AKIRA3D 2011

I park close to the truck in the parking lot of South Bay Mini

After a failied attempt to try The Grilled Cheese Truck during one of its rare visits near my workplace, I get an unexpected chance to do so closer to home

Valerie and I are fans of grilled cheese sandwiches, so we have both looked forward to sampling its cheesy creations

The MELTy Menu. Valerie is not that hungry...just orders a Gruyere melt. I go for their signature Cheesy Mac and Rib Melt

I take some more pics as we wait for our order

The line is not that long this morning, perhaps because everyone is trying to get an iPad

Would you like a Mini with that?

Could this be Valerie's next car?

She seems to think so

This is not exactly fast food

My meal crosses the finish line. Of the trucks I have tried, this is among the better packaged

I open up the wrapping to reveall the melty goodness inside. Valerie's is not what she expected...they gave her the wrong sandwich!

My "Fully Loaded" melt is sweet, savory, and mighty tasty, but perhaps a bit on the greasy side. Valerie's gruyere melt is good too, but greasier than she would like. If we didn't end up with an extra sandwich from their mistake, I would have been disappointed in the cost to portion ratio. A tad disappointing.

After making our 1pm appointment in the Valley, Valerie and I continue on to the Camarillo Premium Outlet Mall

Ten years ago, I drove here for the first time...an excuse to drive my then new NSX

Unfortunately, I cannot recreate that exact photo...unless I would be willing to stay until sunset (which I am not)

Even then, I only brought my wide angle lens with me, so I would not be able to bring the mountains as close

The sun is really on the wrong side of the car at this time of day

The sun is really on the wrong side of the car at this time of day

The strawberry fields of Camarillo

In all of my visits, I do not think I ever took a picture with the actual mall as a backdrop

After taking photos, I catch up with Valerie at the Banana Republic Factory Store