Surfas may be known as the store that carries hard to find ingredients and restaurant supplies, but it also has a cafe that serves a decent meal but at a higher-than-casual price.  In the mornings, they have breakfast sandwiches like a ham and cheese, and an eggs florentine sandwich. At lunch, the grill is fired up and the lunch menu boasts of kobe burgers, panini, and a gourmet hotdog.

I heard good things about their hot dog, or 'haute dog' as they like to call it, and being a fan of sausages, I wanted to try it for myself.

[UPDATE 11/16/08: LAist has photos and a report from the downtown LA rally.]

Today at 10:30am PST, gay rights supporters will protest Prop 8 nationwide.  From Alaska to LA to New York.

SoCal protest locations (via LAist and L.A. Times' LA Now):

• Long Beach City Hall
• Los Angeles City Hall
• Pasadena City Hall
• Riverside City Hall
• Ventura City Hall

Nothing going in Culver City.  

Closest city hall where there will be a protest is downtown LA. Here are driving directions to LA City Hall from Culver City

On Saturday (Nov 15), two renderings of a future Veterans' Memorial Park will be shown to the community.  Residents are encouraged to check out the renderings and provide comments.

On Friday, November 7, Antioch University is hosting an all-day event discussing the future of LA transportation.  It's called:

A Future Without Cars?
People, Bikes and Community in 21st Century Los Angeles

Featured speakers include Robert Gottlieb, Director of the Urban Environmental Policy Institute and author of Reinventing Los Angeles, James Rojas of the Latino Urban Forum and Joe Linton, urban artist and co-founder of the L.A. County Bike Coalition.

Where and when:

Friday, November 7, 2008

Veterans Memorial Auditorium
4117 Overland Ave.,
Culver City