A MAGICIAN'S BLOG 

Spencer Grey fans a deck of cards for a group of guests during a corporate cocktail hour in San Francisco. This venue was massive, and so was the event. Seven hundred people for MongoDB.local Build Fest in San Francisco, hosted at Pier 48, Shed A. It is always a blast when I am invited back by a company I have worked with before. It tells me the magic was a success, so much so at the last event that they wanted to bring it back for this one. The previous year I did a smaller

When people hear there's a magician at their company party, they picture the tricks. Cards, coins, something vanishing. But the tricks are honestly the smallest part of the job. The real work is knowing which group to walk up to, knowing which group to leave alone, and knowing how to join a conversation that was going fine before you got there. That's what clients are actually paying for, and it's the part nobody sees. So here's what a Silicon Valley magician is really doing

And just like that, another end-of-year celebration has rolled around on the calendar. It comes quick every year. You're hanging out by the bar, waiting for colleagues to arrive, maybe you've brought a significant other. The music is good. But you can't help feeling a bit awkward as you hug the bar or the hors d'oeuvres table, not sure what to do. You make polite conversation with the people around you, and even that is short lasted, leaving you right back where you were, loo