ON FOX SEVEN. NOW THAT SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE. ICE CREAM WILL BE ON OUR COLLECTIVE MINDS THIS SUMMER. WELL, HOW ABOUT TAKING A TRIP TO BRENHAM, HOME OF BLUE BALLOTS ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN HERE AND HOUSTON, BRENHAM? BUT THERE’S A LOT MORE TO SEE AND DO THEIR THAN JUST ICE CREAM.
PAMELA BLANK WITH AUSTIN TRAVELS JOINED US THIS MORNING WITH SOME IDEAS, PAM GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? I’M GREAT. HOW ARE YOU DOING? PRETTY GOOD.
THANKS FOR JOINING US. SO OBVIOUSLY WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT ICE CREAM FIRST .
THAT’S THAT’S THE FIRST THING. YOU GOTTA DO IT. BRANDON TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT HE KNOWS ABOUT BLUEBELL, AND IT’S JUST AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET TO BRENHAM. BUT YOU KNOW, WE’RE BLUEBELL IS MADE. AND WHILE BLUEBELL FACTORY NO LONGER GIVES GUIDED TOURS THROUGH THE FACTORY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THEIR OBSERVATION DECK AND WATCH FROM THERE. YOU CAN WATCH, YOU KNOW THE CONTAINERS OF ICE CREAM ROLLING OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, WHICH IS SUPER DUPER FUN TO DO. AND THEN AFTER YOU’VE WATCH THE ICE CREAM GET MADE, YOU CAN GO DOWN INTO THEIR TO THEIR ICE CREAM PARLOR AND BY A BIG SCOOP OF ICE CREAM FOR A BUCK AND WHO DOESN’T LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S 105 DEGREES OUTSIDE.
NEVER BEEN WOULD LOVE TO GO. AND THEN OUTSIDE. FROM THAT THERE’S SOMETHING CALLED THE BALLOT OF THE BIRD DOG. WHAT IS THAT? YEAH THAT’S A GREAT LITTLE SHOP, AND THERE’S A NUMBER OF SHOPS IN DOWNTOWN BRENHAM.
IT’S AN OLD FASHIONED, CHARMING LITTLE MAIN STREET. THERE’S A COURTHOUSE SQUARE.
THE BALLOT OF THE BIRD DOG IS JUST ONE OF A NUMBER OF NEW KIND OF FUNKY BOUTIQUES. THAT’S PARK COFFEE SHOP, PART BOUTIQUE, AND THEN EVERY NOW AND THEN THEY EVEN GIVE HAIRCUTS IN THE BACK ROOM, SO IT’S KIND OF A FUN, LITTLE PLACE TO GO. AND THERE’S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
THERE’S A LOT OF ART MURALS ON THE ON THE BRICK WALLS OF THE BUILDINGS AND DOWNTOWN BRENHAM, AND IN JULY, THEY DO SOMETHING CALLED HOT NIGHTS, COOL TUNES, AND EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT THEY HAVE LIVE MUSIC ON THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE AND DOWNTOWN BRENNA. NICE. ASIDE FROM THE ICE CREAM. WHAT ABOUT THE FOOD? THE FOOD IS GOOD.
I WENT TO A PLACE CALLED LAS AMERICAS, AND I HAD A AUTHENTIC CUBAN SANDWICH. SO THERE’S CUBAN FOOD. THERE’S MEXICAN FOOD. THERE’S ALL KINDS OF NICE PLACES TO DINE, AND THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. NICE.
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BRENNAN. THERE’S AN ANTIQUE CAROUSEL THERE. SO IF YOU HAVE LITTLE KIDS ON THE WEEKENDS, YOU CAN BRING THEM OVER FOR A RIDE ON THAT, AND THERE’S A LOT OF STUFF THAT’S NOT FAR FROM DOWNTOWN BRENHAM.
THERE’S A PLACE CALLED THE ANTIQUE ROSE AND PORI. UM AND IT’S ABOUT 15 MINUTES NORTHEAST OF TOWN, AND IF YOU’RE INTO PLANTS, IT’S AN AMAZING PLACE TO GO SEE TO SEE AND BUY ROSES OF ALL SPECIES.
MASSIVE JUST BETWEEN HERE AND HOUSTON. NICE LITTLE QUICK TRIP OVER THERE, AND THIS IS ON AUSTIN TRAVELS .COM RIGHT NOW YOU’RE RIGHT UP. ABOUT EXACTLY. IT’S WWW DOT AUSTIN TRAVELS .
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