every summer for me is a learning experience; there's almost a theme that always runs with each embarkment of a promising new adventure. with last summer, it was renewal, revitalization, and a damn good cleansing. this summer? well, being just more adventurous. to that, i feel like i have been keeping my part. new experiences with my two amazing internships; meeting more people that i can possibly imagine and just truly exploring my hometown of los angeles. one things for sure, i haven't been this happy in a while. risd certainly drains you and makes you realize how relaxing and beautiful it is to really find balance and have that time slot of just doing nothing.
i'm not going to lie. i really am a california girl. and of course, as katy perry puts it aptly, once you party with us, "you'll be falling in love" nothing beats an amazing summer than a summer in california.
with all that said and done, my little sister and i have been traveling about and around san gabriel valley (a bit in los angeles/west hollywood), finding delicious eats; since our parents have been out for the past 2 weeks, we have opted more for eating out than cooking in (although we did once, in addition to two potlucks with my friends at the house..) life has been nothing but amazing. the friends complement the food, and vise versa. i have been documenting everything, but it has just been difficult to log it all.
so i thought it would be good to start again. RESTART. and this time with the oh so famous and VERY LA FOOD SCENE, the grilled cheese truck. my little sister and i had the opportunity to sample the plain version at the LA food festival at the rosebowl last saturday (which by the way was AMAZING and a great opportunity to taste as many food trucks as we could without having the hassle of driving out...) but actually having the customized grilled cheese was simply all i could ask for.
with a spontaneous call from my older sister katherine to pick her up from the airport, we were already on our merry way to highland ave in west hollywood to hunt down the infamous grilled cheese truck. parking was simple and we found ourselves already waiting in a long line for about 20 minutes. getting to the front, my stomach begged to be filled with the cheesy goodness; i customized a grilled cheese and ordered one with gruyere cheese, tomato, mac n cheese, and caramelized onions between two wheat slices of bread. to top it all off, i also had a little dipping side of tomato soup. laura ordered the ribs with mac and cheese while katherine ordered the same as me sans mac and cheese and the tomato.
waiting intently, my name was called and i pick up the blue and silver foil covered sandwiches. you can just feel the heat go through your body and into your stomach. we sat down right outside the cupcake joint (which we later went in and ordered two cupcakes to go..) and dug right into our sandwiches. holy shit. i was literally in heaven for 10 minutes. that calorific delight was worth every second of the wait. the heat of the californian sun didn't even bother me. it was just me and the grilled cheese. nothing could bother me.
it was more than perfect. being in the heart of west hollywood. with family. with a damn good grilled cheese.
and that's how it should be... (more to be updated from past recordings of food!) trust me, i'm gonna work backwards. there's just so much to be said.
