mark lewis wrote:Just follow the smell of urine. You will get there.
Harsh, but very true!
FTHO wrote:Every time I go to Davenports I get lost!
I know where it is, but I can never find the entrance the the underground arcade
Stand with your back to Charing Cross Railway Station and the entrance to the underground 'mall' is over the road, slightly to the right. There's a convenient pedestrian crossing which takes you to the entrance between. I checked this on Google Street view and, lo and behold, there are even two guys squatting on the pavement right outside the entrance!
I've only been to International Magic once and that was in connection with lectures they were hosting featuring a certain Toronto based Trade Show Magician, the chap's name escapes me for the moment
but the lectures were good. The guy serving there was very friendly but was obviously there to sell stuff so kept offering to 'show me a few things'. Personally I'd have preferred a few minutes to gaze around and see something of interest rather than to have to keep saying, 'No thanks, I've got that one' and so on.
Sadly I fear the days of 'real' magic shops are more numbered than ever as costs continue to rise and perhaps disposable income becomes rarer. Conventions are really the main way to now see and compare products in the flesh.