This spring break, my parents and I drove to West Hollywood, California. my favorite part about going to California is the drive because I love listening to music by myself in the back seat while looking at the valleys of Indio and Coachella, and all the windmills. The next day my mom, dad, and I drove to Santa Monica to shop and eat lunch. I love the location of Santa monica and can't wait to spend more time there in the summer. the following day, which was my favorite, my mom and I explored Beverly Hills and Melrose Avenue. In Beverly Hills, my mom and I walked along Rodeo Drive and I tried on a few prom dresses. My favorite part about Beverly Hills is the crowd. It ranges from wealthy California natives and visitors shopping as usual to tourists photographer the Fendi, Saint Laurent, and Chanel shop signs. Before stopping for lunch, we stopped in a small candy boutique called Sugarfina. Sugarfina stocks half of their candy from confectioners all over the globe - including Sweden, France, and Germany. The cutest thing about Sugarfina is that every candy is packaged in small clear cubes with baby blue labels. I picked out a cube filled with small fish and shells shaped candy from Paris, France for myself and a cube of watermelon, raspberry, and strawberry flavored Swedish Fish for my brother. My mom decided on green apple flavored gummy bears for my father. Next we ate lunch at my moms favorite Bevery Hills restaurant, Villa Blanca. My mom loves it because it's owned by her favorite housewife on the Real Housewives of Bevery Hills. Since we still had a lot of time before my dad returned to work, we decided to go walk along Melrose Avenue. The most interesting stop was the world famous pink wall outside the Paul Smith store. The wall is painted a Pepto-Bismol like shade of pink and is the third most Instagrammed spot in LA.
The best part about this trip was our hotel room. The Andaz used to be called the Hyatt House, which was nicknamed the Riot House by it's famous guests. Since they used to throw TV's and other items off the balconies, when it was renovated the owners sealed in the balconies with glass. From our enclosed balcony I could see all of LA. At night I would lay down and watch the hundreds of cars drive past on Sunset Blvd. until the early hours of the morning.
In this last quarter of junior year, I am excited to play lacrosse and finish with a high GPA. Junior year has been quite difficult compared to freshmen and sophomore years and I'm excited to get it over with. I'm also really excited for summer so I can work more and go to California for the entire month of July!