ok it's time to visit waco texas to see mag-
nolia market home of hgtv's fixer-upper
I hope you get to see chip and Joanna
I'm going to tell you some things to
make sure you don't miss in and
around magnolia market and i'm also
going to tell you some things to do in
waco sweet little town of waco my
name is Laurie and I make videos about
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you will be notified by email waco is
such a sweet little town because you've
got chip and Joanna vibes all over the
town it's like going to Disney World for
adults or women it is so exciting it's so
weird how giddy you get but as soon as
you get into the town you're going to
see the alico building and if you have
not seen my very first video that i did
in all of youtube-ness
my very first youtube video was about
our girls trip to fixer-upper land in
waco
so check that out there i go into more
detail about little restaurants that we
found and little hideaways stick
around to the end of this video so i can
tell you about the hidden gem that a
friend told me about in waco
okay when you're headed into town we
recommend that you go to spice village
and eat at the Olive Branch now spice
village is this red brick building but
there are tons of shops in there do not
miss that area very affordable gifts
very affordable presents for yourself
and these are like unique cute the
totally cute t-shirt really cute and
unique tchotchkies things like that
hit it in the morning and eat slowly
take your time at the Olive Branch when
no one is there and have breakfast the
pancake that the child got in our group
was huge and my croissant breakfast sandwich
was humongous and it was so delicious it
was crispy and soft and buttery and
lot and the bacon with perfect eggs were
cooked perfectly
they let me take some pictures around
there and that restaurant that you're
super nice
there is plenty of room you can see lots
of people or if you want to go to
magnolia market first and then come back
here to the olive branch there are other
kind of restaurants as an asian there's
mexican there's all-american burger
plays they're all right there in a easy
Department of a huge parking lot and you
know it waco parking is slim or it can
be so my friends and I went for the
warehouse sale and you can watch my
video about the haul that we got there
if you click on the little I card that
will take you to that video you are
going to want to find a parking place so
there's a church right beside the silos
that are spending up that you can't mask
but the church charges ten dollars and
where I'm gonna lead you is behind
the food trucks and the silos in the back
and you're gonna park right on the other
side of the railroad tracks behind the
food trucks because that parking lot is
only five dollars and it's a quick walk
mean 50 50 feet from the interest and
you see this little sign that says magnolia
market entrance this way you're
going to go around the silos to the entrances
they make it really pedestrian friendly
to go that way so go around that way
after you parked over by the railroad
tracks for 5 bucks and you're going to
see the bakery now when we went it was
freezing cold and misting and the line
they had about 10 people coming out
the door
alright so the bakery you might want to
go first thing or you might want to go
afternoon come back when the crowds have
gone and you've finished shopping at
Magnolia market has gone to lunch you
going to spice village come back to the
bakery then
ok now i'm giving a giveaway to those
who leave a comment on my youtube channel
and i'm giving away this little bar
necklace I just think it is so joanna it
is simple it is muted it's about 14
inches long so it will kind of a type
simple one that you can wear with your
t-shirt that you get
at magnolia market i got this at magnolia
market my first girls trip and I got
these earrings the second time right
when you walk in you're going to see
that in the middle of the magnolia market
they have like a kiosk with their
jewelry and their leather bags
oh my word now you can pay for just your
jewelry right there in your bags right
there they all have a little iPad things
that you can slide your credit card
business and be done if you just want
jewelry but you've got to when you walk
in the sign a little welcome book this is
so weird but I signed on the crack my first
trip and i wrote
I'm the first one to sign your crack
like we did in high school in your year
books how silly is that it's crazy I
mean you just you turn into a kid at
disney world when you're there
we have this sweet little girl i think she
was an intern who um not little girl
that's an intern who is welcoming you
through the doors of magnolia market it is
so friendly you will see workers all
over when you walk in it is so crowded
we were there on a Saturday
but you walk in and so crowded but
there's a flow so you know where to go
and you're not gonna miss anything
ok but you see the Jimmy Don signs
like I've got back there you see all
their cute and friendly just different
design elements that have Joanna's spin on
all of them have fun looking at all that
getting inspiration for how you want to
decorate your house or having painting
in your house and love her magnolia
wreath
oh my goodness and i have two magnolia
trees in my yard here in texas and i
don't have I need to try and make one it
is beautiful and i love it hanging on
the little fence right there okay
also before you go I highly recommend
that you get the book the magnolia
story and i'll link it below on amazon
prime for you
It's just a sweet background gift book
that you can read for yourself if you're
going on a girls trip and you're the one
planning it you can give everyone there
that book i think that's a good idea
and i'm also giving you a book that is
by mary kay mary kay andrews just fun
easy read and it's called the
fixer-upper
it's about this girl who has to go back
to her small-town that she never really
knew or appreciated light read you will
enjoy it is just a great one to get your
friends if you need that Alright and then
you go towards the downstair section the
warehouse section where they got the
major sales they've got more t-shirts
did you know that t-shirt sales makeup
seventy percent of their profit i could
not believe that when the worker girl told
me that anyway going upstairs to check
out that they now have a chip corner
which are some manly things i will link some
demo day t-shirt the d-e-m-o with the little
arrows there are links of those t-shirts
for you below to for your man or for you
and your friends all right now let's get
to some things to do in Waco and around
waco don't miss the waco on the man
woolly mammoth not the waco mammoth the
woolly mammoth monument it's a tour that
you go on and it's kid-friendly they can
take it it's very interesting to any
kids or adults who like fossils and that
kind of thing
highly recommended there's also the dr.
