surprise surprise :]

so i came home this weekend and my mom told me we were going to do something friday night, but that it was a surprise and i'd need a cocktail dress and heels.

my cousin tracy arrives and we get ready for the surprise while i change like 5 times. then my parents come home and we drive to the mysterious restaurant. turns out, it's a tapas restaurant and they are famous for their sangria - as it was described on the menu, an "especialty drink" lol so of course, we order some and it was very sweet and delicious. after dinner, we get back in the car and drive around looking for our next destination which wasn't apparent until we pulled into the driveway: the magic castle!!! [no pictures bc there's no photography inside]


we arrived @730, just in time for the 8 o' clock "big" show. david deeble was our hilarious emcee and entertainer with some "face juggling" of a billiard ball and a ping pong ball. he really likes to balance things on his face. like flaming marshmallows. lol jason andrews performed with a silent act set beautiful music. it was just so enchanting. he was followed by trevor watters and lorena who did lots of slapstick comedy magic.

then we went to see our family friend, jason tong perform close-up card and coin magic. it was so great to see him work and he's so quick i still can't figure out how he did the tricks! :] after that, we went to see another show but was stopped at the bar by magician george millward who did quite a few tricks for us with cards, coins, cups and balls, and a glass. he was very good. i was just across the counter from him and his sleight of hand got me every time. haha

george finished right when a show was starting so we got to sit for that, too. two magicians, bruce gold and dave cox, collaborated to come up with this evil twins routine that was very funny, but also required a lot of audience participation so that made tracy and me quite nervous because we absolutely did not want to be up there. by the time that ended, it was past midnight so we called it a night, but not before running into a group of friends from church!

maybe i do like surprises now!