Citations:microvacation

Noun: "a very brief vacation; a momentary respite from the cares of everyday life"

 * 1990 — Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Penguin Books (1991), ISBN 9780140145113, page 92:
 * With only a few tree silhouettes, and both the freeways and El Camino Real miraculously silent, for just these moments Ralph Sr., appreciative of peace as anybody, could take another of what he'd come to think of as microvacations on an island of time fragile and precious as any Tahiti or one of them.
 * 1999 — Lynn Elber, "Keeping 'Dilbert' from going Hollywood", Romes News-Tribune, 12 February 1999:
 * "I'm the master of the microvacation. Several times a day I can stop and pet my cat, and I eat out almost every night," he said.
 * 1999 — Naomi Wise, "Love, Japanese-Style", SF Weekly, 17 March 1999:
 * Having dinner at an elegant hotel restaurant carries a hint of escapist pleasure, like a two-hour luxury microvacation.
 * 2000 — Richard S. Omura, Katsugen: The Gentle Art of Well-Being, Writers Press Club (2000), ISBN 0595130798, page 72:
 * Katsugen is the microvacation we can indulge in on a daily basis.
 * 2001 — "Tomato May Hold Heart Help", The Washington Times, 4 March 2001:
 * If you can't get away for a week or even a long weekend, schedule a 15-minute "microvacation" every day, Mr. Gump says.
 * 2003 — Joe Robinson, "The Incredible Shrinking Vacation", in Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America (ed. John de Graaf), Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc. (2003), ISBN 9781576752456, page 27:
 * It was a huge lost opportunity, the fateful moment that consigned us to microvacations ever since.
 * 2003 — Mortimer B. Zuckerman, "All work and no play", U. S. News & World Report, 31 August 2003:
 * Microvacations are all the rage, ranging from a few hours at a spa to a weekend jaunt.
 * 2005 — Michael Buchert, "Socks, Jocks, and Two Championship Rings", in Basketball in America: From the Playgrounds to Jordan's Game and Beyond (ed. Bob Batchelor), The Haworth Press (2005), ISBN 9780789016126, page 144:
 * Until now, my duties as a freshman manager had prohibited me from straying too far from the laundry room, so what I had once naively regarded as a microvacation had slowly evolved into anything but a holiday.
 * 2008 — Barbara Ehrenreich, This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation, Holt Paperbacks (2009), ISBN 9780805090154, page 11:
 * What luck: the boutiques were displaying outdoor racks of summer clothing on sale! Nature and commerce were conspiring to make this the perfect microvacation.
 * 2010 — Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Berlin Encounter, Lonely Planet Publications (2010), ISBN 9781741792898, page 87:
 * This lakeside Bavarian-style beer garden in Tiergarten park feels like a microvacation from the city bustle.
 * 2010 — Richard Watson, Future Files: The 5 Trends That Will Shape the Next 50 Years, Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2010), ISBN 9781857885347, page 255:
 * At the other extreme, wealthy holidaymakers — usually couples — will scour the world to find microvacations offering instant luxury and relaxation.
 * 2010 — Julia Reed, "Chefs Digging in to Gulf Seafood", Newsweek, 26 August 2010:
 * When President Obama took his August microvacation along the Gulf of Mexico, he swam in the water, munched on fish tacos, and said, "Let me be clear. Seafood from the gulf is safe to eat."