Wimberley Marketplace BY BONNIE EISSLER
M
imi Taylor, owner of Wimberley Marketplace, moved here in 2008 when she accepted a job as a junior high school history teacher and coach, and it didn’t take her long to appreciate the charms and embrace the lifestyle of her new home. “This is a special place and I am so thankful to have landed here,” she says. “the people here are one of a kind, they support their own in good times and in bad.” Wimberley is also home to many creative people, artists, musicians and writers, and has a knack for inspiring, motivating and drawing out the talents of those who live there. While she was teaching, Mimi noticed a need for fun, casual but stylish, shirts that could be worn to school. Mimi says, “We made our first Wimberley graphic tee and the business over the years grew and evolved into a wholesale t-shirt brand.” Mimi taught for 10 years and only recently stopped teaching to work at her growing business full time. A second store, Wildflower, recently opened on the square. “This sister store, at 103 Henson Road, won Best New Business in 2020 in the Wimberley View Best of Wimberley Contest,” Mimi says. “We’re best known for our trademark brand, Texaholic™, which you can find in over 200 stores throughout Texas,” Mimi says. Other stores in this corner of the Texas Hill Country that carry Texaholic tees are: Two P’s in Callies in San Marcos, Petticoat Junction in Spring Branch, Gruene Haus in Gruene, and Western Edge in Fredericksburg. The idea behind Texaholic™ is that it’s understandable and absolutely proper to proclaim your addiction to Texas, your home state forever even if you’ve moved away. Like books, chocolate, cats See WIMBERLEY MARKETPLACE, Page 22
Mimi Taylor, owner of Wimberley Marketplace. 20 Welcome to Wimberley Fall/Winter 2020-21
The popular Texaholic™ tee-shirts. Photo courtesy Wimberley Marketplace.
