystically on top of the deck etc. Your normal street magic card tricks. He then ended with a really impressive move when he threw the whole deck of cards to the ceiling and the one with her name stuck while the rest fell to the floor.
His best trick was when he took a hundred dollar bill and had one person at the bar right down several random things that other people around picked. He had a guy pick a number (7) I picked an animal (zebra) someone else picked a state (South Dakota) etc; he then folded the bill into a super tiny rolled up tiny mini cylinder. He then brought out a bag and had the girl hold the bag and another guy holding it as well feeling if anything was in there. He then put the bill in there. After a few seconds of talking he showed that the only thing in the bag was a lemon. Great people thought he made the 100 vanish and replaced it with a lemon that was already behind the bar. Tobias then said he wasn't done as he cut the lemon in half and had the lady pull out the 100 with all the random words from the bar from inside the lemon.
I have never been so amazed by sleight of hand close up before. I was less than 5 feet away watching this guy's hands the entire time and I still got took like everyone else. So to Tobias I dedicate the song by America "You Can Do Magic"
Speaking of magic I want to take a moment to talk about this installment of people I post about.
Her name is Alexandra Gibson CEO of Gibson Design Management. She is a real sweetheart. She is very intelligent and at the top of her game when it comes to her field. She specializes in the networking of Interior Designers, and if you are an interior designer or looking for one she is the best person on the web to contact in my opinion. You can find her at
http://twitter.com/gibsondm
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gibson-Design-Management-Inc/64225923522
http://www.gibsondesignmanagement.com/
Again as always take care of yourself and each other, be safe, be kind, and be happy
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