HOLLYWOOD MAGIC CASTLE, PRIVATE VIP CLUB FOR MAGICIANS, MAGIC SHOWS & LIVE PERFORMANCES IN LOS ANGELES.
Adventure Team, assemble! Our mission: to infiltrate the Magic Castle, a private Hollywood clubhouse open only to accredited magicians, wizards and their honored guests.
The Academy of Magical Arts gathers in what was once a private mansion, built in 1909. The manor is teeming with Victorian paintings, howling gargoyles, red-velvet-and-gold theaters and other accouterments fit for Harry Potter.
To enter the castle, the Adventure Team had to whisper a secret password to an owl sculpture: “Open Sesame.” Our journey though the labyrinthine halls was full of inexplicable phenomena. A piano played by Irma, the Castle’s resident ghost. Tables that spun; portraits of ancestors with moving eyes.
In the Close-Up Gallery, we sat before Jheff, a young magician who bewitched us with his sleight-of-hand. He was usually a whiz at remembering names, but ours (understandably) gave him some trouble. “Your name is what? Carmina? Ok, and Yu… how do you say it? Yoo-kee-roh. And your names are… Lemon. Ementhy. Oh Jesus.”
Jheff: “What brings you to the Magic Castle?”
Me: “We are the Undead Heavy Metal Adventure Team, and this is a stop on our epic journey!”
Next, we saw 23-year-old Nathan (winner of 22 awards) perform close-up magic in the Parlor of Prestidigitation. He wowed us by shuffling a deck with one hand, predicting our pick and pulling the card out of thin air. “And that’s just ridiculous,” he’d exclaim to the cheering audience.
Onward to M Cafe on Melrose — my stomach rumbles as I recall our macrobiotic, organic feast! (It’s one of our favorite places in LA to eat — remember these photos from last fall?) Brown rice sushi, soy lattes, eggplant and shiitake inari… heaven.
No meal at M Cafe is complete without dessert. The strawberry cupcake is amazing, and the chocolate raspberry fudgy cake… you may have to fight over it!
Are you enchanted by magic? Have you or anyone you know been inside the elusive Magic Castle in Hollywood?
Song of the Day #330: Mylene Farmer – Desenchantee (One of Mana-sama’s favorite artists. We blasted as we were driving in our Goth-mobile!)
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lets make some more magic when you come to Tokyo soon <3<3
Foooooo shoooooooo!
lets make some more magic when you come to Tokyo soon <3<3
Adorableeee!!!! =3
nhamnhammmm
So delicious…
Ooooooo XD
That’s so cool that y’all went to the Magic Castle. I’ve loved magic ever since I was really little (Princess Tenko was, and still is, one of my heroes).
I love to watch magic shows with a sense of wonder. I have no interest in trying to figure out how they did it — I am happy to be spellbound!
Victorian surroundings, magic & yummy foods…sounds great 2 me! lol
Omg kawaiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Adorableeee!!!! =3
nhamnhammmm
Ooooooo XD
Foooooo shoooooooo!
So delicious…
That's so cool that y'all went to the Magic Castle. I've loved magic ever since I was really little (Princess Tenko was, and still is, one of my heroes).
Victorian surroundings, magic & yummy foods…sounds great 2 me! lol
Omg kawaiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Love the magic castle. They asked me to do dove magic tricks there, but I said no. My doves were on the east coast.
Magic Castle would be the perfect setting for a photoshoot or exhibit! The people there are awesome; so friendly. :)
Have you heard of Criss Angel? If not you should look up his dissapearing elephant trick it’s F’N awsome
I like brown rice sushi.. hehe its so good >u< <3
Me too. I love making it myself. That’s the only downside about food in Japan… there’s no brown rice sushi, and it’s hard to find whole grain breads unless you go to specialty bakeries… :(
Japanese bread is usually so white that you start wondering if it was made out of flour, or perhaps something whiter. Like sugar.
I even find Swedish bread too sweet… Danish rye bread, THANK YOU. ;)
– Of course, you can always bake whole grain breads yourself. CUTE BREAD =D
It’s true — Japanese bread tends to be processed and whitened until it hardly resembles anything edible!
Love the magic castle. They asked me to do dove magic tricks there, but I said no. My doves were on the east coast.
Have you heard of Criss Angel? If not you should look up his dissapearing elephant trick it's F'N awsome
I like brown rice sushi.. hehe its so good >u< <3
I love to watch magic shows with a sense of wonder. I have no interest in trying to figure out how they did it — I am happy to be spellbound!
Magic Castle would be the perfect setting for a photoshoot or exhibit! The people there are awesome; so friendly. :)
Me too. I love making it myself. That's the only downside about food in Japan… there's no brown rice sushi, and it's hard to find whole grain breads unless you go to specialty bakeries… :(
Japanese bread is usually so white that you start wondering if it was made out of flour, or perhaps something whiter. Like sugar.
I even find Swedish bread too sweet… Danish rye bread, THANK YOU. ;)
– Of course, you can always bake whole grain breads yourself. CUTE BREAD =D
I wish I could get into that castle!!! Every time I go to LA I wish it. Someone bring me! ^_^!!
Hahah I didn’t know Yukiro modeled for you :)
You have beautiful models ;)
haha you have beautiful models too <3
I wish I could get into that castle!!! Every time I go to LA I wish it. Someone bring me! ^_^!!
Hahah I didn't know Yukiro modeled for you :)
You have beautiful models ;)
It's true — Japanese bread tends to be processed and whitened until it hardly resembles anything edible!
haha you have beautiful models too <3