Franschhoek Motor Museum: A Vintage Car Paradise

What to do With Your Parents in Cape Town The one ‘big issue’ I have when my folks come over is… Where do I take them? What can we do that’s new seeing as they’ve done almost all the touristy things in Cape Town? I’d have to take...

Written in the Stars: Modern Map Art

Some occasions are so special, we simply want to capture every single moment and freeze it in time. What you were wearing, thinking and feeling, what the location was like and the ambience of that day or evening… But what if we could capture exactly what the...

Me Time at Angsana Spa

One of the things I didn’t anticipate after having a baby was the amount of body aches and pains I’d have. And because of them, I ended up at the Vineyard Hotel’s Angsana Spa. All I knew was that I needed something to make me feel – and...

Canon Red Bus Tour with Cameraland

Since getting my Canon 100D in February this year, I haven’t had the chance to actually post about my experiences using it… 2 reasons: I am an absolute novice and didn’t know where to start to describe my experience; and I wasn’t consistent in...

Shopping Online with Pick n Pay

I’ve previously tried to shop online at Pick n Pay and for some reason all their delivery slots for that week were booked and unavailable. After that, I haven’t tried it out again. Until this week. It was announced that their new online shopping website...

Secret Shared From A Now Dearly Departed

Five years ago my mum’s second brother departed this world, for the next. A wonderful, generous and kind man who never fully recovered from a stroke he suffered 11 years prior. During the time leading up to his death, his health further deteriorated, which left...

Picture-Perfect: Personalised Paintings For Little People

If you’re an aunt, or uncle, to little kids then you’ll know the struggle is real when you want to get them a unique gift that they’ll love (because, chances are, their parents know what they love and got it for them already). So when my nieces and...

A Clean Start With SweepSouth

Since the flight of my last domestic, who was charming and quick, I was left with a sunken feeling at the idea of having to look for someone as good as her. Which, in the end, I didn’t. I seriously considered using an agency, mainly for the convenience (less...

Spray Paint Project 01: Decorative Car Hang

I ordered a car hang that I originally wanted in metal but could only source in wood. The car hang is a laser cut-out of the Arabic word for God: Allah. While it did look pretty good in wood, I’ve always wanted it in metallic/silver. The solution? Getting it...

Unboxing The Hayaa Box

We’ve had the Man Box for men, the Ruby Box for women and a range of other boxes but what we haven’t had thus far is a box aimed specifically at a small yet distinguished demographic: Muslim women. This is where The Hayaa Box comes in. ‘Hayaa’...

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Saajida Says is a lifestyle blog inspired by my life as a writer, mum and food-lover living in Cape Town.

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