Yay for travel! The ban on intra-provincial travel for leisure has been lifted. We are so excited! Also, parks like Kirstenbosch are reopening. Don’t get too excited, though, and forget to take precautions. Have fun but be smart. Another bit of exciting news (yes, I know, lots of excitement. . .127 days later and I […]
Category: Travel – Places to Stay, Places to Visit & Events
2019 Annual Penguin Festival in Simon’s Town
It’s that time of year again! The 2019 Annual Penguin Festival will take place this Saturday in Simon’s Town, Cape Town. This is a fantastic opportunity to create awareness of the endangered African penguin species and will be fun for the whole family. Yes, it’s sad and true that African Penguin’s status was changed to […]
Dischem Boobaloo Expo Cape Town 2019 – Win Tickets!
In February this year, we gave away tickets to the BIGGEST Expo for Moms, Tots and Babies – The Dischem Boobaloo Expo in Pretoria. The Dischem Boobaloo Expo is now coming to Cape Town and we are so excited to give away Double Tickets to one lucky winner! We had a lot of demand from […]
The Crazy Store Carnival
We were recently invited to attend the Crazy Carnival Event at Blue Route Mall. It really was a treat! We were entertained by clowns and magicians, offered all sorts of carnival food from corn dogs to “slushies” and there were games as well. It was…well…a bit “crazy” – which was absolutely perfect! I took my […]
Dis-Chem BoobaLoo Expo for Moms, Tots & Babies – Win Tickets!
It’s time for another great Expo. This time for all our Pretoria moms and tots. The BIGGEST Baby and Toddler Expo to hit Pretoria was the talk of the town in 2018, with over 100 carefully selected exhibitors, showcasing the best that South Africa’s baby market has to offer. With over 10 000 feet through […]
Family Fun – “Glow-in-the-dark” Cave Golf
We have mentioned before that we absolutely love going to the Scratch Patch (where you can “scratch” for gems). There is a Scratch Patch at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, but the one we went to this time was the one in Simons Town, Cape Town. They have a fun cave golf section now […]
Our Visit to Slangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie
We have explored much of the deep south of Cape Town (from Noordhoek to Cape Point). We love the natural beauty and fun places to visit, but strangely, we have never visited Slangkop Lighthouse – and what a treat we were in for! The views from the top are absolutely amazing! Take a look at […]
Week 52: Fab Ideas Christmas Gift Fair 2018
The Fab Ideas Christmas Gift Fair is a 4 day indoor market filled to the brim with gorgeous products and gift ideas – many of them locally made/produced (which we think is just fantastic!). This is the first year I have been to the fair and I decided to take my friend and photographer, Melanie, with. […]
Week 50: Maynardville Open Air Theatre Festival returns for summer 2019
The iconic theatre in Maynardville Park, Wynberg, is once again the location of a packed season of classics under the stars. From 17 January till 10 March, the programme includes Cape Town Philharmonic’s Famously Incidental, followed by Cape Town City Ballet’s lively Swingtime in the Park. There will be comedy from Cape Town Comedy Club […]
Week 46: Fab Ideas 4 day Indoor Christmas Gift Fair
Christmas is just over a month away and so is the 8th Annual Indoor Christmas Fair by Fab Ideas. It will take place from the 14th – 17th of November. We will be visiting the fair, so please do come and say “Hi” if you see us there. There are some amazing gifts for sale. […]
Week 44: We had a Magical time at MamaMagic!
We had a magical time at MamaMagic this year. Did you attend? We were greeted by the lovely Fadwa, our VIP hostess, and welcomed into a Mom’s dream space! Any product you wanted or question you had, could be found there. Here are some photos from MamaMagic: Watch our video from MamaMagic: It was also […]
Week 42: You are invited to MamaMagic 2018!
We have been invited to attend MamaMagic 2018 and we would like to invite you to join us. This year MamaMagic will be between the 26 – 28 October 2018 at the CTICC in Cape Town (Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001). We will be there on Saturday. On Saturday they will […]
Week 41: Cape Town Kite Fest 2018
There are so many fun things to do in Cape Town this time of the year. We have once again been invited to attend the Cape Town International Kite Festival. We had such a fun time last year. You may remember our video about it: The festival is on the 27 & 28 October 2018 (gates […]
Week 40: “Run with Vision”
October is eye care awareness month and we have a great event to share with you, where you can join in and show your support. The Cape Town Society for the Blind is organising it’s very first 5KM “RUN WITH A VISION” event on Saturday 06th October. This event is to raise awareness about the […]