{"id":9392,"date":"2016-10-20T16:41:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T21:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/?p=9392"},"modified":"2016-10-21T16:02:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T21:02:26","slug":"somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/","title":{"rendered":"Somebody Stop Me: The wax and wane of appetites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post is the twelfth in our &#8220;England 2015&#8221;:\/news\/category\/travel\/england-2015\/ series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Travel invites the indulgence of appetites \u2014 so many things to eat! and see! and do! and more to eat! The impermanent quality of life on a trip inspires that carpe-diem instinct, urging us to take in more and more since we&#8217;ll be back home mowing the lawn before we know it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/img_4652\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_4652.jpg\" alt=\"A full English breakfast at the Regency Cafe in London.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_4652.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_4652-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_4652-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Jon thoroughly enjoyed his full English breakfast at the Regency Caf\u00e9 in London.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But there are only so many chips you can eat, only so many steak-and-kidney pies, only so much mac &amp; cheese. Even in the revelry of vacation, we need a little space and time to deplete our energy stores and develop hunger for more.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, you just need to hang out in the apartment and make weird faces.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/img_0414\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9401\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_0414.jpg\" alt=\"Rosie makes a weird face.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, you just need to stick with your bedtime routine.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/img_3369-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3369-1-e1476998117526.jpg\" alt=\"Bedtime routine in London.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, you just need to read about magical trees while waiting for the bus.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/img_4547-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_4547-1-e1476998257594.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting for the bus.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, you just need to enjoy your distorted reflection while riding in the tube.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/img_3406\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3406-e1476998318377.jpg\" alt=\"Weird reflections in the tube.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, you just need to spend a little time in a bookstore.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/img_4542\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_4542-e1476998429601.jpg\" alt=\"At a bookstore.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And after those small doses of the ordinary, the routine, we are refreshed and ready for the next big adventure.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/img_4548-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_4548-e1476998365390.jpg\" alt=\"The London Eye.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9407\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems like a metaphor for the spiritual life, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the next post in our &#8220;England 2015&#8221;:\/news\/category\/travel\/england-2015\/ series: <a href=\/news\/2016\/rochelle-canteen-in-search-of-the-best-scrambled-eggs-on-earth\/>Rochelle Canteen: In search of the best scrambled eggs on earth<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is the twelfth in our &#8220;England 2015&#8221;:\/news\/category\/travel\/england-2015\/ series. Travel invites the indulgence of appetites \u2014 so many things to eat! and see! and do! and more to eat! The impermanent quality of life on a trip inspires that carpe-diem instinct, urging us to take in more and more since we&#8217;ll be back home &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2016\/somebody-stop-me-the-wax-and-wane-of-appetites\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Somebody Stop Me: The wax and wane of appetites&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,2,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-england-2015","category-kids","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9392"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9426,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9392\/revisions\/9426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}