Fodor's Associate Editor Maria Teresa Burwell recently spent a week soaking in the vitamin D on the shoreline of California's Orange County. Although it has a reputation for family travel and all things Disney, Maria and her friends hit Orange County for a girls' getaway. In between her strict sunbathing schedule, she managed to shop, dine, and pamper herself like a pro....
Why Orange County? I'd been hearing about the indulgent resorts, spas, and luxury shopping malls, and it sounded like heaven after a long, bleak east coast winter. With my wedding on the horizon, the time was right for a girlfriend getaway....
What were some of the best places you ate? Like the other ladies in my company, I came to Orange County to indulge. My personal mantra...
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