Life’s great. Not that life in Dubai wasn’t good, quite the opposite actually. And yet, I moved. When dad retired from working with a local company after nearly 40 years, him and mum had to move back to India. I knew then that its not what I wanted to happen to me someday. Born and
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Life update – and what’s next for She said, She said
Oh hello! Thanks for stopping by. It’s been ages and I’d almost forgotten this little space existed. This blog, something Namrata and I created many years ago. ‘Forgotten’ may not be the right word. Three months ago, I packed up my life in Dubai and moved to Toronto. Literally the other side of the world.
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Scotch Whisky 101: How to taste whisky like a pro
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of whisky? We attended a blended sessions experience with Chivas Regal which was all about educating your palette, learning what scotch whisky is, finding out what you like or don’t.
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Addressing my love – hate relationship with food
Weight Loss. Two words that can fill a person with so much dread. Whenever I think about my weight loss journey, I think it has been just that… a journey. With many ups and downs, caring too much and then really not giving a f*ck, eating nothing to eating everything. It first started when I
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Women’s health (and easy, tried and tested tips for a better, happier you!)
We women have it rough. From the monthly period to PMS, bloating, boob and back pain, tummy aches, pap smears, mammograms, hot flushes, menopause… does it even stop?! Our “lady problems” are the gifts that keep on giving and lets just say: It’s NOT FUN! In fact, its goddamn awful. Yes, its true that our
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Creative Partnerships – the good, the bad(ass) and the ugly.
It’s been six years since the two of us besties decided to go on a journey of creating this passion project called She said, She said – and it’s been a hell of a roller coaster ride! There have been fun times, AH-MAZING times, want-to-break-our-laptop times, and terrible times that made us want to quit
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My five grocery essentials – and a discount code!
I cannot cook to save my life. Ok, let me rephrase that. I can, but I don’t enjoy it. Takes too much time and the food is gone in minutes. What’s the point! What coronavirus did was magical. For someone who hates spending time in the kitchen, I managed to whip up a quite a
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Friendsgiving at the Sheikhs
Our friends Sophia and Reehan throw an epic Thanksgiving dinner every year (or Friendsgiving dinner). He cooks up a feast while she sets the dinner table in all the beautiful warm colors of fall. Together they are the dream team; there’s conversation flowing (and lots of wine) with a lovely group of their friends and
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She Said Turns Two!
You know what they say – time flies when you’re having fun. And my how two years have flown by! TWO YEARS! That’s a total of 730 days of thinking about what to eat, taking photos of food and most importantly learning the lesson that as important a passion project may be, you sometimes have to change