The Mickey Mouse Version of ‘Left Coast’

I heard an amazing story about the origin of the phrase “left coast” at a BBQ in Orlando with a group of Disney executives (“Hard to Port,” by Mary Melton, So SoCal, Oct. 5). Disney executives transplanted to culturally harsh Florida to start up Walt Disney World befriended similarly exiled New York real estate executives. At cocktail parties, Disney folks talked about their trips home to the West Coast while the developers talked about their projects on the west coast of Florida.

The resulting confusion was ended when the Disney people started referring to home as the “left coast.” It remains unclear as to whether “left” was directional or a reference to what they “left” to come to Florida.

David B. Placek

Costa Mesa