Posted by
Cesar Domico
The Enchantment of local magic shops
I remember a time not long ago – before the Internet and online magic videos, before websites that taught magic tricks or gave away secrets for free – sneaking away to a magic shop on weekend afternoons.
I was a little boy growing up in my home town of Bogotá, Colombia. At the time, in the early 1980s, there was a lot of turmoil in my city and country, but I didn’t even notice. For me going to the magic shop was an adventure and a vivid experience!
I could stay at that magical place all day watching magic tricks. It was a small one-room shop located just off the busy streets and traffic in north Bogotá. There were always people coming and going, to and from the shop, all the time. Some were regular customers – amateur or professional magicians. Others were just curious people, walking by and stopping to be entertained and amazed for a few minutes by the owner Jaimer, the magician, who never seemed to tire of performing for us. He would show people tr…
I remember a time not long ago – before the Internet and online magic videos, before websites that taught magic tricks or gave away secrets for free – sneaking away to a magic shop on weekend afternoons.
I was a little boy growing up in my home town of Bogotá, Colombia. At the time, in the early 1980s, there was a lot of turmoil in my city and country, but I didn’t even notice. For me going to the magic shop was an adventure and a vivid experience!
I could stay at that magical place all day watching magic tricks. It was a small one-room shop located just off the busy streets and traffic in north Bogotá. There were always people coming and going, to and from the shop, all the time. Some were regular customers – amateur or professional magicians. Others were just curious people, walking by and stopping to be entertained and amazed for a few minutes by the owner Jaimer, the magician, who never seemed to tire of performing for us. He would show people tr…
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