Cali Bound!!!

Next Wednesday I am off to California to visit my brother at school. This will be my first time and I am going with one of my good friends. I am so excited I can't handle it! We are flying into LAX and hanging out their for two hours, which I intend to take advantage of. I want to explore and even maybe see/meet someone famous. I am going to Santa Barbra for a week and I intend to shop, lounge at the beach, and be a tourist. Has anyone ever been there? Do you have any recommendations?

I have been waiting to go to California ever since I was in middle school and never missed The OC on Thursday nights. Although I am not venturing to The OC I will one day get there. I have this image of what California is like, which is just famous people walking around like nothings wrong and everyone is dressed in amazing clothes! The media has really warped my idea of what California is like and I really need to stop watching E! news haha.