Get to Know the Slushy Lady!

It was just another late night at the office for Myesha Slaughter.

Only she wasn’t at the office. She was on top of the WHOOP building, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Citgo sign while treating employees to mango, cherry, and lime slushies.

After all, if she was at her office, the nameplate on her desk would read: Slushy Lady.

BEFORE THE BIZ

Growing up, you are taught to say please and thank you, to keep your elbows off the table and to always look both ways before you cross the street. Some other things, you just know.

For Slaughter, those things were hospitality and customer service.

Growing up in Dorchester, both her mom and dad were small business owners, with a neighborhood ice cream truck and concession stand at Back Bay Station, respectively.

Her first job was at the age of 12, behind the elevated counter of the truck, where she learned the importance of professionalism and most importantly, how to perfect the act of twirling an ice cream cone.

After work, they would trade in the soft serve for some slushy. The frozen treat was a staple in their community growing up, with a woman selling it out the side of her house down the street from Slaughter’s grandma.

Watching her parents work hard and for themselves made Slaughter realize that was something she wanted for herself too.

THE FIRST POUR

With a passion for celebrating people and life, Slaughter started Style House Events, a full-service event management and design firm. From ice cream cones to milestones, she makes her customers smile, no matter what the product is, or where she is.

She lived in Atlanta, Georgia for a few years planning events, but ultimately moved back home to Dorchester where her mom suggested she start a slushy stand on the side.

With her family’s value of hard work instilled in her, Slaughter didn’t hesitate.

Immediately, happy memories of her childhood and the warmth of her community came flooding back during the summers when she sold slushy outside her boyfriend’s house on the corner of Geneva Avenue.

Standing outside with her cart, people would walk by and call her the Slushy Lady – the name has stuck ever since! (Not to be confused with the original Slushy Lady on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Roxbury.)

Right before the pandemic hit, a customer suggested that she add liquor to her slushy. She wasn’t sure if that would take off…but selling 2,000 slushies each year ever since would say otherwise!

CURBSIDE TO CORPORATE

Slushy Lady added a few more words to her name and made her side hustle a full-time business, which she does on top of event planning. Slushy Lady Boston Italian Ice Mobile Bartending has since catered to companies like HubSpot and PUMA, worked at events with Elizabeth Warren and been featured at the 16th Annual Taste of Dorchester Event this past spring.

While all of the above were “pinch me” moments, the one that was most gratifying to Slaughter was when she catered an event at Bunker Hill Community College where she was a student only 10 years before. It was surreal and made her reflect on all the growth she has experienced since she was first starting her business.

“I truly feel like Slushy Lady provides a sense of pride,” Slaughter said. “We come from humble beginnings. I feel like people will see if I put my mind to something, I can really achieve what I really want to accomplish.”

Additionally, she also recognizes the importance of being able to represent the African American community in the event and service industry.

“I really wanted to be the change and provide representation for young girls who look like me,” she said. “I wanted to be the person who a younger girl says, I want her to be my party planner or I want the Slushy Lady at my event.”

SLUSHY, ANYONE?

To curb the craving you suddenly have after reading this, you can have the Slushy Lady come to your next work event, birthday party, fundraiser, soccer tournament or any other occasion where you feel a slushy would bring it to the next level (which is always).

The sweet treat comes non-alcoholic, but you can add your spirit of choice on top.

For the chance to try out her new lemon lime flavor, visit the Slushy Lady at the Boston While Black Cookout on the Lawn on D in South Boston on Saturday, July 20 or the Jamaica Plain Open Streets on Centre Street on Sunday, July 21.

“We’ve had a lot of opportunities and I’m grateful,” Slaughter said. “I try to live in the moment, continue to be humble and grateful, and think bigger.

“There’s no limitation to what you can do,” she said. “You can start on the corner and still be in the building of a corporate company who makes millions of dollars, because someday, that’s where we’ll be too.”

Until then, the top of the building is the perfect spot.

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