Misdirections Magis Shop

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"Winner of Best Magic Shop" - Best of the Bay - San Francisco Bay Guardian Most magic stores are really junk novelty shops that mix in a few plastic cup-and-ball tricks with the plastic vomit and rubber feces. Misdirections Magic Store, however, is the real thing: a magic store catering to magicians (and would-be magicians) of all stripes. Although it does have a few whoopee cushions, the gags are plainly secondary to the conjuring supplies. Misdirections offers a full line of equipment and instructional materials for everyone from the dabbler to the serious professional. The cases are filled with industrial-strength finger choppers and an amazing selection of coin and card illusions. And the walls behind the counter are lined with larger tricks and an amazing collection of magic videos — several of which promise to reveal the secrets of self-levitation. The store also sponsors a series of magic lectures open to the public. Misdirections is the best thing to happen to San Francisco magic since the Magic Cellar. "Winner Best Magic Shop" - Best of San Francisco - San Francisco Weekly When you have a hankering to divine the thoughts of others, escape from a straitjacket, saw a lady in half, or confound your friends and neighbors in general, head to this Inner Sunset temple to the art of prestidigitation. Everything you need to baffle, amuse, and amaze is on the premises: coin tricks, flash pots, magic wands, vanishing Coke bottles, see-through blindfolds, collapsible top hats, even a fine array of latex doves. Learn Newton's Nightmare, the Silver Sanctum, the Flaming Altoids, and the old Blendo-Four Square Silk Trick, or simply perfect your Double Lift, Biddle Sleight, and Overhand/Faro Shuffle. A wide variety of instructional books, tapes, and DVDs is on hand; alternatively, one of the in-store experts can teach you how to perform a trick. Misdirections also sponsors lectures and workshops by visiting pros, and Harry Anderson, David Copperfield, and the diminutive Teller are among the many who've made the pilgrimage to this magicians' haven. "The Best of San Francisco - What To Take Home" - Travel + Leisure Magazine WHAT TO TAKE HOME - Sleight–of–hand props, juggling supplies, and joy buzzers from Misdirections Magic Shop - Travel + Leisure Magazine "What's in Store: ’Frisco Shop-Hopping" - United Hemispheres Magazine - The Magazine of United Airlines Searching for the perfect San Francisco souvenir? For denim or drawer pulls, rare ceramics or rabbit-ready magicians’ hats, these one-of-a-kind shops offer treasures as unequivocally unique as the city itself. Article Tools Sponsor Even before you visited San Francisco for the first time, you knew (or at least hoped) it was a quirky place awash with character. It’s also full of singular “secret” shops that are as much about the experience of visiting them and discovering something new as they are about buying something different. It’s an old-school way of getting to know a city and its people—one shopkeeper at a time. This is your official invitation to leave Union Square and its “big boxes” behind and tour seven of San Francisco’s unique shops. You may even make a few friends along the way.

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