These sound good:
"Is there an alternative to stressed-out rush-rush hypercompetitive summer travel? Yes: You can summer in place.
To summer in place means you've got Bob Marley on continuous play, the grill fired up pretty much around the clock, beverages on ice in a jumbo cooler, and you're operating on Jamaican Standard Time. Your hairstyle must go on sabbatical.
You've seen someone summering in place before. Walks around in nothing but a pair of ratty shorts and T-shirt, day after day. Scratches the belly aimlessly. Needs a shave desperately. Always seems to have a beer in hand, and getting ready to let loose with a serious belch. And her husband is the same, only grubbier."
found at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Jun13.html