I just recently came back from a trip to California. It was so much fun!! We stayed at a pretty hotel called the St. Regis. The St. Regis had a beach right across the street and a very nice pool, so whenever my family and I got bored we could go swimming at either.  We weren’t in the hotel during the day very often between going shopping, going to Universal Studios, and going to the San Diego Zoo. There was good shopping in California.  My favorite part of the shopping was finding the cute, small botiques with unique stuff. A couple of boutiques my family and I went to are Novecento and La Diva. I absolutely loved Universal Studios. I didn’t expect the rides to be very good, but I loved every ride we went on. I also liked how crazy everything was decorated at Universal. When I went to the San Diego Zoo, I was surprised at how nice a zoo could be. At first I wasn’t enjoying myself because it was very hot walking around, but once I saw the cute animals (espcially  the pandas!) I started feeling better. I wish the trip would have lasted longer!! :]