POLITICS BUZZ: Perry County in Alabama has declared the second Monday in November Barack Obama Day. Mark your calendars for a 3-day change-cation.

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1. Perry County overwhelmingly supported Obama in the election
2. Paid day off!
3. Perry County, Alabama

CULTURE BUZZ: Hotels installed within boats offer seaside lodging without the seasickness. It’s basically a cruise that doesn’t move. Nothing too novel, but I like new, made-up words.

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1. A Unique Way to Lodge in Stockholm, Budapest or Prague
2. Get All the Amenities of a Hotel Shoreside
3. LogInn Hotel in Stockholm
4. Botel Review: The Dutch Cockney
5. Reefworld is the world’s first “fully eco-friendly floating hotel”

CULTURE BUZZ: The New York Times reports on the growing luxury market for nudist vacations. It’s no longer just remote lake shores and isolated R.V. parks for nudists. As the Times writes, “the real boom in nude vacations is coming at the high end of the business, as upscale hotels and resorts, and even some luxury cruise lines, have begun to see the economic potential in the no-clothes crowd.”

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1. Nude Vacations Sound So Much Easier to Pack For, So That’s A Plus
2. American Association for Nude Recreation - Nakation in a Box
3. Nudist Says: Nice to Get Good Press
4. Looks Like This Story Was Really Shopped Around
5. The Joys of the Micro-Nakation

CULTURE BUZZ: A small desert town in Texas has an interesting art scene. If you ever wanted to say goodbye to the city, Marfa seems like the ideal artists’ community where you could go without being driven crazy by the fact that you’re in the South.

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1. The Best Time of the Week to go to Marfa
2. One Woman’s Detailed Account of Her Expedition to Marfa
3. Finding great artists — and Martha Stewart’s helicopter — in Marfa
4. Finding Rattlesnakes and Animal Births Amidst the Art
5. A Web Ring of Marfa Related Sites
6. The Architectural Spaces of the Judd Foundation
7. Go to Marfa to See Minimalist Sculptor Donald Judd’s Work
8. There’s a Prada Store in the Middle of Nowhere in Marfa, Texas
9. Marfa Texas’ Minimalist Official Website
10. Marfa, Texas on Wikipedia