Comedy of errors

I figured that if I didn't laugh at my travel issues, it may really piss me
off. Let's review:

My flight out of LAX to DFW was delaid about 2 hours, so I wasn't able to
make my original connecting flight to Philly.

Get to DFW at 4 and am able to get on the next flight to Philly at 4:45 by
the skin of my pants.

After getting on the plane thinking that I will only be an hour late to
Philly from my ORIGINAL arrival time, we are told that there was a cracked
light that needed to be replaced and it shouldn't take more than maybe 15
minute.

It's now 7pm and I am sitting at a new gate waiting to start boarding our
NEW plane around 7:15. We sat on the plane for an hour and a half before
we were told that they had to FIND us a new plane. Looks like I'll be
getting to Philly close to midnight.

I guess on the possitive side, I got to eat an $8 turkey sandwich. I was
soooo hungry, so I guess it was good. Got to love flying the friendly
skies!

Waiting.......

So, I get to LAX to head to Philly @ 8:20am for a 9:40 flight, only to find
it delayed until 10:40am. Seems that I am going to be spending all day
traveling. Boy I wish my late night dinner and drinks sat better with me.
I could see the danger last night, but ignored it. Paying a bit for it
today!!!

Alex Update

To all friends and family,

Let me start by saying thank you for all the support and love you have been showing my brother Alex and my family since this all started. It has been over whelming the calls, emails, and text I have been receiving about Alex. He is in a very tuff place right now and I know with all your prayers he will make it threw. I will try to keep you all updated with his progress as soon I am able to. As of last night 10:30 pm he is still listed as very critical, but they have been able to keep him stable. They tell me the fight is far from over, but as the surgeon told me that his injury was picture perfect. By the grace of God the gun shot missed all his vital organs and that is why he is still here today. I am sorry that I have not been able to get back to you all, but I have been swamped with phone calls and family. My parents are arriving back from Spain today and will be seeing Alex for the first time. Please keep them in your prayers! Every little bit counts! They are not allowing any one other then immediate family to see him, but your are welcome to stop by the waiting room at Ryder Trauma on the second floor.

Here is what happened as far as we know! Monday some time around 1:30pm Alex was robed, shot and thrown in the bay. He was able to stay a float and after drift by a construction site where he was able to yell to a worker for help. The work jump into the water and saved Alex’s life! He then was rushed to the hospital! They did not steal his car or boat as for what the news said!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart from me and my family,
Adrian

Also, please forward to any one asking about Alex!


Adrian Gonzalez
David’s Café I & II Inc.
O/ 305.672.8707
M/ 305.206.8249
E/ adrian@davidscafe.com
www.davidscafe.com

Say a little prayer

PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS!!!!!!!!

Man robbed, shot, left in Biscayne Bay

Alejandro Gonzalez, whose family owns the popular David's Cafes in South Beach, was found in Biscayne Bay with a gunshot wound, police and family said.


A man shot through his torso was pulled from the bay Monday afternoon. Look for a white boat with a center console and a black engine, he stammered.
Detectives immediately launched an exhaustive search on the shimmering waters of Biscayne Bay for two men in a getaway boat.
By day's end, three boats had been searched. Possible culprits were taken in, then discounted. The would-be killers were still on the loose Monday night.
''That the getaway vehicle was actually a boat was pretty bizarre,'' said Miami Beach Sgt. Robert Hernandez, a spokesman. ``It's a pretty convoluted case. Your average robbery victim doesn't get shot and thrown in the bay.''

Alejandro Gonzalez, 35, whose family owns two David's Cafes in South Beach, was recovering from emergency surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. He helps run both restaurants.
Most of the family had just arrived from a family wedding in Spain. The family's patriarch, Alfredo Gonzalez, 71, is still there.
''They're thinking it was a robbery,'' said Alejandro's brother, also named Alfredo Gonzalez, 40. ``His watch is missing.''
The clues on a scorching day didn't seem to fit, police said.

Gonzalez's family said restaurant staff had seen him Monday morning. In the early afternoon, he parked his Land Rover at Maurice Gibb Park, 18th Street and Purdy Avenue.
He said he was shot at the park and dumped in the water, floating with the current underneath the Venetian Causeway.
Detectives are looking for people who may have seen him at the park. His Land Rover was stolen, too.
Construction workers fished Gonzalez from the water at the west end of Lincoln Road. A white man and a black man had shot him and escaped on the boat, Gonzalez told them. He was rushed to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson.

Immediately, police began scouring bay marinas. On Watson Island near the Jungle Island theme park, two men had docked and were loading their 20-foot boat onto a truck trailer when officers swarmed the dock, guns drawn, ordering them to the ground. The white boat, still in the water, had four fishing rods, sardines for bait and a casting net inside.
Police questioned the men and, concluding they had no connection to the shooting, released them.
''This was a lot of excitement for this marina,'' said Peter Daniel, 23, a water-bike company employee who watched the scene unfold.

Meanwhile, Gonzalez's own white boat was found docked behind the Murano Grande condos at 400 Alton Rd.
Detectives are also searching Gonzalez's condominium there for clues.
A third white boat was found empty at Pelican Harbor Park & Marina near North Bay Village. It was taken to Miami Beach's marine patrol station for processing. Who owns that boat is unclear.

Detectives on Monday evening were waiting to interview Gonzalez.
''We're anticipating that when the victim recovers, we'll get more information,'' Hernandez said.