The second day of our trip my mom and I went to the famous Blue Star Donuts for breakfast. They did not disappoint! We went to the location close to our hostel and there was only one person ahead of us-highly recommend this location over the downtown locations if you are trying to beat lines. I ordered the Crème Brule donut that had a seasonal eggnog filling and pipette of rum. My mom ordered a key lime filled donut and we bought a hard apple cider fritter and maple bacon donut for the next day.
Blue Star Donuts – 3753 N Mississippi Ave
From Blue Star we decided to check out the Portland Farmers Market- yes more food! We picked up a breakfast burrito, listened to a cellist, and sampled a wide variety of foods. 
Next we headed to Wahclella Falls. We drove past the infamous Multnomah falls from Portland and got off on exit 40. There is a sign at the bottom of the off ramp that points you to the right. Parking can get tricky and the curb of the off ramp will be your best bet. Wahclella Falls is a quieter less popular hike compared to Multnomah but in my opinion prettier and more enjoyable. Tourists were not swarming the place and it was a easy 2 mile hike to the falls.
Next we headed back toward Portland and checked out Multnomah Falls. We met up with some good friends who we spent almost the rest of our vacation with. In the excitement of seeing them we ended up taking more shameless selfies than an actual full picture of the falls-whoops!
We headed back to Portland to check into our Yurt for the night- yes YURT! This was one of my favorite spots we stayed at. The yurt is part of the Traveler’s Hostel we had stayed the night before and just in the backyard of the house next door. The house also belongs to the owners of the hostel who are remodeling it and eventually having even more space for travelers to stay. They did have the bathroom/showers done so we were able to have private facilities.
We were again hungry and headed down Alberta St. to find some dinner. We stumbled across a French Restaurant called Petite Provence which we quickly fell in love with. Mom and I split a grilled pineapple salad with a coconut curry vinaigrette and cauliflower rice and their special of roast pork on butternut squash and asparagus with a pear sauce. It was delicious! We listened to some acoustic music and then headed out for dessert.
Our desert was just down the street at Salt and Straw an elevated ice cream shop with some unique flavors. Since it was almost Thanksgiving they had flavors like mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato with maple pecans, apple cranberry stuffing, along with their regular flavors like honey lavender, caramel pecan apple pie, and Stumptown coffee and Burbon. I ended up getting the apple pie and sweet potato. Seriously the best ice cream I have ever had.
We stopped back the next morning at Petite Provence again for breakfast and it didn’t disappoint! I had risotto cakes and eggs, fruit, and a chai latte.
After breakfast and meeting we were off to Seattle. Stay tuned for the next blog!
the nomadic nanny 