Seasonal Paradise

Accepted to Harvard

Very happy!  I got accepted onto a Harvard Business School executive course in February.  A one week intensive entitled 'Launching New Ventures.'  I've always wondered what it would be like to study at a top tier Ivy League School, but now I can't possibly justify taking a year or two off, even if I could get in.  So this course fits perfectly, just after iDate Miami.      

I'd love to do this course on Strategic Innovation, and this course on Media Psychology.  Time will tell. Right now business is great, and clients own my time and attention.

Walking To School

Valentines Day Message From Sasha

I got this delightful message from Irena and Sasha on Valentines day while I was at work.

Our New Ride

We spent 6 months in Malta without a car.  Today we picked up a shiny new ride for pottering around Malta and for our 'date nights.' We like to go out a couple of times a week for date nights to different restaurants in Malta, usually in St Julians and Valletta. Now we have a fun way of getting there and back, and discovering the rest of the islands. The Honda RC30 (the race version of the VFR750) with it's single side swing arm was my dream bike when I was 18. Now, 21 years later, we picked up a VFR800. It rides like a dream, and is one of the best reviewed all-rounder bikes ever produced. 

Sashas First Haircut

Marc Navarro is a master hairdresser and hairstylist teacher in Malta and was very skillful in cutting Sashas hair without upaetting her. She liked the attention and sat on my knee without any fuss.

Maltese Santa

Cat

Birthday Girl

Birthday Sasha - Doll

Sasha's takes to her new baby, and feeds her. We're betting she'll make a great momma one day.  

Sasha At Maltese Daycare

 

Seaplane Take-Off From Vancouver

We visited Markus and Annie in Vancouver for the day.

  

Seaplane Approach And Landing In Victoria

Seaplane Ride, Victoria-Vancouver

We took a seaplane rides for a daytrip to Vancouver. Then learned
that two planes had crashed in the prior month. Time to do our will
(and avoid seaplane rides).

Sasha's First Farm Visit

To Beacon Hill Park in Victoria.

Victoria's First Word At 7 Months

Victoria Meets Grandma In Victoria

 

Sasha's First Words

This video was taken August 10th, 2009. When she was 1 year and 1 week old.

Its A Girl !

She'll be born November 8th or so. We went to Meet The Baby

in Brandon to find out if we were having a boy or a girl.

Victoria Brooks

Sonogram : Hello Sister!

Sasha meets her sister.

Sasha's First Stand

Sasha's First Gondola Ride

Sasha's First Icecream

Sasha tastes her first icecream, in Venice, Italy.

Sasha Learns OS X

Sasha has mastered Cobol and is now adapting to her new Mac.

Sasha's First Sit On a Bicycle

Guess What

Sasha is gorgeous. We did good. But she could do with a companion.

Sashas 1st Mail at 6 Months Old

Air Malta sent us air miles info addressed to Mrs Alexandra Anita Brooks.

The Moment Of Truth

Irena managed this balancing act on our Segway tour of Tampa on Valentines day. This is the moment she stood hands free for the first time. We rode along the Tampa Bay waterfront and even piled into an elevator. We went 10 floors up in a parking garage to ride around on the rooftop after dark, looking up at the Tampa skyscrapers. Magic Carpet Glide provided our tour from Channelside. $50 each for a couple of hours tour. The 2nd generation Segways were easy to operate and so smooth to ride.

Sashas First Swim

With Sabina, her Godmom.

Lifeguarding

Sasha and dad keep an eye on mum.

First Sun Tan Lotion

Putting on lotion before going boating in Miami.

F Milk, Got Champagne

Sasha's first (sniff of) champagne.

Sasha's First Snowmen

Golden Bay, Sashas First Beach

New Drinking Buddy

New Drinking Buddy
Originally uploaded by Mark C Brooks

Alexandra went to her first pub today, for lunch.