Experiment 1

My cousin stopped by for a visit late last year with her adorable little son. And knowing how much I enjoy a decent BBQ sauce (I am very particular about my BBQ and the sauce y'all), she brought me an apple butter BBQ sauce made by a local farm in Connecticut #Lymanorchards. 

At first I had my doubts. I'm not really an apple butter person, although it is suburb with goat cheese - sweet and salty 😋. I decided to get a little adventurous and try this sauce on my amazing 12-hour slow cooked turkey. The result was almost to great to put into words.

Velvety tender turkey topped with an apple butter BBQ sauce/hot sauce combination on a hotdog bun. Excellent all the way around. The BBQ sauce has just the right amount of sweetness from the apple butter and is very well balanced with the common smokey and tangy notes found in this condiment. This sauce runs a very close second to one of my faves from Kansas City #Gatesbarbecuesauce.

In conclusion, slow cooker + turkey + apple butter BBQ sauce = yaaaaaas 

#applebutterbarbecuesauce 

Make it work!

I recently received a gorgeous shirt dress from my cousin Emm as a gift. Although it was oversized on me, the fit was perfect with the addition of a belt. I love the look and comfort of the oversized dress with leggings. It made me consider that as I get older, I should experiment more with the size of my garments and accessories. Who cares if it's a size 2, 6, or 16 - just make it work!!

Thanks cousin for keeping me fly!! It clearly runs in the family.

Mizz Bea Markey

Watermelon

Just turned 30 and boy am I enjoying this third decade of life. So far, so good!! Now let's try and get this blog really going off the ground :-/

Bright pink and green are a nice combo for the summer sun. You would think they clash, but somehow it works. Thanks to #hijabista and #newboldneighbors for keeping me on fleek (haha I just couldn't resist!!). Now back to my daily commute. 

Also note to self - buy a selfie stick/hire a cheap photographer and remove headphones (duh!!! I don't even think I was listening to anything). 

MizzBeaMarkey: miss fatu all growed up

Perfect spring day

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The weather has been absolutely gorgeous. And this past weekend I enjoyed it at my alma mater, Bryn Mawr College. I walked around the campus with my number one dork, Mr M. Students were out all dressed in pure white enjoying the late morning sunshine for the May Day celebrations marking the end of classes. The air was light and lively. As I walked throughout the campus I was filled with thoughts of times that have passed but are not forgotten. I truly enjoyed my time as a student at Bryn Mawr and it was so nice to come back to the campus after 8 years ( wowzers! How time flies ^,^). You can't get to where you are going if you forget where you come from.

#anassakata #bmcbanter #mayday

Sister time

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My sister, Miss A, came to visit me over the holiday weekend! It's always so nice to get my sister-sister (say it like the 90's sitcom) time in. We went to the Franklin Institute and enjoyed the Body Worlds Animals Inside Out exhibit. FI is absolutely an excellent museum. And as you can see by the statue in the foyer, not only does the institute pay respect to Ben's amazing intelligence and aptitude for discovery, buthe was clearly also ahead of his time regarding men's fashion. ^.^ The weekend ended with a BBQ and taste testing a new dessert at one of my favorite restaurants. All in all it was a great couple of days. 

Weekend fun

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Had a great weekend filled with all new things! Puma shoes, dinner at P'unk Burger on an arcade table that actually works, fresh mani-pedi, home made New Orleans style fish fry AND A DYSON VACUUM!!!

This new vacuum is so good that Mr M has been doing all the cleaning. I just prop my feet up and watch ^.^ I give it 🌟🌟🌟🌟 four stars for its husband hypnosis abilities. 

#winning

Outfit of the day

Cause I DO look nice sometimes

One scarf, two outfits all thanks to hijab-ista.

This second look is a souvenir of the most recent Pi day - The Pi day of the century. Nothing like getting your geek on ^.^

#ootd