A Magical Night at Casa Karma

A full house at Casa Karma last night for sunset and Mexico City magician Mauricio Andrade brought to us by MAGIA, a division of Gloria Fiona. What an outstanding debut! Mauricio was so engaging and hilarious as he carefully explained where the missing, disappearing, invisible coin went and the trick behind the hanky-in-an-egg, which was great until he cracked the egg into a glass. Hmmm. The card tricks were magic. No other explanation: You had to be there to witness a trick that started at the very beginning of the show when he left a pack of cars that I chose in my care for the entire evening, and then WHAM! Magic! I watched everybody’s brain scrambling to understand. Nope, impossible. The most compelling trick was with my no-nonsense friend for years, Sterling O’Ran. It involved a glass of water he was supposed to dump over his own head after some minutes of “imagination training.” Except the glass was empty! No tables here, no capes with hidden pockets just Merlin, er, Mauricio, standing alone mesmerizing the bejabbers out of the audience.

An unusual night for us in Vallarta but so intriguing, and if the magic ever wears off, Mauricio is a shoo-in for stand-up comedy in two languages. Many thanks to Gloria Fiona, Irene Jimenez, Casa Karma and staff, and Mago Mauricio for putting us back in touch with those priceless childhood memories of knowing anything and everything is, indeed, possible if you believe in magic.