Rave & Fave: Voodoo Donuts!

Last week, it was nearly my turn to take a trip from Daily. In fact, Paris (CDG) came open! Then Barcelona (BCN), then London (LHR), then Dublin (DUB). I even called Daily to ask if Dublin was mine. After they laughed (they have to call the block holders first), Portland, OR (PDX) was mine. After I got tagged, Rio de Janiero (GIG) came open, Frankfurt (FRA), etc. But, that’s OK because I ended up getting a great trip with great crews!

I got the K position, also called the extra or the chaser – probably because I’m chasing down the crew van as I have my own trip! Most of our planes are staffed with 3 flight attendants. When we fly the Airbus 321 or Boeing 757, we need a 4th crew member. This is called the extra, so that’s why we have our own trip. I got to fly with 3 different crews, and each one was awesome! My second crew had a new hire of which this was her very 2nd trip – how exiting! She was a rock star already! (If you’re reading this, you know who you are… 😉 )

Mt. Hood from the cockpit

Now let’s talk about Voodoo Donuts! My trip had a 34-hour layover in beautiful Portland, OR (PDX). On the way in, our captain announced where Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helen’s, and Mt. Rainier were in conjunction with us coming in for landing. He even took this gorgeous picture of Mt. Hood! After a good night’s sleep, we went sightseeing the next day. Would you believe I even rode the sky tram? I could handle turbulence much better than that thing rocking in the sky held by a cable. Yikes!!

For lunch, we went to the downtown area where they seem to have daily food trucks. What I got was absolutely delicious!!! They asked if I wanted red or green chile. Now, I used to live in New Mexico and knew what they meant, or so I thought… I asked for red and poured it all over my food. The red chile I’ve had in the past was usually mild to partially spicy, but this about set my mouth on fire! Just a heads up on the chile… Note to self: simply TASTE the stuff before I load it on there… 😉 

After walking off our lunch, it’s time for dessert! Where else but world famous Voodoo Donuts! As expected, there was a long line, but it was actually less than a 30-minute wait time. When we got there, it was sooooo worth it! Just look at the picture, and need I say more??!!! Everybody told me to try the bacon maple bar donut. Although I didn’t think it sounded very appetizing, I went ahead and tried it. After biting into it, I had only 3 words to describe the taste: O-M-G!!! You HAVE to try this one – I couldn’t believe how good it was! I’m very happy to have discovered they also had a location in Denver, CO, within walking distance of our crew hotel. I’m definitely going there on my next DEN layover! 🙂

http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.php