Leucadia Blog: um...funky sells?

So I'm watching the Padres on Ch 4 (6th inning, Pads down by 2 runs, important game) and they just ran a Barratt American commercial for some development in La Mesa (the Aragon, lol) and they just used the word FUNKY in a positive way. Something like, "just minutes away from funky shops in artsy downtown" (I'm paraphrasing).

I had to laugh because after all the grief I've been getting over the word FUNKY on this blog that I actually felt pressured to change the name from KEEP LEUCADIA FUNKY to the less controversial (but funnier) KEEP TACOS YUMMY (which just confused people so now the blog is simply called Leucadia!)

Man, I thought all you developer yuppie nazis hated the word FUNKY. What gives???

Keep it funky yo.

The Leucadia Blog!

English spiritualists settled Leucadia in 1870 and are reputed to have danced, in diaphanous white robes, in the little Roadside Park. The spiritualists are the reason so many of the streets are named after Greek gods and goddesses. Leucadia is Greek for "a sheltered place." Heritage Eucalyptus trees, planted in the 1880s, still grace the highway. When President Roosevelt passed through Leucadia in an open car during the Depression, local children climbed the Eucalyptus trees to wave to him. Change happens slowly in this nostalgic little California beach town. In lieu of fast food restaurants and franchise chain stores, Leucadia has two miles of Mom 'n Pop businesses, and that's the way everyone likes it. It's most memorable bumper sticker is "Keep Leucadia Funky." The town played an active role in the rebirth of the classic Highway 101 shield, restored by the city in 1997, and was part of the successful 101 Campaign to have Highway 101 declared an historic route.

Friday, September 29, 2006

um...funky sells?

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