pepper museum no dot after the doctor
that I would i mean i don't think they will
be interested in that
that's just something for you to do if
you want ok the suspension bridge in
cameron park a fabulous area to walk
around right by the river it's lighted
the whole route
okay great place to walk right and this
new one!
I cannot believe is here it is Waco
tours and it's a van that will take you
up to 15 people on a tour around
Waco and they personalize it like crazy
i wrote them an email that was kind of
hard to find I had to track it down but
they never wrote me back so I'm not
sure you can look on tripadvisor about
that or hopefully you'll get some
information from them and there's also
blue sky helicopter tours which is about
a 15-minute ride around waco doing it at
night the sunset during the day all
those kind of choices for you you're
going to see all kinds of fashion do you
um do you think about what you're going
to wear to a fixer-upper land in waco i
do i want to wear denim I want to wear
leather i want to wear boots you're going to
see all types you've got the leggings got a
cute little dresses and you have people
who don't care a lick about what that
wear all are welcome i love how you
walk around the bakery and now the
entrance is so pretty
it's very nicely laid out surprise
surprise
they've got swingsets now food
trucks galore and a coffee food truck
for those of you need coffee
they have the wooden awnings that you can sit under
bring a picnic lunch even save some
money get up on the stage they have lots
of places for picture opportunities too i
will link the gal's blog where she
mimicked Joanna Gaines' outfits I wanted
to do that so bad but she does it so
well and I don't want to work on what's
not broke anyway I will link her blog below
she has like almost exact items that you
can copy from how Joanna dresses on
the shows and in her books and magazines
ok now are you ready this is the hidden
gem if you google BSR cable park it
is kinda like a water part we definitely
need adults with kids it's not like
swimming pools
it's like fresh water they have the
United States' longest lazy river and the
little floaty for you you know the big
floaties for lazy river for you to use
but they have the Royal Flush which are
these long slides that kind of pop you up
at the end where you go like sailing and
you land in the lakish water it's like a
pond but um looks very very well visited
all that kind of stuff
BSR cable
Park Royal Flush look it up it's awe
some awesome going to do that
okay this may sound odd but one of my
friends was studying psychiatry and she
visited the david koresh compound I know
this sounds weird but some people are
are passionate about studying those
beliefs and actions right and the
address is the david koresh Branch
Davidian compound 1788 double EE Branch
Road in Waco and my friend they got they
got chased by guard dogs in their car
you're going to see people working
you're going to see the new church that
was built on the actual top of the
original foundation on the building that
was burned down its eerie it but it was
cool to you you know like um anyway if
if you are passionate about that stuff
are interested just take a looksy but
just drop off and then leave and get out of
there
ok and then finally some places that you
might need to know about Shipley's
donuts are native to Texas and they
are fabulous better than krispy kreme
and that's for me coming from Georgia
shipley's donuts
vitek BBQ is a great place and it has
huge room for you to eat it can hold lots
of crowds but the line to order is very
tiny in a very tiny space so if you see
a long line outside
don't worry because they only have a
little bit place to stand in line and
then George O's the original George
O's there's now a new one but make
sure you go to George O's that they
call it George's very good chicken fried
steak chicken fried chicken which is what I
got very very very good have so much fun
traveling around waco on your girls
trip let me know if there's something that
you want me to research next
let me know if you have fun let me know
where you stay what you do anything you
find that might be super interesting to
other viewers let me know and thanks for
popping over to my LauriePOP channel i
really appreciate you