magic

10 Jan 2024

North Beach is Where Magic Lives

North Beach is where magic lives. Neon strip club signs throw color at the pavement below while Coit Tower sits illuminated on Telegraph Hill, like God’s own fire hose nozzle. Smells of garlic and sauce drift from restaurants whose large windows teem with people from around the world. Street barkers

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A bridge and a wizard.
17 Apr 2023

The 5 Classic Spells Any Wizard Would Cast on San Francisco

There are as many wizened, crafty wizards through all the landscape of fantasty as there are origins and styles of the genre itself. Marlon James sprinkles casters like the Moon Witch through his book Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Ralph Bakshi relies on the gun-toting Avatar in his timeless cartoon

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27 Jan 2024

The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

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24 Feb 2020

Your Witch Friends are Casting Spells with Their Orgasms

by Laurie Riihimaki From the astonishing tricks of Houdini to the spectacular world of Harry Potter, magic has always been a part of our society. The idea that something dazzling and unexpected could wondrously appear in our average existence is a concept that continuously blows our minds and makes our

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04 Dec 2019

We Are Enjoying a Golden Age for Magicians in San Francisco

San Francisco is enjoying a Golden Age of magic – there are more live magic shows playing in town than there have been in over 100 years, when Vaudeville brought professional entertainers to town, before the talkies really caught on. In the old days, San Francisco had dozens and dozens

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21 Jun 2018

There’s Still Magic on Coney Island

By Jessica DeJesus The magic filled streets of Coney Island date back to the 18th century, when one of the world’s greatest escape artists, Harry Houdini himself, performed small tricks on the infamous boardwalk. The crowds would be in awe of the shows such an inspiring performer would put on.

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14 Sep 2017

SFCentric History: When Houdini Escaped His Way Around San Francisco

San Francisco is an old, iron safe filled with gold, glory, disaster, and secrets. SFCentric History is a new column, by SF writer V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi, that digs in the vaults of local history and shares the sensational people, places, and things that rocked San Francisco. Harry Houdini (born Erik

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20 Dec 2016

How To Use Mistletoe Without Being A Creep

Ahhhhh, kissing under the mistletoe! You have it all planned: after partaking in some holiday cheer, you’ll maneuver your object of desire into the door frame where the familiar green twig with white is hangin (if it has red berries it’s Holly, not mistletoe), and you kiss the hell out of

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16 Jun 2014

Win Tix to Champions of Magic feat. Five World Class Magicians

I fucking love magic! I really do. Like I know it’s not “magic” in a Merlin sense but I love the illusions people are able to make our feeble human senses perceive. Anyways, with that in mind I’m pretty excited to be giving out these tickets. I have one pair

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