Maybe it was the way they reaffirmed viewers' understanding of a certain middle-class vacation culture, or introduced it to audiences who found it completely alien.
In a smart political calculation, the Obamas chose to forgo their annual summer vacation in Cape Cod (a nice upper-middle class vacation spot, mind you, but nowhere near the same league as the Romney estate).
We leave our home, in fact, for the same reason people in New York or Paris or any other world-class vacation destination leave theirs: for a change of scenery and a change of pace.
As a world-class vacation destination, the Riviera Maya is home to a ragbag of all-inclusive hotels and resorts, each one offering amenities that target a specific type of audience.
Shock those you love and go on a world-class vacation to the beaches of Crimea where the average summertime high in the seaside city of Yalta is a comfortable 84°F.
But over the years these simple cabins — the bedrock of Chicago working class vacations — began to change.
Described by current owners as "Ralph Lauren-esque," Wit's End may be more about first-class vacations than roughing it in the woods.
Thelma Baxter, superintendent of District 5 in Harlem, said that students at risk of being held back had been given extra classes during vacation, on Saturdays and before and after school.
When the librarian took to closing the library for trysts, Ms. Cameron persuaded the mayor to hire Norma Guzman, a local woman who was then sent to the United States and Spain to learn about running a library, and who came back with ideas for reading programs, preschool classes and vacation school.
While the rest of the year is packed with school activities, homework, sports teams and music classes, summer vacation is the perfect time to encourage kids to embrace childhood with silliness and laughter.
She saw Washington as high school, complete with freshmen, terms, classes, summer vacations and "put-downs by the big kids".
